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exalt Receives $5 Million Donation from MacKenzie Scott to Support Court-Involved Youth and Advance Juvenile Justice Efforts in NYC
“We are honored to receive this transformational gift. It will allow exalt to significantly expand our work with court-involved young people in all five boroughs on their journeys away from the criminal justice system and towards academic progression, and employability. ”
March 23, 2022, NEW YORK – Today, exalt announced a donation of $5 million by Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. The funding will expand the organization’s work with court-involved teenagers.
The following is a statement from exalt Executive Director Gisele Castro.
“We are honored to receive this transformational gift. It will allow exalt to significantly expand our work with court-involved young people in all five boroughs on their journeys away from the criminal justice system and towards academic progression, and employability.
It is no secret that there is an over-representation of young people of color in the criminal justice system and now we have an incredible opportunity to keep more of them free of incarceration. This gift will allow exalt to empower at-risk young people not just to escape the cycle of poverty, abuse, and trauma, but to be truly liberated.
I thank Ms. Scott for entrusting me with this investment and acknowledging exalt’s commitment to racial justice, equity and eradicating the school-to-prison pipeline”.