Overview
Why Fordham Street?
Judy Bigelow, founder of the Fordham Street Foundation, grew up on Fordham Street in Pocatello, Idaho, and experienced the economic security, educational enrichment and family support that helped build a successful life. The Foundation seeks to secure a better future for our least advantaged children by making the opportunities recalled on “Fordham Street” a reality for all.
To that end, we provide grants to support programs and organizations that use innovative teaching strategies and experiences to improve learning and provide a foundation of core competencies and critical life skills that will help today’s youth realize their full potential.
Our Vision
The Fordham Street Foundation acts with compassion and creativity to promote equal opportunity for our least advantaged children.
Our Mission
The Fordham Street Foundation seeks opportunities to promote the rights of our least advantaged children to thrive, grow and be enriched.
Our Approach
To maximize the positive change our funding resources can bring to community life, we have developed these core operating principles:
- Interdependence—We build long-term relationships
to provide opportunities for sustained and mutually beneficial
learning.
- Engagement—In working with grantees, we use a client-centered approach
to provide positive support for funded opportunities.
- Innovation—While
we plan carefully, we remain open to as yet unknown, but potentially
important, opportunities.
- Leverage—We work collaboratively to make the best
use of our monetary and volunteer resources.
- Meaning—We
identify and work with grantees to achieve measurable gains
in areas of greatest need.