About
The Hollyhock Foundation seeks to create a more just world through investments in education, journalism, and the environment.
Focus Areas
Education
We fund schools and organizations that seek to ensure every child in America receives a quality education, becomes a fluent and skilled reader, and explores a variety of extracurricular passions.
Educators are essential to this vision, and we are committed to supporting programs that deepen instructional expertise, foster subject-specific mastery, and connect teachers to dynamic communities of practice.
Local and Investigative Journalism
We believe strong local and investigative journalism is fundamental to sustaining a healthy democracy.
Environment
We support cost-effective solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at speed and scale.
Grantee Spotlights
Since 2003, we have invested in exceptional leaders whose organizations share our vision for a world where all people have the opportunity to flourish.
Education
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Uncommon operates a network of outstanding public charter schools that close the opportunity gap and prepare their students for success in college and beyond.
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Generation Teach introduces college students to the teaching profession through a highly supported and engaging summer teaching experience.
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The Reading Science programs at Mount St. Joseph University prepare higher education faculty and instructional leaders who will guide us toward a future where all children learn to read.
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The Hollyhock History Fellowship at Relay GSE builds a professional learning community of accomplished high school history teachers. Fellows deepen their knowledge and enhance their classroom practice through seminars with distinguished academics and experiences at NYC’s leading cultural institutions.
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Literacy Academy Collective is building a network of specialized schools within the New York City Public School system to provide struggling readers with the instruction they need to achieve academic success.
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Reel Works’ free after school programs pair teens with professional filmmaker-mentors to create original short documentaries, narrative and experimental films that have won countless awards and been seen by over 20 million viewers worldwide since 2001. Reel Works is an awardee of Hollyhock’s 2023 RFP for teen programs in digital media.
Journalism
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THE CITY is a nonprofit, nonpartisan digital news platform that produces high-impact reporting to serve the people of New York City.
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ProPublica’s Pacific Northwest Hub is a new regional team of investigative journalists working with local outlets to report on accountability issues in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Idaho.
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Sold a Story is reporter Emily Hanford’s investigative podcast exploring how reading is taught in America and why it has gone so wrong.
Environment
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Clean Grid Initiative works toward electric grid transmission solutions at the state, regional, and national levels so that we can achieve a clean energy future.
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EDF’s scientists, economists, attorneys, and policy experts work in 28 countries, alongside hundreds of partners, to fight climate change and protect people and the planet.
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GridLab provides comprehensive technical expertise to policymakers, advocates, and other energy decisionmakers in order to enable a low-carbon grid.