GEM Foundation Grants: Past Recipients Fund

Heart Math Tutoring Inc

To ensure that all elementary students develop the strong foundation in math and enthusiasm for academics needed for long-term success, by helping schools use volunteers as tutors. Community members commit one hour per week to deliver an effective, hands-on curriculum through one-on-one tutoring sessions during the school day in Title I elementary schools.

Roc Charlotte Inc

To recruit, educate, and mentor high school students for career and technical education employment opportunities in the construction industries.

Alexander Youth Network

Alexander Youth Network provides quality, professional treatment to children with, or at risk of, serious emotional disturbance. We provide an efficient and effective array of services that allow children to achieve their potential and become positive contributors to society.

E2D Inc

The Mission of E2D - Eliminate the Digital Divide is to insure that every student has essential computer technology in their homes and training support to achieve academic success.

Common Wealth Charlotte

Common Wealth Charlotte (CWC) empowers Charlotte's low-income wage earners—the approximate 250,000 people working full-time and making 30-45% of Area Median Income (AMI)—to achieve greater financial stability and less reliance on government and charitable assistance through a trauma-informed approach including education, personalized counseling, access to banking, and no-interest loans.

Roof Above, Inc.

Roof Above is an interfaith, nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing the community together to end homelessness, one life at a time.

Charlotte Bilingual Preschool

Charlotte Bilingual Preschool prepares Spanish-speaking children for success in school and life by providing superior dual language early childhood education. The preschool supports students' families with parenting, life skills and English-language classes, enabling them to sustain and nurture their children's educational and emotional development.

The Learning Collaborative

The Learning Collaborative (TLC) prepares underserved children and their families to succeed in school by providing a tuition-free, high-quality preschool education through a unique partnership with our children, families, parents, staff, and community.Our vision is that children and parents working together can overcome at-risk beginning through an early educational intervention, paving the way for success in kindergarten and beyond, inspiring a love of learning, confidence in themselves, and hope for their futures.

Child Care Resources Inc.

Child Care Resources Inc. is a private, non-profit child care resource and referral (CCR&R) agency that works with families and communities to ensure that all children have access to high quality, affordable early learning and school-age opportunities and experience which enable them to succeed in school and in life. Our centers of expertise include: family information services, program and business consultation, financial aid, and research and policy development.

Allegro Foundation

Allegro Foundation…a Champion for Children with Disabilities is a nonprofit 501(c) 3 organization that combines movement instruction with medical and educational expertise, creating a new vehicle to teach children with disabilities and enhance their quality of life.

Loaves & Fishes/Friendship Trays, Inc

To nourish our neighbors with food and compassion.