The Cuomo Foundation’s mission is to enable and equip the disadvantaged with the tools to succeed independently.

We aim to empower our beneficiaries rather than simply to assist.

This is a goal that can most often be achieved successfully through creating opportunities in education.

Access to education and also culture are unmistakable milestones that can enable and equip individuals with a capacity to evolve and move forward in their lives.

Maria Elena Cuomo President, Cuomo Foundation