Blue Ridge Foundation: Blue Ridge Foundation helps develop effective strategies for connecting people living in high poverty communities to the opportunities, resources, and support that they need to fulfill their full potential. Learn more at www.brfny.org.

Carnegie Corporation of New York: The Carnegie Corporation of New York promotes the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding through programs and initiatives that address today's problems by drawing on the best ideas and cutting-edge strategies that draw strength from deep knowledge and scholarship. Learn more at www.carnegie.org

JPMorgan Chase: JPMorgan Chase's philanthropic goal is simple - be a catalyst for meaningful, positive, and sustainable change within the highest-need neighborhoods and communities across the globe. In 2010, JPMorgan Chase and its Foundation gave more than $150 million through grants and sponsorships to thousands of nonprofit organizations across 28 domestic markets and more than 25 countries abroad. It also supports the individual interests of its employees through the Matching Gift and volunteer programs. Learn more at www.jpmorganchase.com

The Kresge Foundation: The Kresge Foundation promotes human progress by helping improve the lives of poor and low-income children and adults in underserved urban and rural communities. The Foundation partners with small, mid-size, and large nonprofit organizations and intermediaries to provide opportunities for innovation and collaboration and to create community impact. Learn more at www.kresge.org.

Open Society Foundations: The Open Society Foundations works to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable to their citizens by shaping public policies that assure greater fairness in political, legal, and economic systems and safeguard fundamental rights. Learn more at www.soros.org.

Robin Hood Foundation: By applying sound investment principles to philanthropy, Robin Hood Foundation targets poverty by finding and funding the best and most effective programs and partners with them to maximize their impact. Learn more at www.robinhood.org.

SeaChange Capital Partners: SeaChange is a nonprofit firm that arranges transformational funding of outstanding nonprofit organizations involved in education reform and youth development for low-income young people in the United States. Learn more at www.seachangecap.org.

State Street Foundation: Established in 1977, the State Street Foundation is the charitable grantmaking arm of State Street Corporation. Supporting the communities in which we live and work around the world is one of State Street’s fundamental values. The Foundation is dedicated to enriching these communities through contributions to charitable organizations and by supporting causes important to State Street employees. Specifically, the Foundation administers the funds for strategic grantmaking, matching gifts, disaster relief emergency assistance and the workplace Global Giving Campaign. Learn more at: www.statestreet.com.