2007 Renewal Grants
AFRICANS IN AMERICA
P.O. Box 812, New York, NY 10039
$45,000 to assist local victims of human trafficking, especially African women and children.
ARAB-AMERICAN FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER
150 Court Street, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201
$42,500 to support a full-time program coordinator to oversee a network of referral, legal counseling, and community education services for Arab Americans in New York.
ASIAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND
99 Hudson Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10013-2085
$45,000 for the youth rights and educational equity project, providing legal support to Asian immigrant youth, parents, and community groups working to secure improved educational policies in New York City schools.
BATTERED WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER
328 Flatbush Avenue, Suite 342, Brooklyn, NY 11238
$45,000 for the Voices of Women Organizing Project to organize survivors of domestic violence.
BED STUY'S PROJECT RE-GENERATION
679 Lafayette Avenue, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11216
$42,500 for an organization that supports young adults in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, through the Rites of Passage Youth Development Program.
BROOKLYN GREENWAY INITIATIVE
95 Kane Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$40,000 to increase public access to Brooklyn's waterfront communities.
BROOKLYN YOUNG MOTHERS' COLLECTIVE
339 Douglass Street, #2, Brooklyn, NY 11217
$45,000 to provide legal information and social services to pregnant and parenting adolescents in Central Brooklyn to prevent parent-child separations and episodes of child neglect or abuse.
BROTHERHOOD/SISTER SOL
512 West 143rd Street, New York, NY 10031
$42,500 for a youth-led project to work with community members on tenants' rights, safety and crime, gentrification, and revitalizing the local community garden.
BUSHWICK HOUSING INDEPENDENCE PROJECT
144 Bleecker Street, Brooklyn, NY 11221
$42,500 start-up support for a project to combat the erosion of affordable housing in low-income communities throughout North Brooklyn, particularly Bushwick.
CENTER FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES
20 West 104th Street, Basement, New York, NY 10025
$45,000 for a project to challenge segregation in local public schools.
CENTRO HISPANO CUZCATLAN
148-13 Hillside Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11435
$45,000 to organize community residents in eastern Queens on housing, immigrants' rights, and local land-use issues.
COMMUNITY HOMEOWNERS AND NEIGHBORS GAINING ECONOMIC RIGHTS
c/o Harlem Legal Services, 55 West 125th Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10027
$45,000 for an organization led by low-wealth homeowners of Harlem, Brooklyn, and Queens to organize against the abusive lending practices of sub-prime lending companies.
COALITION FOR PAROLE RESTORATION
PO Box 1379, New York, NY 10013-0877
$42,500 to empower prisoners and their families to reform the parole system for nonviolent and violent felony offenders.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROGRAM
233 Broadway, Suite 720, New York, NY 10279
$42,500 to bring together New York City's three parent organizing collaboratives to form a citywide organization focused on improving low-performing schools.
COMMUNITY RESOURCE EXCHANGE
42 Broadway, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10004
$87,500 to provide individual technical assistance to New York Foundation grantees.
COUNCIL OF PEOPLES ORGANIZATION
1081 Coney Island Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11230
$45,000 general support for an organization that helps immigrant families from South Asia who need basic education, health care, and other services.
COUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS-NEW YORK
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 246, New York, NY 10115
$45,000 general support for an organization defending the civil rights of the Muslim community in New York.
DAY ONE
Church Street Station, P.O. Box 538, New York, NY 10008-0538
$42,500 to train youth to educate their peers about dating abuse and domestic violence.
DISABILITIES NETWORK OF NEW YORK CITY
548 Broadway, 3rd Floor, c/o HAI, New York, NY 10012
$45,000 for a coalition of consumers, advocates, and service organizations representing people with motor and sensory disabilities.
DOMESTIC WORKERS UNITED
2473 Valentine Avenue, Bronx, NY 10458
$45,000 for a membership organization working to build the power of the domestic workforce, raise the level of respect for domestic work, and establish fair labor standards in the industry.
