College Prep Grants (up to $5,000)
Heather Creed12th Grade Summer Institute • Columbus, OH Thomas Dean
SAT Saturday Prep • Baltimore, MD Romy Graham
Creating access and pathways to post-secondary success for Mecklenburg County • Charlotte, NC Kristin Gumper
Graduate Support Program • St. Louis, MO Reggie Jenkins
ACT Prep Sessions (Fall and Spring • Knoxville, TN Ernesta Johnson
College Academy • San Diego, CA Doug Low
From South Austin to College:Building a Pipeline to Post High School from the west side… • Chicago, IL Toilynn ONeal
Queen City Foundation(QCF) ACT Coaching and Study Skills program for 9th-12th grade • Cincinnati, OH Aaron Randolph
CYC ACT Readiness Program • Charlotte, NC Nathalie Riobe
NPE SAT/ACT College Prep Course • Rockland/Orange, NY
STEM Grants (up to $10,000)
Dori Bolton WhiteSTEM Power Cheryl Brannan
STEAM Sistahs Academy and Summer Camp • Rockland/Orange, NY Ebony Brown Hicks
Brown Girls Code iExplore Labs • Atlanta, GA Gia Grier-McGinnis
UMB CURE Career Navigation Program • Baltimore, MD Darrious Hilmon
Pre-Freshman Program in Engineering and Science (PREP) • Chicago, IL Matt Hughes
Pump Up the STEM • Cincinnati, OH Alexandra Jones
Archaeologists Club • Washington, DC Lisette Morris
Ingenuity Advanced Summer STEM Programming and Family Engagement at James McHenry • Baltimore, MD Adrienne Patterson
My Future • Augusta, GA C. Nevada Winrow
STREAMS/Black Girls Dive • Pikesville, MD
Heart And Mind – Health and Wellness
(up to $10,000)
Rachel BhagwatEnding the Silence • Chicago, IL Cheryl Brannan
Sisters Beating the Odds & Claiming Wellness •
New Rochelle, NY Karen Heroy
Mental Health & Emotional Wellness Counseling for Low-Income Residents at Renaissance • Charlotte, NC Keisha Jackson
Caleb’s Kids Life Skills Training Program • Oakland County, MI Milena Lanz
MCHC-Healthy Start. Diabetes and Heart Disease Prevention Program (DHDPP) • Chester County, PA Kimberly Sovinski
Project FACT (fathers and children together) • Palm Beach, FL
Our Village (up to $10,000)
Milan BalintonAACSA Family Resource Center • San Jose, CA Zammeah Bivins-Gibson
Youth Empowered to Succeed- YES! • Essex, NJ Lindsay Karas
Every Hour Counts • Detroit, MI Ken Kelly
Parent Partnership • Dallas, TX Tangela Morgan
Nurturing Early Generational Economic Change thru Youth • Memphis, TN Hilary Morreale
Job Training Program • Chicago, IL Pat W. Mosena
Subsequent Pregnancy Program Summer Employment Training: Paths to Careers • Chicago, IL Felicia Peat
Ready to Learn Community Initiative • Memphis, TN Allison Price
A Warm Welcome to the Library Taylor B. Stubblefield
Strengthening African American Families Through Workforce Development
Heart And Mind – Health and Wellness
(up to $3,000)
Danette SamiltonI CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE • San Fernando, CA Najah Callander
#HealthyLivesMatter • Humble-Kingwood, TX TaVianna Sanders
Brown Girls Rock Health and Wellness Project •
Jacksonville, FL Tomika Jefferson
Prosperity for the Heart and Mind • Indianapolis, IN
Dawn Batts
Body & Mind: A Family Health Fair • North Oakland Macomb, MI Michelle Thompkins
Healthy Kids Day 2021 • Bucks County, PA Melinda F. Emerson
Chester County Health Fair • Chester County, PA
Reading Corner (up to $3,000)
Children of Uzazi Village Reading CornerKansas City, MO Kristina Anderson
JJK Reading Corner • St. Louis, MO Ayo Atterberry
JJMCMC Turning the Page-Adventures in Reading and Reading Corner • Silver Spring, MD Daria C. Crawley
Jeremiah’s Place Reading Corner • Pittsburgh, PA Katrina Little
King Baptist Child Development Center and Preschool • Denver, CO
Janine Simon Daughtry
Foundation Chair Kids Read! – J&J Westchester Literacy Program • New Rochelle, NY Sharon Williams
Jack and Jill Bloomington-Normal Chapter Reading Corner: Today a Reader, Tomorrow… • Bloomington, IL