Futures Education

What Futures Education does

Futures in Education is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit scholarship organization founded in 1989 and designated as the official scholarship body of the Diocese of Brooklyn. It provides partial tuition assistance — up to $3,600 per student and capped at 75% of tuition — to roughly 3,000 students annually attending Catholic academies, parish schools, and religious education programs across Brooklyn and Queens, irrespective of religious denomination. Eligibility is needs-based, with income thresholds scaled to household size under National School Lunch Program guidelines, and applications are processed through the third-party vendor FACTS to verify financial need. The organization supports families with median household income of about $51,000 who would otherwise face tuition hardship, with documented outcomes including K–8 enrollment growth in the Diocese for the first time in over a decade.

The business model is fundraising-driven, not commercial. Revenue streams include Angel Program sponsorships (starting at $2,500 annually with direct donor–student correspondence), Angel Wings monthly recurring giving, special events (Annual Scholarship Fund Dinner, A Round for Kids Golf & Tennis Outing, Bishop's Christmas Luncheon), foundation grants and corporate gifts, and endowment and planned-giving vehicles. The 2026 Annual Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street drew 850 attendees and raised over $1.5 million, including $254,099 from the Angel Auction alone. Distribution combines online applications via FACTS with parish-based referrals through field representatives embedded across Brooklyn and Queens parishes, and the organization is also positioning for the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit program (effective 2027), which would convert individual donations into up to $1,700 of federal tax credits.

Operationally, Futures in Education runs a lean team (1–10 employees) supported through a contracted services agreement with the Catholic Foundation for Brooklyn and Queens, whose staff dedicate time to both organizations. Leadership includes Executive Director John Notaro and Directors of Mission Advancement, Operations, and Programs, alongside advancement officers, planned-giving, parish field representatives, and program coordinators. Strategic partners include the Diocese of Brooklyn, the Catholic Foundation for Brooklyn and Queens, the Children's Scholarship Fund (which administers the Teddy J. Forstmann and Bishop's Scholarship programs), and FACTS (technology). The organization also operates sub-brands such as the Catholic Alumni Partnership (CAP) for alumni-driven school fundraising and publishes the Angel Gazette newsletter, but it holds no patents, has no app, and operates entirely within the Brooklyn and Queens geographic footprint.

Name

Futures Education

Legal name

Futures in Education

Website

https://futuresineducation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Futures in Education is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit founded in 1989 that provides needs-based tuition assistance — up to $3,600 per student — to roughly 3,000 students annually across Catholic schools in Brooklyn and Queens as the official scholarship organization of the Diocese of Brooklyn.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Scholarship Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (6117), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Grantmaking Agencies & Education Program Grants Administration (EDADAHAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Scholarship & Fellowship Foundations and Trusts (EDADAHAC), Education Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAK), Scholarships, Grants & Education Benefits Administration (Financing-adjacent) (FSAKAEAM)

Keywords

• Catholic school scholarships
• Tuition assistance programs
• Donor-sponsored scholarships
• Monthly giving programs
• Parish-based fundraising

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations - Angel Program: Individual donors sponsor students through the Angel Program, providing partial tuition assistance starting at $2,500/year. Angels receive correspondence and report cards from students.
2. Monthly Giving - Angel Wings: Monthly donation program supporting Catholic education scholarships. Donors contribute at various levels on a recurring monthly basis.
3. Special Events: Revenue generated from Annual Scholarship Fund Dinner, Round for Kids Golf Outing, and Bishop's Christmas Luncheon.
4. Foundation Grants and Corporate Gifts: Funding from foundation grants and corporate donations supporting scholarship programs.
5. Endowment Funds and Legacy Gifts: Long-term sustainable funding through endowment funds and planned giving programs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Futures in Education is a nonprofit scholarship organization that provides needs-based tuition assistance to students attending Catholic elementary schools in Brooklyn and Queens. It connects individual donors, foundations, and corporate sponsors with financially needy families through programs such as the Angel Program (donor-student matching), Angel Wings (monthly giving), and the Catholic Alumni Partnership, while managing the application and verification process via the third-party FACTS platform.

