The Pinkerton Foundation

Calling Sister Paulette LoMonaco a "New York treasure," the Pinkerton Foundation has announced a $2 million grant to Good Shepherd Services in honor of her fifty years of leadership of the social service organization that, as Pinkerton CEO Rick Smith put it, "goes where the needs are the greatest" to serve youth and families in need.

NY Times’ Sports section recently lead with a piece on Row New York, a wonderful Pinkerton-supported program that combines the discipline and teamwork of rowing with strong academic support to help city teenagers prepare for college and life. No phony rowers here! https://www.nytimes.com//she-wants-to-row-to-get-from-nyc-

Earlier this year Visiting Fellow Steven Dawson authored a series of articles that outlined a new strategy for workforce development. Those Pinkerton Papers prompted a vigorous discussion and were highlighted in a Washington Post column by E.J. Dionne Jr. Reflecting on the debate, Steven finds something important is missing: a recognition of the field’s own class biases. Read Class Dismissedat www.thepinkertonfoundation.org/paper_type/job-quality-series

NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering is one of the sites for Pinkerton’s science research mentoring program for talented high school students from under-resourced neighborhoods. Rick Smith recently toured the Tandon Maker Space where NYU students demonstrated the use of 3-D printers to create prosthetics for children and another team described their work on a light, fast and durable off-road vehicle.

The Pinkerton Foundation is the proud sponsor of an internship program that pairs young people in foster care with mentors from the non-social-service parts of their agencies. The interns learn valuable lessons about work and life, and the mentors contribute in a very personal way to their agency’s mission. Eight of New York’s leading foster care agencies have joined the program. We’re eager to spread the word to other cities.

The credible messenger mentoring movement is spreading far and wide. Pinkerton’s Julie Peterson, a pioneer in recognizing the value of mentors who come from similar backgrounds to the young people they serve, just returned from a Credible Messenger Summit in Washington, D.C., where over 150 people from across the country shared how the movement is building. Here’s a link to Julie’s work on the subject, https://lnkd.in/dRmhixF.