About Expanded Schools
ExpandED Schools partners with schools, community-based organizations, and young people to strengthen school-community partnerships and expand learning opportunities — including afterschool programming, career-connected learning, STEM, literacy, and high-impact tutoring — to support students' academic, social, and emotional development and post-secondary readiness.
Focus Areas
Afterschool program supportSTEM educationCareer-connected learning / Work-based learningHigh-impact tutoringEducator professional developmentLiteracySocial-emotional learningPolicy and research
Who They Fund
K-12 studentsschool-aged youthpublic school populations
Funding Style
About Expanded Schools
Expanded Schools Inc centers its grantmaking on expanded learning time, with a recent portfolio built around school-community partnerships that extend learning beyond the traditional day. Across 2023 and 2024, the foundation repeatedly funded the same network of New York City youth-serving organizations, including Nia Community Services Network in Brooklyn and the YMCA of Greater New York, each receiving six-figure support for expanded learning time. That pattern points to a funder that backs program delivery rather than one-off awards, and that works through organizations already embedded in local school communities. The foundation’s publicly listed work aligns with afterschool programming, career-connected learning, STEM, literacy, high-impact tutoring, educator professional development, and social-emotional learning. Its active NYC High-Impact Tutoring Initiative shows a further emphasis on scaling tutoring through provider partnerships with NYC Public Schools. Recent awards also reach groups such as Good Shepherd Services, The Child Center of NY, and University Settlement Society of NY, reinforcing a local strategy focused on K-12 students and school-aged youth. The common thread is support for academic, social, and emotional development alongside post-secondary readiness.
What Expanded Schools Funds
A clear throughline in Expanded Schools Inc’s grantmaking is expanded learning time delivered through community-based organizations. In 2024, it gave $215,000 to Good Shepherd Services for expanded learning time, and it awarded $181,978 to The Child Center of NY for the same purpose. High-impact tutoring is another defined area. The foundation’s active NYC High-Impact Tutoring Initiative seeks tutoring providers for inclusion in a vetted list used in citywide implementation, with a focus on K-2 literacy, 6-8 math, tutor workforce solutions, and education program capacity and alignment. The portfolio also includes arts and civic enrichment tied to learning. Expanded Schools Inc gave $122,500 to Learning Through an Expanded Arts and $116,650 to Global Kids Inc, both in 2024, again under expanded learning time. In addition, the foundation supported The Educational Alliance Inc with $101,650 in 2024, showing continued investment in organizations that operate within New York City’s youth-serving ecosystem.
How Expanded Schools Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$4.1M
Total Assets
$20M
Total Revenue
$13.7M
Total Expenses
$14.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $34K and $101K, with a median of $61K.
25th Percentile
$34K
Median
$61K
75th Percentile
$101K
Geographic Reach
Local2 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
SASKIA TRAILL
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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