Urban Design Forum

To support The Local Center and its transformation of neighborhood public space.

Documented

To support Documented and its reporting on New York City’s immigrant communities and the policies that affect them.

Center for an Urban Future

To support a public symposium, policy brief, and campaign to improve New York City’s capital construction process for public libraries, parks, and cultural institutions.

Women for Women International

To support general operating costs of Women for Women International in order to further support ultra-poor, marginalized women in conflict-affected countries.

Israeli-American Council

To support “Israeli Friday Night” (Shishi Israeli)—a NYC program of the Israeli-American Council that brings together Israeli and American-Jewish young families for a participatory evening of music, dance, and a communal dinner—to expand to two new sites and develop a strategy of local financial sustainability for the program’s national dissemination.

Tor Hamidbar [New Israel Fund]

To support the creation of a strategic plan in 2014 toward the redevelopment of the city of Lod, bringing together the municipality, community leaders, local residents, and Israeli urban renewal expertise, in advance of substantial European Union funding for implementation beginning in 2016.