Our Mission
Through our one-of-a-kind ten-year commitment, Fiver provides experiences that challenge and builds relationships that nurture so that youth from systemically under-resourced communities in New York can create their own positive futures.
Empowering children to make positive life choices.
Children don’t
just attend Fiver.
They become Fivers.
Through character-building summer and year-round out-of-school time programs, Fiver makes a 10 year plus commitment to our participants, providing the platform, and underlying infrastructure, so that young people can empower themselves and their communities.
A culture of acceptance and affirmation.
Fiver has established an immersive culture with a common language, norms, artifacts, and practices that become embedded in the hearts of children, staff and everyone who becomes involved.
Fiver Children’s Foundation is a year-round youth development program for young people ages 8 - 18, focusing on underserved communities in New York City and Central New York. Through character-building summer and year-round out-of-school time programs, Fiver makes a 10 year plus commitment to our participants, providing the platform, and underlying infrastructure, so that young people can empower themselves and their communities. Fiver serves approximately 500 young people and their families throughout the year.