News
Heckscher Foundation Challenge
The Foundation issued a bold challenge to New York’s workforce training ecosystem: we would fund training programs if employers committed to hire low-income youth upon completion. We asked for full-time job offers, and we got them.
Read the Full Story
Latest Articles
Heckscher Funded At-Home Reading Support Now Offered Across Brooklyn Libraries
As seen in this article from the BKReader. BK Reader Staff May 9, 2026 Brooklyn Public Library and The Reading...
Heckscher Foundation Honored at Children’s Museum of Manhattan’s Annual Gala
The Children’s Museum of Manhattan (“CMOM”) recognized the Heckscher Foundation for Children and Nessia Kushner, Director of Strategy and Vice-Chairman...
EdTrust–New York Releases New Analysis on College Completion Using Heckscher-Funded Tool
EdTrust–New York released a new analysis showing that many New York students, particularly those from low-income backgrounds, are not completing...
Governor Hochul Invests in Emergency Aid for SUNY Students — An Idea the Heckscher Foundation Helped to Pioneer
What started as a Heckscher Foundation pilot grant in 2017 is now state policy. Governor Kathy Hochul’s 2026–27 Executive Budget...
New York Spent $10 Million on Reading Instruction That Experts Say Doesn’t Work. The Heckscher Foundation Funded the Alternative.
A new Hechinger Report investigation raises a question about New York’s $10 million effort to retrain 20,000 teachers on science...
The 74 Highlights New Visions Career Directory, Funded by the Heckscher Foundation
The 74 spotlights the New Visions Career Directory, a free, centralized tool launched with initial funding from the Heckscher Foundation...
The New Yorker Highlights Heckscher Funded Literacy Academy Collective
A recent New Yorker article, “Dyslexia and the Reading Wars,” features the first NYC public schools dedicated to students with...
Heckscher-Funded Initiative Expanded Access to Science of Reading Training for NYC Teachers
Chalkbeat New York highlights Heckscher-catalyzed 10-hour virtual science-of-reading course available free of charge to roughly 1,200 New York City teachers...
