Author: cfkids

2015 Fourth Quarter Grants

The following grants were awarded in the fourth quarter of 2015.  Congratulations to the following programs! Brooklyn NY PS 230: this ethnically diverse school serving grades 2-5 wishes to build a string program to complement their active band program; they have received a $2,000 matching grant from CFKF to support this exciting new initiative. Cincinnati Public […]

2015 Third Quarter Grants

More grants awarded! Bowie, MD: Youth Jazz Orchestra: This community is building a jazz orchestra to engage a predominantly at-risk and ethnically diverse population. CFKF is providing support for several new instruments for this innovative program. Charlestown, SC: Allegro Charter School: This new school is creating a music program to serve an ethnically mixed group […]

Kroc Center Partnership

Partnership between Classics for Kids Foundation and Salvation Army Kroc Centers Classics for Kids Foundation (CFKF) has been given the unique opportunity to explore a formative partnership with the Salvation Army’s Ray and Joan Kroc Community Centers. In 1998, Joan Kroc, widow of McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc, donated $90 million to the Salvation Army (TSA) […]