To support our effort to provide high quality school options, please make checks out to "Success Charter Network" and mail them to:

To inquire about a credit card contribution, wire transfer, or upcoming fundraising event, please call 646-747-6194 or email jenny.sedlis@harlemsuccess.org.

You can tell a lot about an organization’s priorities by how they spend their money. We could spend $30,000 per child and run a fantastic school. We could raise millions and build a gorgeous new facility with all of the bells and whistles.

At Harlem Success, we take a different approach. In order to meet our ambitious expansion goals we hold ourselves to strict spending guidelines. We believe our schools can do more – for less. We aim to provide an excellent education for the same or lower per-pupil rate than the New York City public schools. Part of it involves thinking smarter.

What do we mean by thinking smarter? When we purchase a new item of technology, consider buying a curriculum out-of-the-box, or determine whether to contract with an outside vendor, we evaluate not just the cost but the benefit. Will that new curriculum really enhance student achievement? Can that item of technology produce a measurable benefit for our kids? If a potential expenditure does not have a sufficient rate of return, we nix it – quick.

To most, this should not sound like a radical concept. However, too many school systems think just about the inputs when they should really look carefully at the outputs. Student achievement is our bottom line and we never take our eye off of it.

We have a monumental task ahead of us. We aim not just to educate the children within our walls exceptionally well. We intend to open forty schools in New York City over the next 15 years. We hope you'll consider supporting our efforts today.