All College Access Challenge Grant sub-grant awards target services to students living at or below the poverty level or attending schools where 50% or more students are eligible for the free lunch program. Programs may also develop skills for counselors serving this targeted population.
| Small Grant Sub-Grantees | |
| Name | Description of population to be served |
| ASPIRA of New York Inc. | At risk high school students in the Bronx |
| Brentwood Union Free School District | Serving Brentwood High School/Freshman Center |
| Brooklyn College Community Partnership | Students in Brooklyn, NY |
| Central Park East High School (CPEHS) | CPEHS and partnering with College Summit in Brooklyn, NY |
| City School District Of Albany/ Partnered with SUNY Albany | 475 students in the junior class at Albany High School |
| College and Community Fellowship, Inc | 150 (minimum) incarcerated women in New York City |
| Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities | Bronx and Kings County |
| Goddard Riverside Community Center Options Center for Educational and Career Choice | Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan |
| Harlem RBI Inc. | Youth from the East Harlem, NY who attend schools in the NY City District 4 |
| Hispanic Scholarship Fund | Serving Hispanic Students Statewide |
| Institute for Student Achievement | 100 students at Brooklyn Community Arts & Media High School |
| It's Up to Me (a partnership program led by NYIT and involving NY State Dept of Labor and the Commission Independent Colleges and Universities) | John Adams High School in Ozone Park, Queens |
| Jamestown Community College | Jamestown City School District, Dunkirk City School District, Salamanac City Central School District and partnering with Chautauqua Striders |
| Learning Leaders Inc. | New York City Schools |
| New Rochelle "Next Steps" Program | 135 Students from New Rochelle High School who reside in municipal housing in New Rochelle |
| New Settlement Apartments | Youth from low-income families in the NYC |
| New York State Financial Aid Administrators Association (NYSFAAA) | Serving New York residents statewide, living below the poverty line, applying for financial aid |
| On Point for College | Targeting low income youth in Syracuse City School District |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | 6 Bronx, NY schools |
| Rochester Institute Of Technology/ Partnered with the Rochester City School District | 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students in the Rochester City Schools |
| St John's University | Long Island City High School |
| Suffolk Network on Adolescent Pregnancy (SNAP) Long Island | Partnering with Brentwood & Central Islip Union Free School Districts to serve 5,000 students/families |
| Sunnyside Community Services College Readiness Program | Queens County |
| SUNY Cobleskill | 400 low-income students, as well as guidance counselors at 16 contiguous school districts in upstate NY |
| Syracuse University/ Partnered with the Syracuse City School District | Syracuse City Schools and the BOCES of Jefferson and Lewis Counties |
| The College Initiative | Formerly incarcerated men and women in New York City |
| The Facing History School (FHS) | FHS in NY, NY partnering with College Summit in Brooklyn, NY |
| The High School for Law, Advocacy and Community Justice | HS for LACJ in NY, NY and partnering with College Summit in Brooklyn, NY |
| The Young Women's Leadership Network | 3 underserved high-need title 1 NYC Public High Schools:
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| Today's Students Tomorrow's Teachers | John F. Kennedy High School in the Bronx, NY |