Mercer County New Jersey Education Nonprofit Organizations

The Hopewell Valley Education Foundation is a nonprofit organization serving the needs of the public schools that make up the Hopewell Valley Regional School District. Their mission is to enhance the educational experience in Hopewell Valley schools through the identification and development of community partnerships and resources.

Visit the Hopewell Valley Education Foundation website.

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Kidsbridge, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the celebration of human diversity, encourages the students, families, and educators of the greater Mercer County region to understand and appreciate the strengths and opportunities that are inherent in the diverse, mosaic cultures of our community and our world.

Kidsbridge also provides programs that create measurable improvements in character education and life skills. Their character education programs generate positive learning in civility, kindness, conflict resolution, mediation, and anti-bullying. Their life skill programs are designed to prepare children to be successful in a global society, while instilling the time-honored values of cooperation, peaceful interaction, teamwork, and leadership.

Visit the Kidsbridge Tolerance Museum website.

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Founded in 1979, Literacy Volunteers in Mercer County (LV-MC) trains, coordinates, and supports the efforts of a dedicated group of volunteer literacy tutors. Their volunteers provide free, confidential literacy tutoring services to adult residents of Mercer County at a variety of locations including the public libraries, workplace sites, churches, and retirement homes. LV-MC provides comprehensive training in the skills necessary to teach and motivate adult students.

They are committed to enabling adults with limited literacy proficiencies to achieve personal, job-related, community, and family-oriented goals. The organization provides periodic tutor training, utilizing and supporting volunteers in the delivery of free services.

Visit the Literacy Volunteers in Mercer County website.

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The mission and passion of Magazine Publishers Family Literacy Project is to build an enormous literacy pipeline and to challenge the citizens of the world to fill it with magazines.

With your support, Magazine Publishers Family Literacy Project sends new and recycled magazines to new readers -- moms and kids in domestic violence and homeless shelters, youth in mentoring and job training programs, and other community literacy programs.

Magazine Publishers Family Literacy Project is the first and only family literacy project with global, magazine industry-wide ambition. Their mission is to create a vibrant literacy marketplace that shares the magic and power of magazine reading with at-risk children and families who want to learn and love to read.

Visit the Magazine Publishers Family Literacy Project website.

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People & Stories/Gente y Cuentos, a reading and discussion program offered in English or Spanish, creates unique access to literature. Adults and young adults who have had limited opportunities to experience the power of literature work in small groups led by a trained coordinator. Participants draw upon their own experiences to discuss complex short stories. As they examine the poetics, issues, and values the stories explore, people can discover ways to see things differently.

Visit the People & Stories / Gente y Cuentos website.

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Princeton Young Achievers (PYA) is a unique after-school program that helps children from low- and moderate-income neighborhoods improve their school performance and English language skills.

Visit the Princeton Young Achievers website.

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Young Scholars' Institute (YSI), a nonprofit year-round learning center for Trenton area children in grades K-12, was established in 1990 by Executive Director Jerri L. Morrison, a former teacher, with financial assistance from the Harbourton Foundation. YSI is the culmination of the commitment and dedication of Ms. Morrison, her staff, the Board of Trustees and two hundred volunteers from the community.

Guided by a ten-member Board of Trustees, Young Scholars' Institute provides innovative programs for approximately 1,200 school children annually. These programs and services include one-to-one tutoring, SAT preparatory courses, enrichment classes, college tours and college admissions workshops, reading and writing workshops, and so much more! The "scholars" are taught by experienced teachers and tutored by adults, college, and high school volunteers.

Visit the Young Scholars' Institute website.

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