Hit the Books
Founded in 2019, Hit the Books (HTB) brings additional educational resources to students in the Harlem community through after-school educational programs, which include academic excellence, mentorship, and mixed martial art classes. These programs help students progress outside of the classroom intellectually, emotionally, and physically.
- Year
- 2026
- Purpose
- The CCS grant will help with general operating support for Hit the Books’ afterschool programming in Harlem, which provides academic tutoring, social and emotional learning, mentorship, and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) training for youth ages 6–13.
- Amount
- $5,000
- Year
- 2025
- Purpose
- The CCS grant will be used to provide low-income students with academic support services, youth development sports-based programming, and social-emotional learning within the Harlem community.
- Amount
- $5,000
- Year
- 2024
- Purpose
- The CCS grant was used to provide low-income students with academic support services, sports programming, and social-emotional learning within the Harlem community.
- Amount
- $5,000
- Year
- 2023
- Purpose
- The CCS grant was used to support the general operating budget for the academic and mixed martial arts programming.
- Amount
- $5,000
- Year
- 2022
- Purpose
- The CCS grant was used to help the day-to-day operations, specifically with efforts to more than double the student base this fall.
- Amount
- $5,000