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Step Up is a mentorship nonprofit providing the structure for girls (and those who identify with girlhood) to define their ideal destination and get there -- wherever that destination may be. Through Step Up, girls experience more than just mentorship. They'll find community, feel empowered to expand their horizons, and develop the skills they need to navigate life’s path with confidence. After participating in Step Up: 83% of teens say they're more CONFIDENT 84% of teens say they're more CAREER-READY 82% of teens say they're more CONNECTED

The Ruth Ellis Center (REC), incorporated in 1999, is a youth social services agency with a mission “to provide short-term and long-term residential safe space and support services for runaway, homeless, and at-risk lesbian, gay, bi-attractional, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth.” As LGBTQ youth continue to be disproportionately affected by homelessness, the Ruth Ellis Center remains dedicated to ensuring that these vulnerable youth and young adults receive the services and inherent protections available to all citizens. While the Center emphasizes serving LGBTQ youth who are often ostracized, shamed, and denied services by other agencies, no youth, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation is turned away or denied services

Our Vision: Every military-connected child is college, workforce, and life-ready.Our Mission: To support all military-connected children by educating, advocating, and collaborating to resolve education challenges associated with the military lifestyle.Our Goals:The enduring strategic goals that the Military Child Education Coalition seeks are:- Military-connected children's academic, social and emotional needs are recognized, supported and appropriate responses provided.- Parents, and other supporting adults, are empowered with the knowledge to ensure military-connected children are college, workforce and life ready.- A strong community of partners is committed to support an environment where military-connected children thrive.

To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.

Shoes That Fit tackles one of the most visible signs of poverty in America by giving children in need new athletic shoes to attend school with dignity and joy, prepared to learn, play and thrive. A new pair of shoes can be a life-changing event for a child. School attendance, self-esteem and behavior improve. Physical activity increases. Smiles return. All from an often over-looked item—a good pair of shoes. Our vision is that, one day, every child in America who needs new shoes gets new shoes, allowing all children the opportunity to reach their highest potential.

CoachArt’s mission is to create a transformative arts and athletics community for families impacted by childhood chronic illness. Children living with chronic illness may feel isolated because of their condition. Frequent hospital visits and deficient immune systems often cause them to miss time in school and recreational activities. Families, overwhelmed by the cost and demands of ongoing medical care, often lack the resources to seek out or afford extracurricular activities. Healthy siblings are affected too when family resources are focused on a chronically ill child. CoachArt supports these families by offering free recreational lessons that bring a sense of normalcy back into their lives. Since 2001, CoachArt has matched volunteer coaches with students for one-on-one or group lessons in arts and athletics. Our vision is that one day every family impacted by chronic illness will be connected to a community of support and an opportunity to learn and grow together.

TO USE THE POSITIVE INFLUENCE OF HIP-HOP TO EMPOWER YOUTHS

TFFJ strives to eradicate food insecurity through youth-led community-based solutions and to end the cycle of diet-related disease and poor health outcomes that dramatically and disproportionately impact our low income communities, particularly those of color.

Here at Unbounded Futures, our goal is to provide children with another choice, open up their eyes to the possibilities that exist outside of child labor or child marriage, and prepare them for their journeys by equipping them with basic knowledge useful in any field. Currently, many of these children cannot receive a proper education due to the fact that they need to work to receive basic needs such as food, clothing, and shelter. At Unbounded Futures, we provide them with these necessities, so they have the time to learn, along with educational resources and instruction.

RAISE MONEY FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND BROADWAY COMMUNITY THROUGH CONTRIBUTIONS, TICKET SALES AND SONG ROYALTIES TO ADVANCE LITERACY AND TO PROMOTE THE ARTS OF MUSIC, DANCING AND THE APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS. THE ORGANIZATION WILL ALSO RAISE FUNDS TO ADVANCE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF ISSUES OF SOCIAL IMPORTANCE SUCH AS TERORIST ACTS AND HATE CRIMES.

Hudson River Sloop Clearwater's mission is to preserve and protect the Hudson River. Inspiring, educating, and activating millions of people for nearly 50 years, member-supported Clearwater continues to lead the environmental movement, working to pass landmark legislation, delivering award-winning education programs, building grassroots support, and staging renowned musical celebrations. The sloop Clearwater offers programs on the vessel for schools and the general public that focus on the history and ecology of the Hudson, to date over 500,000 people have sailed aboard the sloop. Each year, over 15,000 people experience a Clearwater program - which have won multiple awards and served as models models for similar shipboard programs around the country.

First Tee – Connecticut is a youth development organization that enables kids to build the strength of character that empowers them through a lifetime of new challenges. By seamlessly integrating the game of golf with a life skills curriculum, we create active learning experiences that build inner strength, self-confidence and resilience that kids can carry to everything they do.