Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation Awards Grant to Marymount Manhattan

Marymount Manhattan is committed to offering educational opportunities to students from abroad. These students help create a multicultural learning environment, fostering the exchange of ideas and experiences that is at the heart of a liberal arts education. 

The Niarchos Foundation grant increases student access through need-based financial aid, which is one of the initiatives of This is the Day, the Campaign for Marymount Manhattan. The grant helps the College meet its $25 million campaign goal and also assists MMC in securing $1.5 million challenge grant from The Kresge Foundation in Troy, Mich. 

In addition, The Niarchos Foundation grant supports the goals set forth in the Marymount Manhattan 2008-2013 Strategic Plan: Extending Our Reach. The cornerstone of the plan is to prepare students for life and careers through an enriched and challenging learning experience that is international in focus, interdisciplinary in method and experiential in practice. 

About The Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation 

The Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation, an international philanthropic organization, supports charitable activities in four primary areas: arts and culture, education, health and medicine and social welfare. The Foundation makes grants to not-for-profit organizations throughout the world. In addition, the Foundation maintains a major commitment to supporting programs in Greece through the guidance of a locally based advisory committee. The Foundation places particular emphasis on endeavors that address education, social welfare and health issues for underserved populations, with special attention given to programs for children and the elderly. Selectively, the Foundation also seeks to support programs within and outside Greece that promote, maintain and preserve Greek heritage and culture. 

Since its inception in 1996, The Stavros S. Niarchos Foundation has provided more than 1,740 grants to not-for-profit organizations in 88 countries. 

Marymount Manhattan College is an urban, independent, liberal arts college. The mission of the College is to educate a socially and economically diverse student body by fostering intellectual achievement and personal growth and by providing opportunities for career development.

Published: November 20, 2009