Edith Glick Shoolman Children's Foundation C/O Pkf O'Connor Davies Llp

About Edith Glick Shoolman Children's Foundation C/O Pkf O'Connor Davies Llp

A million-dollar capital contribution to Harlem Academy for school construction captures the scale of The Edith Glick Shoolman Children's Foundation C/o Pkf O'connor Davies LLP’s work: it makes large, often unrestricted-seeming grants to organizations serving children and families, with a strong New York concentration. The foundation’s recent awards show a consistent interest in early childhood development, literacy, and family support, alongside investments in schools, childcare infrastructure, and children’s enrichment. Another flagship pattern is repeat support for Literacy Inc., which received two sizable grants for early childhood literacy, and for Washington-area children’s programming through Washington Performing Arts. The foundation also backs institutions that combine direct service with long-term capacity, such as endowment and capital support for schools and museums. Its grants extend beyond pure education into therapeutic and advocacy services for young children and parents, including child protection, developmental supports, and family visitation services. The overall picture is of a funder that favors substantial, targeted gifts to nonprofits working with young children, caregivers, and education providers, especially in New York, while occasionally supporting related initiatives in other U.S. locations and Israel-linked schooling.

What Edith Glick Shoolman Children's Foundation C/O Pkf O'Connor Davies Llp Funds

Early childhood literacy is one of the clearest themes in the foundation’s giving. It awarded $700,000 and $500,000 to Literacy Inc. for early childhood literacy, and $275,000 to Reading Partners for one-on-one literacy tutoring. The foundation also supports early education infrastructure and school readiness, including $1,000,000 to Harlem Academy for construction of school space and $1,000,000 to Harlem Academy for an endowment to support kindergarten. Family and provider supports are another strand: Womens Housing and Economic Development Corp. received $1,000,000 for home-based childcare training and family literacy, while Rising Ground received $165,000 for parent-child and family childcare provider training. The foundation also funds child-focused therapeutic and inclusion services, including $170,000 to Clarke School for Hearing and Speech for listening and spoken language early intervention.

How Edith Glick Shoolman Children's Foundation C/O Pkf O'Connor Davies Llp Gives