Number of Children Served: 2000
Number of University Partners: 15
Number of Corps members: 816

Lorie Almon, Chair Co-Managing Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP  
Dale Atkins Ph.D, Author/Psychologist  
Eric Brettschneider Special Advisor to Commissioner, Office of Children and Family Services
David Carmel Jumpstart Founder; Chief Operating Officer, Carmel Asset Management  
Brad Coleman Global Head-Alternative Assets Group, Citigroup Global Markets  
Laura Ensler Early Childhood Consultant, Laura Ensler Consulting LLC
Stephen Gellman Partner in Real Estate, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Edward Greene Early Childhood Consultant
Dana Herrman Vice President in Equity Training, Sanford C. Bernstein  
Max Justicz Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
Jennifer K. Marrus Fundraising and Board Development Consultant  
Crystal McCrary Anthony Author, Attorney, and TV Host  
Alan Riffkin Managing Director, Lazard Freres & Co. LLC  
Laura Sibert-Cardoza Child Advocate  
David Stadler President, Blue Ocean Worldwide  
Molly Wythes Senior Vice President/Managing Director, Katz Media Group
 

Jumpstart Tri-State thanks its sponsors for their generous support. The following is a list from 2009-2012.

AKA | ALLEGRA KOCHMAN ARCHITECTURE
Alliance Bernstein
American Express
Ares Operations, LLC
Assurant
The Lily Auchincloss Foundation
Bank of America
Barclays
BC Partners
Bloomberg L.P.
Blue Ocean
Florence V. Burden Foundation
Cerberus Capital Management
Citi
Colgate
Credit Suisse
Crestview Partners
CVC Capital Partners
Ernst & Young
Filmaday
FAO Schwarz
Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher, LLP
Givenik
Goldman Sachs
The Heckscher Foundation for Children
HSBC
Katz Media Group
The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
The Marion E. Kenworthy - Sarah H. Swift Foundation
Kirkland & Ellis
KPMG
Lazard Ltd.
Leonard Green & Partners LP
The Marks Family Foundation  
Marrus Family Foundation  
Maslow 6  
MAT Charitable Trust
MetLife  
Miller Buckfire and Co.  
Moelis and Company Holdings  
Morgan Stanley  
Katherine John Murphy Foundation
The New York Community Trust  
Pearson  
Peeq Media  
Pershing Square  
Pfizer  
PWC
Random House  
Royal Bank of Canada  
Saks Fifth Avenue  
Gary Saltz Family Foundation
The Charles and Mildred Schnurmacher Foundation
Select Equity Group, Inc.  
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Solar Capital
Source Media
Starbucks Foundation
Stringer Foundation  
Sullivan and Cromwell
Tiger Foundation  
Trian Fund Management  
UBS Financial  
US Trust  
Weil, Gotshal, and Manges LLC  
Wells Fargo
White and Case  
Zenithmedia
 

Jumpstart's Scribbles to Novels in New York City - May 8, 2012

On May 8, 2012, 550 supporters gathered to participate in Jumpstart NYC Scribbles to Novels at Cipriani Wall Street. Guests joined Tina Fey, actress and author of Bossypants and Wes Moore, author of The Other Wes Moore. In addition to Ms. Fey and Mr. Moore, luminary Stephen Colbert was featured in a special video presentation, and Gayle King, CBS’ This Morning co-host, interviewed Ms. Fey on stage.  Special thanks to all of our sponsors for making the evening a success. As a result, we raised more than $1.2 million in support of Jumpstart’s program in New York City. Photos from Scribbles to Novels are available on Jumpstart Tri-State's facebook page.