ESPERANZA DEL BARRIO
2290 2nd Avenue, South Store, New York, NY 10035
$45,000 to challenge and change discriminatory and anti-immigrant practices by police and other city authorities, and develop economic alternatives for vendors to survive and support their families.
FAMILIES FOR FREEDOM
3 West 29th Street, #1030, New York, NY 10001
$45,000 for a multi-ethnic network of immigrants facing and fighting deportation.
FAMILIES UNITED FOR RACIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUALITY
81 Willoughby Street, #701, Brooklyn, NY 11201
$45,000 general support for this member-led organization of low-income women.
FATHERS IN TRAINING FOR FATHERHOOD
515 Stanley Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207
$42,500 to train young fathers in parenting, anger management, conflict resolution, domestic violence prevention, and job readiness.
FLANBWAYAN HAITIAN LITERACY PROJECT
366 Stuyvesant Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11233
$45,000 to advocate for improved educational outcomes for Haitian students in New York City's public schools.
GRIOT CIRCLE
25 Flatbush Avenue, 5th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11217
$45,000 to support the expansion of the Buddy-2-Buddy Unisex program, to address the needs of gay and lesbian seniors.
HOUSING HERE & NOW
259 Flatbush Avenue, Suite 2R, Brooklyn, NY 11217
$42,500 for a citywide organizing and advocacy campaign to create and preserve affordable housing.
INFOSHARE
Community Studies of New York, 155 West 72nd Street, Suite 402, New York, NY 10023
$13,000 for grantee consulting services providing statistical data and GIS mapping.
JAMAICA SERVICE PROGRAM FOR OLDER ADULTS
162-04 Jamaica Avenue, Third Floor, Jamaica, NY 11432
$42,500 for an HIV/AIDS educational awareness and prevention program designed specifically for older adults.
JOVENES 24 HORAS A.D.
c/o Grupo Jovenes New York 24 Horas, 33-19 101st Street, Corona, NY 11368
$45,000 general support for a peer-led program providing services to Central and South American immigrants who suffer from alcoholism and substance abuse.
LAWYERS ALLIANCE FOR NEW YORK
330 Seventh Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10001
$30,000 to provide pro bono counsel and other direct services to members of the nonprofit community.
MAKE THE ROAD NEW YORK
(Formerly: Latin American Integration Center)
301 Grove Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237
$45,000 to hire an organizing director to engage the Center's staff and constituents in systemic change efforts.
MARY MITCHELL FAMILY & YOUTH CENTER
2007 Mapes Avenue, Bronx, NY 10450
$45,000 to address childhood obesity by educating Crotona youth on factors that lead to a healthy weight and equipping them with skills to implement change for themselves, their peers and their community.
MIRABAL SISTERS CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY CENTER
618 West 142nd Street, Ground Floor, New York, NY 10031-6619
$45,000 general support to organize the Latino immigrant community in Harlem.
MISION SAN JUAN BAUTISTA
948 East 156th Street, Bronx, NY 10455
$42,500 To support the growth of Peace Zone, a conflict-negotiation program for neighborhood youth ages 13-17.
MIXTECA ORGANIZATION
245 23rd Street, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11215
$45,000 start-up for a community center serving Mexican and Central American immigrants.
NEIGHBORS ALLIED FOR GOOD GROWTH
101 Kent Avenue, Ground Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11211
$45,000 to ensure the participation of local residents, manufacturers, and leaders in preserving and nurturing good jobs in north Brooklyn.
NEW YORK CITY ALLIANCE AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT
27 Christopher Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10014
$42,500 to recruit and organize volunteer rape-crisis advocates to campaign for sexual violence prevention.
NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
125 Broad Street, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10004
$42,500 to combat abusive military recruiting tactics in New York City.
NEW YORK CONSTRUCTION WORKERS UNITED
37 East 28th Street, Suite #302, New York, NY 10016
$42,500 to initiate a new project representing nonunion workers in the construction industry.
NEW YORK JOBS WITH JUSTICE
50 Broadway, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10004
$45,000 for NY VOTE, a collaborative voter education and mobilization program.
