Build and preserve economic security and independence among low-income individuals and families.
Results Sought:
Change Capital Fund, a project of United Way of New York City
$250,000 (over two years)
To help support the New York City Change Capital Fund donor collaborative
Change Machine (FKA The Financial Clinic)
$50,000
To help develop and formalize a capacity building toolkit to help workforce development organizations to integrate financial security building into their programs and staff competencies, and to help the cohort of WorkBOOSTNYC agencies jointly identify and address systemic to barriers to financial stability and career mobility
City Futures, Inc.
$50,000
To provide capacity building support to help influence workforce policy
The HOPE Program, Inc.
$80,000 (over two years)
To help support a job placement program to help New Yorkers living in poverty achieve economic self-sufficiency
Hunger Free America, Inc. (formerly New York City Coalition Against Hunger, Inc.)
$25,000
To provide a final grant for general operating support of anti-poverty/anti-hunger work -- including community organizing, public education, promotion of access to benefits and services, policy advocacy, and the management of internship and volunteer programs
Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island, Inc.
$50,000
To provide support for JCCGCI capacity-building activities aimed at strengthening its programs and the services it provides to vulnerable populations
JobsFirstNYC
$60,000
To help support and expand the work of the Lower East Side Employment Network (LESEN)
LEAP, Inc., dba Brooklyn Workforce Innovations
$50,000 (over fifteen months)
To help BWI enhance its marketing, communications, and outreach to reach the intended targets for its training programs
Neighborhood Trust Financial Partners, Inc.
$120,000 (over two years)
To help support the Financial Empowerment Integration Model
New York City Employment and Training Coalition, Inc.
$35,000
To provide support for the NYCETC's programs, communications, and planning
The New York Community Trust (New York City Workforce Development Fund)
$150,000 (over two years)
To help support the New York City Workforce Development Fund
Phipps Neighborhoods, Inc.
$50,000
To support the Phipps Neighborhood Education and Learning Initiative in its continuing work building standardized education practices, structured program evaluation protocols, effective staff development, and a positive practitioners' culture among Phipps's teaching staff
Red Hook Initiative
$60,000
To develop and launch RHI Institute, a comprehensive professional development program to give frontline staff the time and training necessary to advance within the organization
STRIVE International Inc. (formerly known as East Harlem Employment Service Inc.)
$37,500 (over fifteen months)
To increase the performance analysis and management capabilities of STRIVE - New York
Workforce Professionals Training Institute
$150,000 (over two years)
To provide support for training, consulting, and field-building and communications initiatives to strengthen workforce development programs, organizations, and systems in New York City
Year Up, Inc.
$100,000
To support Year Up New York’s core professional training and internship program for disconnected young adults
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.
$140,000 (over two years)
To help promote the creation and preservation of affordable housing in New York City
Bronx River Alliance, Inc.
$130,000 (over two years)
To help support the Bronx River Greenway Program, which helps to coordinate capital improvements and promote public use of the Greenway
Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Inc.
$200,000 (over two years)
To help support foreclosure prevention services for homeowners and foster more integrated systems to promote and preserve affordable homeownership in New York City
Council on the Environment, Inc. dba GrowNYC
$35,000
To help support their work on behalf of green spaces and community gardens
The Horticultural Society of New York, Inc.
$50,000
To help support a transitional employment program that assists Neighborhood Plaza Partnership sites with horticultural improvements and plaza maintenance
Natural Areas Conservancy
$50,000
To further develop and promote web-based interactive tools that will help encourage more New Yorkers to explore New York City’s forests, wetlands, meadows, and grasslands
Neighborhoods First Fund for Community Planning
$100,000 (over fifteen months)
To support the Neighborhoods First Fund for Community Planning donor collaborative's efforts to improve community-based planning capacity in neighborhoods that are likely to be considered for rezoning initiatives
New Yorkers for Parks
$60,000
To help foster robust advocacy connections with local parks groups and undertake several projects to bolster the quality, relevance, and impact of its communications tools and research
Stonewall Community Development Corp.
$15,000 (over ten months)
To conduct a citywide survey and generate a comprehensive market profile report on the needs of Lesbian Gay Bisexual, Transgendered and Questioning (LGBTQ) seniors throughout the five boroughs in regards to affordable housing, aging in place, support networks and related health, financial and social services provision and coordination