Our Program Partners
We support select nonprofit organizations in our three impact areas: enriched education for at risk youth; relieving the impact of family poverty; and, the economic empowerment of women. Each year, HWW volunteers contribute thousands of hours to helping our partner organizations. We also raise funds through our signature events to provide grant making support. Through these activities, we seek to help our nonprofit partners build capacity and expand programs.
Partners providing enriched education for at-risk youth
The Children’s Storefront
The Children’s Storefront is an independent, tuition-free school in Harlem committed to providing a comprehensive education to children with varied academic strengths from preschool through eighth grade. Its work is grounded on the conviction that every child deserves the opportunity for an excellent education. www.thechildrensstorefront.org.
DreamYard
DreamYard transforms Bronx public schools and communities through the power of project-based arts learning. As the largest arts education provider in the Bronx, DreamYard impacts the social and intellectual growth of thousands of Bronx students through safe, positive, and creatively challenging programs. www.dreamyard.com.
Partnership with Children
Partnership with Children strengthens the emotional, social, and cognitive skills of at-risk children so they can succeed in school, society, and their lives. The organization provides early intervention and prevention services and counseling for low-income children and youth who are at a higher risk of failing and dropping out of school and serves approximately 10,000 students at 22 sites in four boroughs of New York City. www.partnershipwithchildrennyc.org
The TEAK Fellowship
The TEAK Fellowship helps talented New York City students from low-income families gain admission to and succeed at top high schools and colleges. Along with academic support, TEAK provides leadership training, exposure to the arts and outdoors, mentoring, career experience, and assistance with the high school and college application processes. www.teakfellowship.org
The After-School Corporation
TASC is dedicated to giving all kids opportunities to grow through after-school and summer programs that support, educate, and inspire them. TASC's vision is that kids from all backgrounds will have access to the range of high-quality activities beyond the school day that every family wants for their children: experiences that support their intellectual, creative, and healthy development and help them to be their best, in and out of school. www.tascorp.org
Young Women’s Leadership Network
Young Women’s Leadership Network supports two programs to help low-income youth to break the cycle of poverty: The Young Women's Leadership Schools, a network of all-girls public schools, and CollegeBound Initiative, a school-based college guidance program for coed and single-sex public schools. Both are highly successful in helping-at risk youth reach their potential and attend college.www.ywlnetwork.org
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Partners relieving the impact of family poverty
Good Shepherd Services
Good Shepherd Services is a leading youth development, education, and family service organization that works with over 20,000 participants each year through more than 70 programs. GSS surrounds at-risk New York City youth and their families with a web of supports that promote a safe passage to self-sufficiency. www.goodshepherds.org
Inwood House
Inwood House is a leader and innovator in teen pregnancy prevention and is dedicated to helping young people become healthy, self-reliant adults. They help teens take charge of their lives by facilitating the development of the knowledge, skills, and self-esteem needed to set life goals, make responsible decisions, and avoid teenage pregnancy and at the same time provide a continuum of care for pregnant and parenting teens in foster care. www.inwoodhouse.com
Iris House
Iris House provides comprehensive services and advocacy for women, families, and communities infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, while simultaneously providing prevention and education services to clients and at-risk communities. www.irishouse.org
Inspirica
Inspirica helps people break the cycle of homelessness by achieving – and maintaining – permanent housing and stability in their lives. They provide emergency, transitional, and permanent housing; supportive services; youth services; and, education, and skill development. They serve almost 400 homeless adults and children in lower Fairfield County, Connecticut each year. www.InspiricaCT.org
Women In Need
Women In Need provides housing, help, and hope to New York City women and their families who are homeless and disadvantaged. Through comprehensive programs such as shelter, supportive permanent housing, job training, domestic violence services, alcohol and substance abuse treatment, and childcare, WIN offers the tools and guidance that allows families to return to their communities and live independently. www.women-in-need.org
Partners providing economic empowerment to women
Bottomless Closet
Bottomless Closet helps disadvantaged New York City women become self-sufficient through a comprehensive program that begins with business attire and interview preparation and continues with professional development, financial management, and personal enrichment. Using the model of women helping women and our network of dedicated volunteers, Bottomless Closet enhances their clients’ self-esteem and self-confidence in order for them to enter and succeed in the workforce and improve the quality of their lives. www.bottomlessclosetnyc.org
Count Me In
Count Me In promotes economic independence and the growth of women-owned businesses. Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence is the leading national not-for-profit provider of resources, business education, and community support for women entrepreneurs seeking to grow micro businesses to million dollar enterprises. www.countmein.org
Grameen Foundation
Grameen enables the poor to create a world without poverty. Inspired by Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, they have helped more than 45 million people, mostly women, in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, the Arab World, and Latin America improve their lives and livelihoods through access to microloans, other financial services, and practical technology. www.grameenfoundation.org
Project Enterprise
Project Enterprise is a nonprofit community development organization that provides technical assistance, peer support, and business loans to low income New Yorkers who lack access to business financing. Founded in 1997, PE’s mission is to support and develop entrepreneurs and small businesses in under-resourced communities in New York City. Through these resources, entrepreneurs are able to increase their standard of living, create jobs for their communities and build financial assets. www.projectenterprise.org
Women's Trust
Women's Trust empowers women and girls in Pokuase, Ghana, through microenterprise, education, and healthcare, and to inspire others to do the same elsewhere. http://womenstrust.org/
Women’s World Banking
Women’s World Banking is a global network of 40 microfinance institutions, working in 28 countries to bring financial services and information to poor entrepreneurs. Its goal is to improve the economic status of poor families by unleashing the power inherent in women. www.swwb.org