Jumpstart's Read for the Record  in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut - October 4, 2012

As stated by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, October 4, 2012 was officially Jumpstart’s Read for the Record Day in New York City. Presented in partnership with the Pearson Foundation, and sponsored locally by Chase, Bloomberg, and the Foundation for Newark’s Future, people around the Tri-State area showed that they care deeply about early education! In New York, volunteers from CVC Capital Partners, Franklin Templeton, JPMorgan Chase, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and the Jumpstart NYC Junior Board joined special guest readers from JPMorgan Chase Foundation, NYC Dept. of Education, and the NYC Administration for Children’s Services at several preschools on the Lower East Side.  In Hunts Point in the Bronx, special guest readers (including Chancellor Dennis Walcott of the NYC Dept. of Education and police officers from the 41^st precinct) read with children.  In Newark, New Jersey, Jumpstart hosted a reading event to kickoff the first program year in the city with many guest readers.  And, in Connecticut, reading events took place in both Windham (with Connecticut State Representative Susan Johnson) and in New Haven (with Superintendent of Schools Reginald Mayo).  Also, throughout the day, over 1000 young children and coffee-loving adults descended on 56 participating Starbucks locations all over the city and boroughs – for book readings and activities. Photos from all Jumpstart’s Read for the Record events in the Tri-State Region are available on facebook.

Glamour
June 2, 2012
Why Tina Fey Loves Books. Read more

Huffington Post
October 10, 2011
Jumpstart Reads for a Record...and a Purpose. Read more

Huffington Post
September 30, 2011
America's Early Childhood Education Crisis and Jumpstart's work to combat the crisis. Read more

Jumpstart is featured on AOL Impact
September 27, 2011
Jumpstart is now a part of the AOL Impact program, AOL's corporate commitment to shine a spotlight on nonprofits making an impact and allow their users to learn more and take action. Read more

Jumpstart Corps member shares her story with NBC's Education Nation
July 14, 2011
Jumpstart Corps member and Columbia University student Ashley Williams blogs about her experience serving in the classroom. Read more
 

Barnard College
Brooklyn College
City University of New York
Fordham University
Kean University
Lehman College
Long Island University
Montclair State University
New York University
Pace University
Rutgers University - Camden
Southern Connecticut State University
St. Johns University
University of Connecticut
York College

Contact for general inquiries or volunteer opportunities

Molly Leiper
Special Projects Associate
212.868.2526 ext. 25
molly.leiper@jstart.org
 

Contact for program development and expansion opportunities
Kerri Osborne
Senior Program Director
212.868.2526 ext. 19
kerri.osborne@jstart.org

Contact for media and fundraising opportunities
Janice Goldfarb
Senior Development Director
212.868.2526 ext. 13
janice.goldfarb@jstart.org
 

Jumpstart NYC Readers Program

The Jumpstart NYC Readers' Program follows Jumpstart's results-based curriculum, but offers flexibility and shorter time commitments for community members and working professionals' busy lifestyles. As a Reader, volunteers read to small groups of children for one hour a week in a local Manhattan or Bronx preschool; lead fun activities for the children, building vocabulary and comprehension skills; and work in pairs with other individuals dedicated to giving back. For more information, please contact Louis Berman at louis.berman@jstart.org or 212.868.2526 x18.

Jumpstart in Hunts Point, Bronx
Jumpstart is excited to provide our programming at five classrooms in La Peninsula Head Start and P.S. 48 in Hunts Point. In addition to our work at these centers, we have also collaborated with the Hunts Point Alliance for Children (HPAC) to open The Children’s Community Classroom (CCC), an early education space. This community classroom was made available by support from Goldman Sachs Gives and Bright Horizon’s Inc. Unlike our typical session model in which we partner with pre-existing early childhood education centers to provide our services, the CCC is operated by Jumpstart and HPAC. The CCC recruits child participants from caregivers in the community, allowing us to reach even more children with our programming. Jumpstart also hosts monthly early learning events in Hunt’s Point to support family’s engagement with their children’s learning. 

Jumpstart's NYC Junior Board
Interested in joining Jumpstart’s NYC Junior Board? Click here for more information and the application.