HEAF’s Mission
For 36 years, the Harlem Educational Activities Fund has partnered with families, schools, community organizations and supporters to change the lives of young people from under-resourced New York City communities. HEAF’s high-impact college access program provides academic enrichment, personal development, college prep, and career exposure from middle school through high school and college.
HEAF's Impact
%
of our students graduate from high school and are accepted to 4-year colleges
years changing the lives of young people
%
of our students earn bachelor degrees
HEAF partners with students and families to build academic confidence, expand opportunity, and support long-term success. Our programs provide consistent guidance from middle school through college and into early careers.
Achieve
Achieve provides intensive, multi-year academic enrichment, individualized advising, social-emotional learning, and college access support for students in grades 6–12, with continued guidance through college. Students engage in after-school and summer programming that builds skills, confidence, leadership, and readiness for postsecondary success
Inspire
Inspire expands access by delivering school- and community-based academic enrichment and college access programming in partnership with public high schools and community organizations. HEAF advisors and instructors are embedded in partner sites, offering in-school support, financial aid guidance, and career exposure to students who might otherwise lack these resources.
Community
HEAF Community opens select college access, enrichment, and family engagement opportunities—such as workshops, panels, and resource fairs—to students and families across New York City. These citywide programs strengthen access to information, reinforce a college-going culture, and extend HEAF’s impact beyond its core cohorts.
Congratulations to the Graduating Class of 2025
Class of 2025 College Commitments
Cornell University
Franklin & Marshall College
Medgar Evers College (CUNY)
Morgan State University
Morgan State University
New York City College of Technology (CUNY)
New York University
Siena College
Skidmore College
State University of New York at Albany
State University of New York at Fredonia