New York Public Interest Research Group Fund, Inc.
To provide general operating support to the Straphangers Campaign as per the proposal and budget submitted to the Foundation.
Gateway Demonstration Assistance Corporation
To support the redevelopment of five to ten New York City shelter sites into larger buildings containing both transitional and permanent housing units, with on-site space for healthcare, childcare and cultural amenities.
City Limits
To strengthen organizational capacity.
The Horticultural Society of New York
To support the continued collaboration between Neighborhood Plaza Partnership and The Uni Project to bring “pop-up,” open-air reading rooms to 23 high-need plazas in 2016.
Supportive Housing Network of New York
To support public education and advocacy for expanding supportive housing and services serving homeless adults and families with mental illness and other chronic disabilities.
St. Nicks Alliance
To support the launch of ‘JOE NYC,’ a new entity to preserve and expand nonprofit-owned affordable housing in New York City.
Park Avenue Armory
To support a new work for the Drill Hall that sets pianist Igor Levit’s performance of Bach’s Goldberg Variations in an environment conceived by performance artist Marina Abramovic.
The City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Journalism
To support a series of monthly breakfast meetings between New York City reporters and knowledgeable community leaders.
Citizens Housing and Planning Council
To support a study evaluating the impact of the transfer of six buildings in NYCHA’s Section 8 to a new public/private partnership.
Prospect Park Alliance
To provide funding for the preservation of Prospect Park in support of two main objectives, the restoration of a number of storm-damaged trees and the development of an infrastructure to prevent natural erosion.