Program Areas • Grants
Urban Affairs: New York City
The Foundation, based in New York City, focuses its urban program on the city's future. It seeks to enhance the capacity of individuals, organizations, and the public sector to improve New York and the lives of those who live and work there.
Grants — 2011
| BRONX NEWS NETWORK
Bronx, NY | $15,000 |
| To support the redesign of the Bronx News Network's Web site to expand advertising and enhance the collection of revenue | |
| CENTER FOR AN URBAN FUTURE
New York, NY | $60,000 |
| To support the publication of a research report and the conference 'Leveraging Libraries for the Future of New York' | |
| CITIZENS HOUSING AND PLANNING COUNCIL
New York, NY | $100,000 |
| To support the 'Making Room' project, an advocacy campaign for housing regulatory reform in New York City | |
| FOOD BANK FOR NEW YORK CITY
New York, NY | $20,000 |
| To support the purchase of critically needed food to help alleviate hunger in New York City | |
| LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
New York, NY | |
| To support the 'Lincoln Center in the Libraries' project, bringing performing arts programs to branch libraries in Queens | $80,000 |
| To support the rebuilding and renaming of the Charles H. Revson Fountain
(Year 6 of eight-year $4,000,000 grant) | $500,000 |
| LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION
New York, NY | $160,000 |
| To support the 'Drowning in Debt' initiative, whose goal is to preserve thousands of units of New York City multifamily, affordable rental housing endangered by overleveraging | |
| MAYOR'S FUND TO ADVANCE NYC
New York, NY | |
| To support a feasibility analysis and business plan for the development of Spaceworks, a project to convert underutilized public and private property into affordable work space for New York City artists | $50,000 |
| To support the establishment of Spaceworks, an organization that aims to identify and convert underutilized public and private property into affordable work space for New York City artists | (Year 1 of three-year $350,000 grant) | $150,000 |
| To support a retreat to help identify the common challenges shared by New York's three library systems as well as collaborative opportunities to enhance city-wide efficiencies of service | $20,000 |
| To support the Tri-Library Technical Services Initiative | $50,000 |
| MUNICIPAL ART SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
New York, NY | $15,000 |
| To support 'Transforming Libraries, Strengthening Communities,' a program at the 2011 Municipal Art Society Summit for New York | |
| NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST
New York, NY | $25,000 |
| To support 'One NYC, One Nation,' a new funders collaborative to strengthen immigrant communities and integrate them into New York City's civic, economic, and political fabric | |
| NEW YORK PRESS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
New York, NY | $61,323 |
| To support the launch of an ad sales service that will strengthen the financial and organizational stability of New York City's ethnic and community newspapers | |
| NEW YORK PUBLIC INTEREST RESEARCH GROUP FUND
New York, NY | $25,000 |
| To support the efforts of the Straphangers Campaign to serve as advocates for millions of daily users of the New York City metropolitan transit system | |
| NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO/WNYC
New York, NY | $400,000 |
| To support NYPR's development of a new model for building and sustaining high-quality local public affairs journalism—by expanding the depth and breadth of news content across online, audio, and video technologies; forging new community partnerships with local content providers; and establishing new models of community engagement
(Year 2 of three-year $1,000,000 grant) | |
| NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
New York, NY | $432,200 |
| To continue support of the Charles H. Revson Law Student Public Interest Fellowship Program (LSPIN), enabling 75 New York-area law students to work in public interest law organizations during the summer; and to support NYU's Public Interest Legal Career Fair
(Year 2 of three-year $1,296,600 grant) | |
| RESERVE ELDER SERVICE
New York, NY | $184,000 |
| To support the Queens Library Project, which utilizes retired professionals to preserve and expand the Library's community service programs
(Year 2 of three-year $495,000 grant) | |
| Total: | $2,352,523 |