Product overview

Futures in Education is a non-profit scholarship organization serving the Diocese of Brooklyn that operates multiple programs to provide tuition assistance for Catholic schools in Brooklyn and Queens. The core offerings include the Angel Program (direct scholarship matching between donors and students), Catholic Alumni Partnership (school development through alumni engagement), and Angel Wings (monthly giving program). Additional services include financial aid applications processed through FACTS, a Federal Scholarship Tax Credit initiative, and publications like the Angel Gazette newsletter. Major annual events include the Scholarship Fund Dinner and Golf & Tennis Outing. The organization supports approximately 3,000 students across 64 elementary schools and serves the broader Catholic school system of 79 schools with 27,098 students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Angel Program: Program where sponsors (Angels) subsidize Catholic grammar school tuition starting at $2,500/year, with correspondence and progress reports with students.
• Catholic Alumni Partnership (CAP)
• Angel Wings

Products and services

• Angel Program
• Catholic Alumni Partnership (CAP)
• Angel Wings
• Financial Aid Application Services
• Federal Scholarship Tax Credit (FSTC) Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Supports approximately 3,000 students annually across Catholic schools in the Diocese of Brooklyn
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Children's Scholarship FundcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFutures in Education is a proud partner with Children's Scholarship Fund, which administers the Teddy J. Forstmann and Bishop's Scholarship programs. Families who received Teddy J. Forstmann awards must reapply through CSF, not Futures in Education.
• FACTScoreTechnology or IntegrationThird-party vendor that processes financial aid applications and provides objective analysis of financial need. Futures in Education uses FACTS for application management and verification of household income.
• Catholic Foundation for Brooklyn and QueenscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides staff support for Futures in Education through a contracted agreement. Most staff members devote time to both organizations.
• Diocese of BrooklyncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial scholarship organization of the Diocese of Brooklyn serving Catholic schools and academies in Brooklyn and Queens. Works with 69 Catholic academies, parish schools, and religious education programs.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA): The largest national professional membership organization for Catholic education, providing advocacy, research, and resources that shape the funding and policy environment in which diocesan scholarship organizations like Futures in Education operate.
• Step Up For Students: Florida's largest K-12 scholarship organization administering multiple state-funded scholarship programs including tax-credit scholarships. A broader incumbent demonstrating the scale an SGO can reach when tied to state scholarship-tax-credit infrastructure.

Direct peers

• Catholic Schools Foundation: Boston-area Catholic school scholarship organization with a nearly identical model: needs-based tuition assistance, donor-student matching, annual fundraising events, and direct service to inner-city Catholic school families. A benchmark peer in a different regional Catholic market.
• Today's Catholic Tomorrow's Hope: Catholic school scholarship foundation serving the Archdiocese of Chicago with comparable donor-sponsorship and tuition-assistance programs. Functions as a model peer demonstrating how Catholic scholarship organizations operate in major Midwestern dioceses.
• Children's Scholarship Fund: National K-8 scholarship organization and current strategic partner of Futures in Education. Operates the Teddy J. Forstmann and Bishop's Scholarship programs that Futures in Education families access, making it both a partner and a directly comparable scholarship-granting entity.
• ACE Scholarships: National private-school scholarship organization providing needs-based tuition assistance across multiple states, including K-8 students. Comparable mission and financial-aid-administration model, though serving a broader religious/independent-school mix rather than exclusively Catholic.
• Catholic Foundation for Brooklyn and Queens: Diocesan foundation that provides contracted staff support to Futures in Education, with overlapping leadership and donor relationships. Functions as both a sibling organization and a directly comparable Catholic philanthropy in the same geography.
• Catholic Foundation of the Archdiocese of New York: The parallel scholarship and development arm for Catholic schools across the Archdiocese of New York (Manhattan, Bronx, Staten Island, Westchester, upstate). Functions as the closest direct peer in terms of mission, structure, and Catholic-school tuition-assistance focus, just in a different jurisdiction.
• Inner-City Scholarship Fund: New York City Catholic school scholarship organization serving the Archdiocese of New York with similar Angel-style donor sponsorship programs and tuition-assistance focus, operating in overlapping NYC geographies.

Others

• FACTS (FACTS Management): Third-party vendor that powers Futures in Education's financial-aid application processing and need verification. A key technology/infrastructure enabler rather than a direct competitor, but an essential adjacent participant in the SGO operating stack.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/FuturesInEducation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/futures-in-education

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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