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Beach Season in NYC is Just Beginning. For New Lifeguards, It Began Months Ago.

More homes for more N.Y.ers: Supportive housing to address the homelessness crisis

Our Work

Biomedical Research

Supporting basic research in the biomedical sciences

Education and Urban Affairs

Investing in the future of New York City and strengthening its essential civic squares

Jewish Life

Meeting social and spiritual needs of diverse communities in Israel and North America

Our History

The Foundation was created by Charles H. Revson in 1956. Its leadership has sought to apply his high standards, creativity, and enthusiasm for New York City to contemporary needs and issues.

Books We’re Reading Now

Small Rain
by Garth Greenwell

How Isn’t Going?: Conversations After October 7
by Delphine Horvilleur (Author), Lisa Appignanesi (Translator)

 

 

 

Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service
by Michael Lewis

Thoreau’s Axe: Distraction and Discipline in American Culture
by Caleb Smith

 

 

Living with Our Dead: On Loss and Consolation
by Delphine Horvilleur (Author), Lisa Appignanesi (Translator)

Chain Gang All-Stars
by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

 

 

 

Life Underground: Encounters with People Below the Streets of New York
by Terry Williams

Let Us Descend
by Jesmyn Ward