GreenLight knows that the most effective solutions to local problems may not be found close to home. So we search the country to find what’s cutting edge, what’s working and what fits the particular needs of our communities. Interact with the map below to learn more about our sites and portfolio organizations headquartered across the U.S.
If it’s out there, GreenLight will find it and bring it home to the communities we know best.
Community violence and other stressors create at-risk environments where making positive life choices can feel impossible, particularly for young men from disadvantaged communities. Becoming a Man (BAM) helps these young men navigate difficult circumstances that threaten their future and become positive members of their school and community.
Blueprint Math Fellows partners with schools to offer high-quality tutorial instruction. Using daily student assessments to inform their work, fellows can target gaps in a student’s foundational knowledge of mathematics in order to ensure all students are able to achieve at and above grade level.
Blueprint Schools Network uses a research-based framework of comprehensive reform strategies to accelerate achievement in the nation’s highest need schools.
CareMessage is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, CA with a mission to empower healthcare organizations with mobile technologies to improve health outcomes and and reduce the cost of care.
The Center for Employment Opportunities is dedicated to providing immediate, effective and comprehensive employment services to men and women with recent criminal convictions. CEO’s highly structured and tightly supervised programs help participants regain the skills and confidence needed for successful transitions to stable, productive lives.
The Center for Employment Opportunities is dedicated to providing immediate, effective and comprehensive employment services to men and women with recent criminal convictions. CEO’s highly structured and tightly supervised programs help participants regain the skills and confidence needed for successful transitions to stable, productive lives.
The Center for Employment Opportunities is dedicated to providing immediate, effective and comprehensive employment services to men and women with recent criminal convictions. CEO’s highly structured and tightly supervised programs help participants regain the skills and confidence needed for successful transitions to stable, productive lives.
College Advising Corps increases the number of low-income, first generation college and underrepresented students who enter and complete higher education by hiring and training recent college graduates as full-time college advisers.
Family Independence Initiative empowers low-income families to move out of poverty through access to connections, choice and capital. FII invests resources based on the strengths and initiatives families demonstrate toward improving their lives.
Family Independence Initiative empowers low-income families to move out of poverty through access to connections, choice and capital. FII invests resources based on the strengths and initiatives families demonstrate toward improving their lives.
Friends of the Children creates generational change by engaging children from high risk-communities in 12 years of transformative mentoring relationships.
Genesys Works changes the life trajectories of low-income high school students by enabling them to work in meaningful internships, at major corporations, during their senior year in high school. After an eight week intensive training program, students work with partner companies where they discover that they can indeed succeed as professionals in the corporate world.
New Teacher Center improves student learning by accelerating the effectiveness of new teachers, experienced teachers and school leaders.
Parent Child Home Program provides under-resourced families with the necessary skills and tools to help their children thrive in school and life.
Peer Health Exchange gives teenagers the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy decisions by training college students to teach a comprehensive health curriculum in public high schools that lack health education.
Raising A Reader is an evidence-based early literacy program that helps families of young children (newborn through age eight) develop, practice and maintain habits of reading together at home.
Single Stop helps low-income individuals persist through college and achieve financial self-sufficiency and economic mobility by providing access to benefits and services.
Single Stop helps low-income individuals persist through college and achieve financial self-sufficiency and economic mobility by providing access to benefits and services.
Springboard Collaborative closes the reading achievement gap by coaching teachers, training family members and incentivizing learning so that scholars have the requisite skills to access life opportunities.
uAspire works to ensure that all young people have the financial information and resources necessary to find an affordable path to – and through – a post-secondary education.
Year Up’s mission is to close the opportunity divide by providing urban young adults with the skills, experience and support that will empower them to reach their potential through professional careers and higher education.
YVLifeSet provides support to young people who are aging out of foster care by helping them find safe housing, continue education or training, achieve stable employment and build healthy support systems.
