At CTY, I learned how to write an essay, measure a river’s flow rate, perform a t-test, compose a villanelle, and analyze a syllogism. There is not a skill that I learned in a CTY course that I have not put to use in my own life. - Sean, CTY student

How Corporations and Foundations are Partnering with CTY

Foundations and corporations committed to youth education, STEM disciplines and underserved communities are partnering with CTY in national, regional and local initiatives to support student scholarships and other priority programs.  Here are several examples:

CTY’s Urban Initiatives: Engagement in Newark, New Jersey

Opening its programs to all children who qualify but whose families cannot afford to send them is core to CTY’s mission. Since 2000, partners including the Victoria Foundation, Goldman Sachs Foundation, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the Prudential Foundation and others have supported CTY to identify and nurture high ability students in Newark, New Jersey.  These engaged funding partners, together with an active network of Newark area superintendents, principals, gifted education teachers, guidance counselors and parents, have made CTY’s outreach in Newark a success.  Over 500 Newark area students have been supported with scholarships to participate in CTY’s advanced online and residential summer programs.  For many Newark students, joining their intellectual peers on a college campus where high achievement is celebrated is wholly transformative to the future course of their lives.

CTY has similar Urban Initiatives to reach bright underserved youth in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., New York City, Seattle, the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles.  New partners are always being sought to deepen the community impact.

Johns Hopkins CTY Scholars: A Four-Year Program for Student Achievement

Beginning in 2011, The JPMorgan Chase Foundation is partnering with CTY to support nine bright 8th graders from New York City, San Francisco and Seattle in the comprehensive four year Johns Hopkins CTY Scholars program. The CTY Scholars program identifies high potential 8th grade students from low-income families and provides them with the support, challenge and direction they need to gain admission to the nation's top colleges and universities.  It brings the scholars to the highest levels of academic achievement through participation in rigorous summer programs, online courses, academic counseling, mentoring, entrepreneurship training and family academic programs.

Subject Scholarships: Advancing STEM

CTY and the nonprofit Math for America share a commitment to cultivating excellence in mathematics. Toward this goal, Math for America (MfA) is providing vital scholarships for highly-able students from lower-income New York City families identified by CTY to participate in challenging math and science summer courses at CTY’s residential sites on campuses nationwide, from Johns Hopkins and Princeton universities in the east to Stanford and UC Berkeley in the west.

To learn more about foundation and corporate partnering with CTY, please contact JoAnne Woolley at jwoolley@jhu.edu

How Universities are Partnering with CTY

CTY offers One Course Scholarships to Talent Search participants in grades 7-8 who take the SAT or ACT and score higher than the mean of the college-bound seniors. 140 colleges and universities throughout the country partner with CTY to allow approximately 1,000 selected students to take a college course for credit before they graduate from high school. Over the years, CTY students have enrolled and excelled in courses that range from Computer Science to World Literature.

To learn more about university partnering with CTY, please contact Stacy Johnson at stacyj@jhu.edu