ACEDONE’s (African Community Economic Development of New England) mission is to support East African refugee and immigrant families in Boston to develop a self-sufficient and vital community by providing youth with the education and life experience they need to reach their full potential as adult American citizens.

AfricAid supports girls’ education in order to provide young women with the opportunity to transform their own lives and the futures of their communities. The Kisa Project provides comprehensive mentoring and support, focusing on life skills and leadership training, aimed at upper level secondary school girls.

African Leadership Academy seeks to transform Africa by identifying, developing, and connecting the next generation of African leaders. ALA seeks young Africans with the potential for leadership, embeds them in the practice of leadership through applied learning, and enables access to networks of opportunities and resources that will enable their growth, learning, and impact.

The Akilah Institute is a college offering a unique model of market-relevant education that enables young women to achieve economic independence and obtain leadership roles in the workplace and in society. Students graduate with the skills required for meaningful employment in the fastest growing sectors of the economy and to launch their own ventures.

America SCORES empowers youth to create positive change in their lives, in their communities, and around the world. IDF supports America SCORES Boston, which offers students enrolled at Boston Public Schools the opportunity to play on a soccer team, develop writing and self-expression skills, and execute service learning projects.

AMPLIFY is a consortium of like-minded community-based organizations working to create strong, vibrant African communities by investing in girls education and leadership development. AMPLIFY is building a community-based alternative to traditional development scale in which ideas are scaled across communities enabling them to adapt what works best for them and the adolescent girls they serve.

Anseye Pou Ayiti raises education outcomes in disadvantaged areas of Haiti by recruiting and training outstanding teachers for existing schools. Transformational teaching and leadership equips students with the knowledge, skills, and mindsets to achieve their full potential.

Big Sister ignites girls’ passion and power to succeed through positive mentoring relationships with women and enrichment programs that support their healthy development. The training and support provided to Big Sisters and Little Sisters result in profound outcomes for girls in academic achievement, interpersonal relationships, and healthy decision-making.

BMBCC is community center created to assist low-income, undeserved individuals and their children. They accomplish this through life skills education, access to the affordable housing, child and youth development services, health care, capacity building support services, and meaningful employment.

BSF is a non-profit that aims to dramatically increase the number of seats in high-quality district, charter, and Catholic schools for Boston families. BSF accelerates the growth of high-performing schools by investing in the school operators, talent pipelines, and policy initiatives needed to serve all Boston children.

BTA educates students from diverse backgrounds in an academically demanding, Christ-centered community, inspiring them to lead lives of faith, integrity, and service. BTA strives to produce Christian leaders prepared to tackle the world’s problems.

BUILD uses entrepreneurship and experiential learning to ignite the potential of youth in under-resourced communities and equip them for high school, college and career success.

31 MILLION. That’s the number of children in Sub-Saharan Africa who wake up every single day, without a school to attend. It’s also the driving force behind Building Tomorrow, where they work to empower Ugandan communities by providing them with the tools they need to build quality schools.

Cornerstone is focused on developing the cornerstones of Africa’s next generation. Their approach involves creating loving, family-like environments in their schools and other programs for under-privileged youth while empowering them with education and character formation in order for them to become leaders.

Educate! provides youth with skills training in leadership, entrepreneurship and workforce readiness along with mentorship to start real businesses at school. Their model is delivered through practically-trained teachers and youth mentors. Educate!’s goal is to make this practical, skills-based model part of national education systems.

EFAC is an education-to-employment program for bright, disadvantaged Kenyan youth to foster leadership, economic opportunity and social progress. Scholarships, mentoring, and career development are provided to over 400 talented youth.

ECC works to promote social and cultural interactions among Eritrean-Americans as well as area residents and friends for mutual understanding and awareness, integration, economic self-sufficiency, Eritrean heritage, and youth leadership.

Girl Rising is a global campaign for girls’ education. They use the power of storytelling to share the simple truth that educating girls can transform societies. They raise awareness, inspire action and drive resources to partners. They also focus on getting girls in school through partnerships in India, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria.

The transformative power of education enables young women in developing nations to become catalysts for change in their communities. The Girls’ Education Collaborative accomplishes this by forging local and global partnerships to complete projects centered around an integrated approach to educating girls and young women.

IIG teaches high school girls financial concepts, exposes them to professional women role models, and introduces them to financial services companies and career paths in finance to empower them to become tomorrow’s leaders. Their core model delivers a blended approach to personal finance and the world of financial services careers.

Kids Alive International is a Christ-centered organization that believes every child deserves to live free from the bondage of hunger, abuse, and exploitation. They are dedicated to rescuing orphans and vulnerable children – meeting their spiritual, physical, educational, and emotional needs. IDF funding supports Kids Alive’s work in the Dominican Republic.

Kijabe Children’s Education Fund is dedicated to providing educational opportunities to children in rural Kenya and the slums of the city of Nairobi. Through feeding programs, school sponsorship, and project support, KCEF is helping to keep its students fed in body, mind and spirit.

Nurturing Minds works to change our world throughthe education and empowerment of vulnerable girlsin Tanzania. The SEGA Girls School is a model educational institution that is giving students the best chance for success.

The Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project is working on behalf of HIV/AIDS orphans in rural Uganda to end systemic deprivation, poverty, and hunger through a holistic approach to community development, education, and healthcare.  Once a child becomes a Nyaka student, they are guaranteed an education until they achieve their academic goal.

OurRJ seeks to disrupt the school to prison pipeline by helping young people and their families resolve conflicts outside of court through the use of restorative justice practices.

Located in historic Beacon Hill, Park Street School and Park Street Kids are neighborhood schools that seek to unite children of diverse racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds from Greater Boston in a nurturing school of the highest academic standards. IDF funding supports need-based financial aid.

SIC is the non-profit arm of Roxbury Presbyterian Church with a mission to create educational and economic development programs to strengthen the Roxbury community of Boston. SIC is a place for restoring people’s hope and faith, while providing concrete support to enable those served to realize their own potential, and in the process, the potential of the larger community.

SWSG empowers girls to imagine a broader future though a curriculum grounded on female role models delivered by college women mentors, who are themselves mentored by professional women. In Boston and Pittsburgh, SWSG fosters leadership skills, a sense of female community and a commitment to service among three generations.

TFA’s mission is to enlist, develop, and mobilize the nation’s most promising future leaders to grow and strengthen the movement for educational equity and excellence. They recruit remarkable and diverse individuals to become teachers in low-income communities, train and support corps members in the practices of great teachers, and form a network of TFA alumni.

Village Schools International enables those in villages in Tanzania who would otherwise never get to go to school to have the opportunity to get an education by working with the communities to build schools. VSI also sends missionaries into villages where missionaries have never lived before to share the Gospel.