The Foundation has an historic interest in ensuring that individuals and families living in the city have access to the services and resources they need to pursue and sustain successful lives. The Foundation invests in organizations, programs, and projects that achieve results aligned with the objectives outlined below. Please note that the "Results Sought" reflect the specific outcomes of interest to us.
Build and preserve economic security and independence among low-income individuals and families.
Results Sought:
Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens
$150,000 (over fifteen months)
To support the Moving Forward Program, which links low-income immigrants to social supports and legal services regardless of immigration status
The Financial Clinic
$60,000
To support programs and organizational capacity building to help mitigate financial insecurity among low-income New Yorkers
Food Bank for New York City
$75,000
To support operation of the Income Tax Assistance Program
Hot Bread Kitchen Ltd.
$80,000 (over two years)
For direct relief and recovery support aimed at alumni and, when appropriate, to re-start workforce development programming
JobsFirstNYC
$175,000 (over two years)
To integrate economic development and young adult workforce development practices through place-based initiatives that achieve better outcomes for young people
New York City Employment and Training Coalition, Inc.
$50,000
For general support
The New York Community Trust
$125,000
To support the New York City Workforce Development Fund, a funder collaborative at the New York Community Trust
Robin Hood Foundation
$200,000 (over six months)
To provide assistance to New Yorkers who face extreme economic hardship upon discharge from a NYC Health + Hospitals facility following an inpatient hospitalization due to COVID-19
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, Inc.
$75,000 (over two years)
To develop protocols and systems necessary to support integrated social service delivery at the multi-service Commonpoint Queens Hub
Woodlawn Conservancy, Inc.
$40,000
For continued support for the Bridge to Crafts Careers Workforce Development program which trains young people for entry-level positions in masonry restoration, landscaping, and arbor care, using the Woodlawn Cemetery as an outdoor learning lab
Workforce Professionals Training Institute
$200,000 (over two years)
For general support as WPTI seeks to invest in the internal technological infrastructure; help workforce organizations to adapt new digital strategies to support and prepare job seekers; and build the digital literacy skills of managers and frontline staff
Promote and sustain the availability of, and equitable access to, essential community resources needed to support stable, healthy communities, with an emphasis on systemic efforts.
Results Sought:
The Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development, Inc.
$75,000
To provide data, policy, advocacy, and capacity-building support that helps change systems in New York City that prevent low-wealth populations from remaining in their homes and communities
Bronx River Alliance, Inc.
$110,000 (over two years)
To help support ongoing efforts to complete the Bronx River Greenway, a series of connected parks and trails spanning the length of the Bronx River
Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, Inc.
$100,000 (over two years)
To conduct the first comprehensive technology-enabled user study of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway
Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Inc.
$225,000 (over two years)
To help support homeowner services, lending programs, and systems change efforts that help will New York’s low-to-moderate income homeowners weather the impact of COVID-19 on housing stability
Change Capital Fund, a project of United Way of New York City
$250,000 (over two years)
To help support the Change Capital Fund's efforts to strengthen neighborhood anchor institutions that seek to increase economic mobility among low-income people in high-poverty neighborhoods
Citizens Housing & Planning Council of New York, Inc.
$100,000 (over two years)
To support housing-related research and education programs in New York City
City Parks Foundation, Inc.
$150,000
To support the NYC Green Relief & Recovery Fund
Community Solutions International, Inc.
$60,000 (over eighteen months)
To help incubate the Brownsville Community Land Trust
The Fifth Avenue Committee, Inc.
$35,000
To support the development of a three-year strategic plan
Gateway Demonstration Assistance Corporation
$50,000
To support efforts to promote housing development models that integrate temporary shelter and permanent housing
Natural Areas Conservancy
$50,000 (over fifteen months)
To help support the implementation of a strategic plan that will provide a vision for the next 3-5 years of the Conservancy, including its program priorities and metrics for success
Neighborhoods First Fund for Community Planning
$150,000
To support the Neighborhoods First Fund's collaborative grantmaking
Riders Alliance
$60,000 (over fifteen months)
To promote the importance of public transit to NYC’s economic recovery from COVID-19, and to the fairness and vibrancy of NYC
Van Cortlandt Park Alliance (FKA Friends of Van Cortlandt Park)
$50,000
To support capacity building efforts
Waterfront Alliance, Inc. (FKA Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, Inc.)
$35,000
For general support