Afterschool Alliance

The Afterschool Alliance works in partnership with afterschool providers across the country as well as numerous organizations dedicated to children, youth and education. As the Alliance grew out of a partnership between the Mott Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education, it coordinates many activities with the 21st Century Community Learning Center initiative. The 21st CCLC is the fastest growing provider of afterschool programs in the country, offering grants to school districts to run afterschool and summer school programs in partnership with community organizations.

Afterschool Alliance Participants:

U.S. Department of Education - The department created the 21st CCLC program to fund local communities to create afterschool programs. Currently, there are more than 900 21st CCLC grantees located in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Micronesia. These grants will serve 1.2 million children and 450,000 adults in 6,600 schools in 1,500 communities by the end of 2001. In five years, the program has grown from $1 million to $846 million for the year 2001. The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Justice and Labor are working closely with this initiative.

C.S. Mott Foundation - The Foundation was established in 1926 with a mission to support efforts that promote a just, equitable and sustainable society. During its 60 years of funding community education, Mott has provided more than $200 million locally, nationally, and internationally for the development of community-school partnerships. Mott has committed more than $100 million over several years to afterschool and the 21st Century Community Learning Center afterschool program initiative for training, technical assistance, evaluation and public awareness building.

JCPenney Company, Inc. - JCPenney Afterschool is committed to providing children with high-quality, affordable after school programs to help them reach their full potential. JCPenney Afterschool is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization providing financial and volunteer support to four of America's leading after school advocates -- the YMCA of the USA, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, 4-H, and the Afterschool Alliance. This support helps provide safe, fun, and educational after school programs and raises awareness of the need for more such programs across the country.

The Advertising Council - The Ad Council uses the power of advertising to stimulate action against the problems confronting Americans today. It is joined in this mission by the media, the advertising industry, the business world and the non-profit community.

The Entertainment Industry Foundation - Since its creation in the early 1940's, EIF has been raising awareness and resources to address critical issues of the day. Each year, employees of every film studio, television network and allied entertainment business donate funds that are distributed to worthy causes such as cancer research and childhood development.

Creative Artists Agency Foundation - The foundation's mission is to improve teaching and learning in America and to support youth services. As such, it is committed to using its resources to support and promote afterschool programs.

Open Society Institute and The After-School Corporation (TASC) - The After-School Corporation (TASC) began with a challenge grant from the philanthropist George Soros's Open Society Institute, which pledged up to $25 million dollars per year for each of five years, providing TASC could match those funds from the public sector and other private donors on a three-to-one basis. Based on TASC's progress to date, and on the growing support nationally for after-school programs, the Open Society Institute extended its initial five-year commitment, making TASC currently eligible to received up to $125 million over seven years and possibly beyond. In the beginning of its fourth year, TASC expects to support about 200 afterschool programs serving 45,000 K-12 students throughout New York State, primarily in New York City. Together, OSI and TASC are working to make sustainable universal afterschool a public responsibility across the nation.