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Portion of $450k NY Life Grant to Support D.C. Students through BUILD

New York Life, Neighbor

The New York Life Foundation has today announced that a portion of a two year, $450,000 grant to support Washington, D.C. area schools through BUILD, a nonprofit organization that combats the high school dropout crisis with a hands-on entrepreneurship training and college preparation program.  The grant will be distributed to numerous partner schools throughout the D.C. area, including Roosevelt Senior High School, Columbia Heights Education Campus, Eastern Senior High Schools, Maya Angelou Public Charter School and Friendship Collegiate Academy, as well as sites in Boston, MA and northern California.  The grant will be implemented to support the transition of BUILD’s Youth Business and Academic Incubator from the out-of-school facility into its partner schools and will enhance the ninth grade curriculum with more academic programming.

“We are pleased to partner with BUILD because it transforms the lives of students who are not on track academically and had never considered college as an option,” said Maria Collins, senior program officer, New York Life Foundation.  “We are happy to help BUILD strengthen its program and replicate its improved model at other sites.”
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