Breakthrough New York
Project Title
For support of programming for three middle school cohorts of Breakthrough New York scholars
Date
Sep. 11, 2025
Duration
33 months
Description
Founded in New York City over twenty-five years ago as a summer program for high-performing, low-income students, the Breakthrough program model now serves students at chapters from Central Texas to Birmingham, Alabama, offering six years of support beginning in middle school to ensure that students have the resources, relationships, and resolve needed to succeed. In 2014, Breakthrough New York (BTNY) — the flagship program of the national collaborative — expanded its program model to follow its participants through college for a total of ten years of programming across middle school, high school, and college, with 90 percent of the first cohort achieving the significant milestone of graduating college in four years. Carnegie support would enable approximately 525 middle school students across NYC to receive a five-week summer academic and enrichment program, weekly after-school programming in the fall and spring, and personalized high school admissions guidance.