Sequoia has partnered with many groups to aid in developing and funding specific projects. In addition we have offered our support for wonderful projects already implemented with many national and international programs. The following represents a view of some of those with whom we are involved.

Partners
Pirai City Hall
Rio das Flores city Hall
Fulbright Commission
Young Audiences
Bates Dance Festival
Hope Stone

Partial list of Organizations receiving grants from Sequoia
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Musicians on Call
Lincoln Center of Performing Arts
Fairchild Tropical Gardens, Miami
Grant Makers of Education
Alvin Ailey Dance Company
Metropolitan Museum
Sierra Club
Greenpeace
YMCA
Brasil Foundation
Dance Theatre Workshop

In August, 2005, we started implementing the ELL project in the city of Piraí (RJ). Through this partnership, the Sequoia Foundation provides training and monitoring for teachers in public city schools, who are appointed by the City’s Education Office to participate in the project, and supplies all the classroom material required for their development.

The ELL has already been implemented in five Piraí schools, and it is still expanding in the city, serving both pre-school and elementary school students.

According to the model used in Piraí, in February, 2006, we began the implementation of ELL in the city of Rio das Flores (RJ), where our project has evolved along with our students.

We started out working with students from pre-school to the first grade, and currently work with students from kindergarden to the fourth grade.

In August, 2007, we began implementing the ELL in the Walter Russo City School, in Duque de Caxias (RJ). This marked the beginning of a partnership that, for us, makes the perfect example of a sustainable and successful project.

:: Schlumberger, a leading service company in the Oil and Gas Industry, finances the materials and operational costs of the project;

:: the city’s Education Office provides the required support and makes teachers available for the implementation of the project;

:: the Sequoia Foundation provides training for teachers, implements the methodology, and monitors the project development.

One of our goals is to offer our children daily contact with professionals who speaks fluent English, providing them with knowledge about American culture for effective language learning.

In order to achieve that goal, we have established a partnership with the Fulbright Commission, which, as part of the English Teaching Assistantship program, selects young American college students to come to Brazil and participate in ELL.

These youngsters contribute to the improvement of Brazilian teachers’ knowledge of the English language, participating in classroom activities along with students, and lending their skills to several areas of the project.

Young Audiences Arts for Learning is the nation's leading source of arts-in-education programs and services. YA Arts for Learning's mission and goal is to help make the arts an essential part of young people's education.

For over 50 years, YA has advanced the artistic and educational development of public school students by bringing young people together with professional artists of all disciplines to learn, create, and participate in the arts.

In 2007, YA Arts for Learning's network of 31 affiliates and 4,600 artists reached 7 million children in nearly 7,400 schools with more than 17,000 performance demonstrations, 70,000 workshops and 4,800 teacher services.