2007 Grantees
Each year, at EdVestors Urban Education Investment Showcase, philanthropists
and foundation leaders with a deep interest in education gather to select individual
grantees from among ten impressive urban school improvement initiatives in Boston and Lowell.
Following the Showcase, representatives from a number of private and family foundations convene to
consider a second round of potential grantees through the EdVestors Collaborative Fund. All funded
initiatives involve school-based improvement efforts in one or more schools, led by a nonprofit organization
or the schools themselves. Finalists are selected through the rigorous review of EdVestors’ Education
Review Panel and staff, from an applicant pool of more than 100 proposals from the two cities.
In 2007, participating donors directed over $1 million in grants to these effective school improvement initiatives in Boston and in Lowell.
2007 Urban Education Investment Showcase Grantees:
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology Dual Enrollment Initiative
Boston Arts Academy Middle School for the Arts - Planning Process
Bridge to AP Sciences with the O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science & the Urban Science Academy
Massachusetts Public School Performance
Sumner School Arts Initiative with National Arts & Learning Collaborative (NALC) & Lesley University
Winship School: Creating a Community of Science Inquiry
Wediko Children's Services Mental Health Partnership with Dever & Perkins Schools
2007 EdVestors Portfolio Grantees:
Academy of Public Service Credit Recovery Program
Calderwood Writing Initiative with Snowden High School
Countdown to Kindergarten Play-to-Learn Groups with Kenny School & Lee Academy
Community Music Center of Boston with 9 Boston Public Schools
Harbor & O'Hearn Schools: Full Inclusion K-12 Pathway for Students with Special Needs
Hyde Square Task Force and the Kennedy School - Latin Dance Program
Lowell Revolving Museum & Lowell High School
Making Music Matters at the Beethoven, Ohrenberger, Mozart & Irving Schools
Gateway Initiative at the O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science
Parkway Academy for Technology & Health (PATH) Extended Day Program
Troubadour Literacy through the Arts with the Taylor & Kenny Schools
Continuation Grants to Prior Grantees:
Including the Boston Nature Center, Charlestown High School College Access Partnership, Edwards Middle School, and the Lucy Stone Initiative
2007 Thomas W. Payzant School on the Move Prize
TOTAL GRANTS COMMITTED as of JUNE 2007:
