2008 New Grants
ADHIKAAR FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
39-06 62nd Street, Office BL, Woodside, NY 11377
$42,500 For a women-led organization promoting human rights and social justice in New York's Nepali community.
AFRICAN REFUGE
185 Park Hill Avenue, LB, Staten Island, NY 10304
$42,500 to address the needs of African refugees and immigrants on Staten Island.
ARAB AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK
7111 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11209
$42,500 for a multi-service organization serving South Brooklyn's Arab American community.
BUYERS AND RENTERS UNITED TO SAVE HARLEM
Hamilton Grange Station, P.O. Box 98, New York, NY 10031
$42,500 to organize Harlem tenants to demand better housing and economic justice.
CENTER FOR FAMILY LIFE IN SUNSET PARK
345 43rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232
$42,500 for the social entrepreneurship project to provide economically marginalized workers with access to business ownership and the tools to integrate into the city's economy.
COMMUNITY HEALTH ACTION OF STATEN ISLAND
56 Bay Street, 6th Floor, Staten Island, NY 10301
$42,500 for a community center that will provide social services and a safe space for the Staten Island LGBT community.
COMMUNITY VOICES HEARD
115 East 106th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10029
$42,500 to ensure that low-income residents in Harlem are active participants in the development processes that shape their community.
DWA FANM
74A 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217
$42,500 to hire a coordinator of advocacy and organizing, who will oversee the organization's transition into a fully-integrated service and advocacy program.
EAST RIVER DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE
12-11 40th Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101
$42,500 to expand economic opportunity for public housing residents through a community organizing and public education campaign.
FOODCHANGE
39 Broadway, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10006
$42,500 for a campaign to make Universal School Meals a reality in New York City.
GARIFUNA COALITION USA
1510 Unionport Road, #12H, Bronx, NY 10462
$42,500 to develop an Advocacy Center to provide social services and advocate for community members.
INSTITUTE FOR SENIOR ACTION AT JPAC
132 West 31st Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10001
$42,500 to train senior advocates to strengthen their impact on public policy.
JEWS FOR RACIAL & ECONOMIC JUSTICE
135 West 29th Street, Suite 600, New York, NY 10001
$42,500 to organize tenants to fight for fair and equitable rent protection in the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area on the Lower East Side.
MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE IN EL BARRIO
125 East 105th Street, New York, NY 10029
$42,500 general support for a multi-issue, immigrant-led community organization in East Harlem.
NEW YORK CITY AIDS HOUSING NETWORK
80 A Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217
$42,500 to support base-building, leadership development, and advocacy efforts during NYCAHN's leadership transition.
RIGHTS FOR IMPRISONED PEOPOLE WITH PSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES
123 William Street, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10038
$42,500 for a grassroots, direct action organization, to demand justice for imprisoned people with psychiatric disabilities.
YOUNG WOMEN OF COLOR HIV/AIDS COALITION
116-51 224th Street, Cambria Heights, NY 11411
$42,500 to strengthen the leadership and advocacy skills of its youth members so they can engage and mobilize their peers in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