NONPROFIT CONNECTION
50 Broadway, Suite 1800, New York, NY 10004
$17,500 to provide individual technical assistance to New York Foundation grantees.
NORTHERN MANHATTAN COALITION FOR IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS
665 West 182nd Street, 1st Floor, New York, NY 10033
$42,500 to sustain and expand community organizing on the issue of deportation.
NORTHWEST BRONX COMMUNITY AND CLERGY COALITION
103 East 196th Street, Central Office, Bronx, NY 10468-3637
$45,000 for a full-time organizer to build the collective power of immigrants in northwest Bronx and build the NWBCCC's ability to shape immigration policy.
OCEAN BAY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
434 Beach 54th Street, Ground Floor, Arverne, NY 11692
$45,000 for a community-development corporation serving residents of Ocean Bay Apartments and the surrounding community.
PEOPLE'S PRODUCTION HOUSE
265 Canal Street, Room 410, New York, NY 10013
$45,000 for Radio Rootz, a media justice project that brings radio skills, political education, and a template for media organizing to low-income youth of color in under-resourced public high schools.
PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENTS OF THE LOWER EAST SIDE
c/o GOLES, 169 Avenue B, New York, NY 10009
$45,000 general support for an organization that works to improve housing conditions and economic opportunities for public housing residents.
QUEENS CONGREGATIONS UNITED FOR ACTION
103-04 39th Avenue, #105, Corona, NY 11368
$45,000 to build a broad-based community organization in northern Queens.
QUEERS FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE
16 West 32nd Street, 10H, New York, NY 10001
$45,000 to organize and advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in poverty.
SAUTI YETU CENTER FOR AFRICAN WOMEN
2417 3rd Avenue, #607, Bronx, NY 10451
$45,000 to improve and promote the reproductive health and rights of African immigrant and refugee women and girls living in New York City.
SIKH COALITION
40 Exchange Place, Suite 728, New York, NY 10005
$45,000 to organize the local Sikh American community, educate them about their civil and political rights, and empower them to be advocates.
SISTAS ON THE RISE
P.O. Box 740581, Bronx, NY 10474
$45,000 general support to engage young mothers, in social and economic justice work.
SISTERHOOD MOBILIZED FOR AIDS/HIV RESEARCH & TREATMENT
306-308 West 38th Street, Suite 601, New York, NY 10018
$42,500 to launch SMART Youth, a program where HIV-positive, HIV-affected, and at-risk youth build and organize their community.
SOCIAL JUSTICE LEADERSHIP
1916 Park Avenue, Suite 209, New York, NY 10037
$42,500 to build the capacity and effectiveness of individual leaders, community organizations, and coalitions in New York City.
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER'S ACTION YOUTH CENTER
225 Sixth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215
$42,500 for IMPACT, the leadership training program for high school students.
SYLVIA RIVERA LAW PROJECT
322 8th Avenue, New York, NY 10001
$45,000 to provide advocacy, education, and community-organizing support by and for transgender, intersex, and gender nonconforming people.
TURNING POINT FOR WOMEN AND FAMILIES
P.O. Box 670086, Flushing, NY 11367
$45,000 to address issues of domestic violence and child abuse in the Muslim community and help women support and empower themselves in a culturally appropriate environment.
UNITED CHINESE ASSOCIATION OF BROOKLYN
6625 Bay Parkway 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11204
$42,500 for an organization that provides a range of human services to Asian residents in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.
UNITED COMMUNITY CENTERS
613 New Lots Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207
$40,000 to empower residents, families and youth to address the rapid growth of new housing developments in East New York.
UPPER MANHATTAN TOGETHER
125 East 105th Street, New York, NY 10029
$45,000 to organize tenants of privately-owned buildings with serious housing code violations in upper Manhattan.
WOMEN FOR AFGHAN WOMEN
32-17 College Point Boulevard, Room 206, Flushing, NY 11354
$45,000 to support a local center offering programs to empower Afghan women and girls.
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT MISSION
54 MacDonough Street, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11216
$45,000 to educate and train youth to advocate, organize, and speak out on issues of violence and poverty in their community.
