Programs

Grantmaking Program Areas

The NYSE Foundation will make grants, within the limits of its available resources, in support of worthy charitable organizations that are qualified grantees under applicable law. The Foundation aspires in particular to achieve meaningful results in the areas of education, quality of life, and community improvement, with a focus on the needs of the New York metropolitan area. The Foundation seeks to fund both new and existing charitable activities that confer a broad public benefit.

The Foundation will make grants in the following program areas:
Education, Quality of Life, and Community

The NYSE Foundation recently awarded grants totaling $965,000 to 28 educational and community programs:
EDUCATION GRANTS
Catholic Big Sisters Big Brothers Skill-based programs for high-risk, low income girls	$15,000
Community for Education Foundation Overcoming Obstacles program	$50,000
Foundation for Investor Education, Inc. Stock Market Game	$150,000
Literacy Partners, Inc. "Economics for Life"	$20,000
Museum of American Finance "Trading on the Street" exhibition	$115,000
New Jersey SEEDS Money Musts	$15,000
Partnership With Children, Inc. Open Heart-Open Mind program	$50,000
Rutgers University Foundation Subscription to the WRDS system at Rutgers	$35,000
Salvation Army of Greater New York GAINS program	$25,000
Securities and Exchange Commission Historical Society Virtual Museum and Archive of SEC and Securities History	$25,000
Tax Assistance Program Financial Literacy Program	$10,000
University at Albany Foundation Program in Financial Market Regulation	$10,000
Working in Support of Education, Inc. (WISE) Financial Literacy Certification Program	$20,000
QUALITY OF LIFE GRANTS
City Harvest, Inc. General operating support for hunger programs in NYC	$25,000
Common Ground Green Campaign	$10,000
Floor Members Outreach Program, Inc. Substance abuse and psychological assistance program	$100,000
Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Business Fighting Malaria Initiative	$100,000
LD Resources Foundation Programs to enable students with learning disabilities to complete their college programs	$10,000
Learning for Life, Boy Scouts of America, GNYC Camp Kalikow programs for children with disabilities	$10,000
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) Straight for Equality project	$25,000
Special Olympics New York, Inc. New York City Schools Program	$10,000
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT GRANTS
Carnegie Hall Society Weill Music Institute	$10,000
Centurion Foundation General operating support	$10,000
Lower East Side Tenement Museum General operating support	$10,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art Corporate Patron Program	$65,000
New-York Historical Society "Grant and Lee in War and Peace” exhibition	$15,000
New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations Support for the Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL)	$15,000
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Corporate Membership Program	$10,000