New York University – Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy
To conduct legal and empirical research on community preference policy in the allocation of affordable housing in New York City.
Center for Social Inclusion
To the Center for Social Inclusion, in honor of Maya Wiley’s service to the NYC Neighborhood Library Awards initiative.
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.
Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City
To support the Community Leadership and Empowerment Project.
Macaulay Honors College
To support thirteen Lisa Goldberg/Revson Scholars in each of the next two years at Macaulay Honors College interested in public policy and civic engagement, with a special emphasis on service to the City of New York, and for an annual scholars welcome dinner in spring of 2016 and 2017.
New York Public Library
To support the Ideas Fund initiative.
University at Albany
To support the Department of Information Studies at the University of Albany’s College of Computing and Information, in honor of Susan Hildreth’s service to the NYC Neighborhood Library Awards initiative.
Queens Borough Public Library
For the 2014-2015 NYC Neighborhood Library Awards for outstanding service to the community, to be allocated directly to three branch libraries as follows: $20,000 to Langston Hughes Library; $10,000 to Cambria Heights Library; and $10,000 to Sunnyside Library.
Brooklyn Public Library
For the 2014-2015 NYC Neighborhood Library Awards for outstanding service to the community, to be allocated directly to three branch libraries as follows: $20,000 to New Lots Library; $10,000 to Clinton Hill Library; and $10,000 to Windsor Terrace Library.
New York Public Library
For the 2014-2015 NYC Neighborhood Library Awards for outstanding service to the community, to be allocated directly to four branch libraries as follows: $20,000 to Mott Haven Library; $20,000 to Parkchester Library; $20,000 to Stapleton Library; and $10,000 to Jefferson Market Library.