The Heckscher Foundation for Children is a private, NYC-based philanthropic foundation seeking to level the playing field for underserved youth. It focuses on “inflection point” funding within a venture philanthropy framework — Heckscher considers specific obstacles that keep underserved youth from realizing their full potential, and then identifies key junctures, or inflection points, where its grants might change the course of their lives. From there, Heckscher looks for innovative programs, partnerships, and solutions that address those junctures, and are grounded in positive, long-term outcomes.