Senior Accountant (CPA)

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Last Updated on October 17, 2025

About NYC Kids RISE

NYC Kids RISE is a nonprofit organization working with the City of New York and the NYC

Department of Education to manage the Save for College Program (the Program). Through the

Program, eligible students enrolled in an NYC public school (including participating charter

schools), starting in kindergarten, automatically receive a free NYC Scholarship Account with an

initial allocation of $100 by NYC Kids RISE on their behalf, invested in a NY 529 Direct Plan,

and opportunities to receive additional rewards over time. Their families can open and connect

their own college savings account on their childs behalf, and communities can contribute to

groups of these NYC Scholarship Accounts as both a targeted and universal platform for

community-driven asset-building in every neighborhood. This approach draws from a variety of

best practices and disciplines across the fields of asset building, child savings accounts,

financial empowerment, education, community wealth building, urban poverty, neighborhood

effects and social capital research, collective impact, and more.Read moreabout NYC Kids RISE and the Save for College Program andlisten to storiesfrom partners who helped build the platform during itspilot phasefrom 2017 to 2022. You can also view recent articles in theNew York Times,Fast Company, theWall Street Journal, and theNYCHA Journal; and read more about NYC Kids RISEtheory of changein a report by the Urban Institute.

After a successful pilot phase in the communities of School District 30 in Queens, NYC Kids RISE Save for College Program expanded citywide during the 2021-2022 school year. This past 2024-2025 school year, more than 280,000 students participated in the Program, across …