The Founding of Asthma Free School Zone

With asthma rates at all-time highs, the Asthma Free School Zone program in 2002 to improve the health of New York City urban communities by reducing the prevalence of environmental factors linked to asthma.

Real World Foundation, Inc. was incorporated in New York State in 2003. The Asthma Free School Zone is its first and only program.

EIN: 57-1147217
NYS Organization number: 240355
NYC VENDOR: 0002292294-1
NYC SIPP: REA01100001

Executive Director:

Stuart B. Leigh
131 Avenue B, #1B
NYC, NY 10009
212-460-5361

Board of Directors:

Elliot Matz, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer< Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
Benay Rubenstein, Executive Director and Founder of The College Initiative, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NYC, NY
Cynthia J. Weber, Executive Director of Weber Works, retired development consultant with Girl Scouts of the USA, NYC, NY
Mimi Fahs, Professor, Urban Public Health, and Research Director of Hunter College's Brookdale Center on Aging, NYC, NY