Partners - CARA

CARA partners with a host of government, university, and community-based organizations to develop and implement programming.

Organizational Partnerships

CARA is housed at the CUNY Graduate Center; the Research Foundation of CUNY serves as our fiscal sponsor. In addition, we collaborate regularly with a range of partners to work in schools and colleges around New York City.

Partnerships include:

Brown University’s Careers in the Common Good

Center for Human Environments

CUNY Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP)

CUNY K-16 Initiatives

Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation

Internationals Network for Public Schools

Make the Road New York

New Settlement Apartments College Access Center

New York City Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Readiness

NYC Outward Bound Schools

The Public Science Project – CUNY Graduate Center

Urban Youth Collaborative

Advisory Board

CARA’s Advisory Board plays a critical role in CARA’s long-term planning. Our Board reflects the diversity of CARA’s work and includes school and community-based practitioners, policymakers, academics, funders, and young people impacted by CARA’s programs.

Advisory Board members include:

Juana Alejandro: Former Peer Leader at Hostos Community College | Student at Baruch College
Lisa Cowan: Vice President of Programs | Robert Sterling Clark Foundation
Cass Conrad: University Dean, K-16 Initiatives | City University of New York
Marcus Felder: Director | Posse Veterans Programs
Michelle Fine: Distinguished Professor | CUNY Graduate Center
Norm Fruchter: Senior Policy Analyst | Annenberg Institute for School Reform
Nicole Rodriguez Leach: Philanthropic Advisor | Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
Bennett Lieberman: Principal | Central Park East High School
Judith Lorimer: Deputy Director, Options Center | Goddard Riverside Community Center
Allison Palmer: Director of College Access Center | New Settlement Apartments
Christine Rodriguez: Former Youth Leader & current College Bridge Coach Student at Eugene Lang College
Mandy Savitz-Romer: Senior Lecturer on Education | Harvard Graduate School of Education
Jennifer Stredler: Senior Director, Philanthropy & Engagement | Salesforce Foundation
Andrea Soonachan: Deputy Director of Career Readiness | New Visions for Public Schools
Emily Van Ingen: Director of Programs | Cypress Hills LDC

Current and Past Funders

CARA’s work is made possible by the generous funders who have recognized the value and importance of CARA’s approach to college access and persistence.

Booth Ferris Foundation

Brooklyn Community Foundation

Capital One Foundation

The Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education

The Heckscher Foundation

The Helmsley Charitable Trust

Leni and Peter May

Local Initiatives Support Corporation

The Lucius N. Littauer Foundation

The M&T Charitable Foundation

Malka Foundation

Nellie Mae Education Foundation

The New York Community Trust

The Pinkerton Foundation

The Robert and Jane Toll Foundation

The Solon E. Summerfield Foundation

Valentine Perry Snyder Fund