Foundation for New Education Initiatives, Inc

More than 188,000 students attending Miami-Dade County Public Schools in 2022-2023 school year were registered for free/reduced price lunch, many of whom go hungry during summer months when school is out. This past year M-DCPS registered 10,600 students living in insecure housing, and needing assistance for themselves and their families. Foundation for New Education Initiatives (FNEI) was founded in 2008 for students like these. Besides helping to feed, clothe, and shelter needy students and their families, FNEI supports initiatives such as the Cultural Passport program, equipping needy students and classrooms in poor schools with wireless devices, plus many other valuable programs. 

Some programs include:

- Summer Youth Internship Program
- Cultural Passport Program
- Mini-grants for schools
- Student Scholarships
- The Parent Academy
- Family Engagement Specialist
- Community Engagement Leadership Conference
- Needy Families/Needy Schools/Project UP-START
- STEAM and Computer Labs

This Give Miami Day, we will be prioritizing raising money for the Cultural Passport Program. FNEI was able to provide over 71,000 online experiences, over 29,000 field experiences, and over 36,000 in-school experiences of the arts with the cultural passport program in the 2022-23 school year. Over 135,000 students were directly benefited from the cultural passport program. With your help, we can grow that number and help M-DCPS students even more.