2008 Renewal Grants
ADDED VALUE
370 Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$42,500 for a community-based initiative to educate youth about food justice in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
AFRICAN HOPE COMMITTEE
441 Convent Avenue, Suite 4D, New York, NY 10031
$45,000 to provide health education, immigration and social support services to meet the needs of the African immigrant population in the New York metropolitan area.
ALLIANCE FOR QUALITY EDUCATION
94 Central Avenue, Albany, NY 12206
$45,000 to organize and empower parents, youth, and community organizations to hold the school system accountable for spending new funds secured through the Campaign for Fiscal Equity lawsuit.
ARAB-AMERICAN FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER
150 Court Street, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201
$45,000 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.
BROOKLYN GREENWAY INITIATIVE
145 Columbia Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$45,000 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.
CENTRO ALTAGRACIA DE FEY Y JUSTICIA
511 West 164th Street, New York, NY 10032
$45,000 to strengthen and expand the Social Justice Ministry Teams Program in the ten Catholic churches in northern Manhattan.
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.
CHINESE STAFF AND WORKERS' ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 130401, New York, NY 10013-0995
$45,000 to develop a campaign for the education and organizing of immigrant food-delivery workers in Chinatown and Sunset Park.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROGRAM
233 Broadway, Suite 720, New York, NY 10279
$45,000 to bring together New York City's three parent-organizing collaboratives to form a citywide organization focused on improving low-performing schools.
COUNCIL OF SENIOR CENTERS AND SERVICES OF NEW YORK CITY
49 West 45th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10036
$45,000 to support CSCS' transition to a statewide organization.
DAY ONE
Church Street Station, P.O. Box 538, New York, NY 10008-0538
$45,000 to train youth to educate their peers about dating abuse and domestic violence.
FAMILIES FOR FREEDOM
3 West 29th Street, #1030, New York, NY 10001
$45,000 for a multiethnic network of immigrants facing and fighting deportation.
FREE! FAMILIES RALLY FOR EMANCIPATION AND EMPOWERMENT
81 Willoughby Street, Suite 701, Brooklyn, NY 11201
$45,000 to provide support for incarcerated individuals and their families.
JAMAICA SERVICE PROGRAM FOR OLDER ADULTS
162-04 Jamaica Avenue, Third Floor, Jamaica, NY 11432
$45,000 for an HIV/AIDS educational awareness and prevention program designed specifically for older adults.
LA UNION DE LA COMUNIDAD LATINA
621 Degraw Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217
$45,000 to advance economic and social justice for low-wage immigrant workers in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
LATIN AMERICAN WORKERS PROJECT
1080 Willoughby Avenue, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11221
$45,000 to empower immigrant day laborers in their interaction with the job market, and to support their personal growth to ensure greater long-term self-sufficiency.
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 funds for a community center serving Mexican and Central American immigrants.
NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW PROJECT
101 Avenue of the Americas, Room 1007, New York, NY 10013
$45,000 to improve the enforcement of employment and labor laws at the city and state levels, and to advocate for standards and accountability in New York City's economic development process.
NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
125 Broad Street, 19th Floor, New York, NY 10004
$45,000 to combat abusive military recruiting tactics in New York City.
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.
NEW YORK STATE YOUTH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
137-139 West 25th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10001-7277
$45,000 for a grassroots youth movement to improve access to higher education and create equal opportunity for immigrant youth.
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.
QUEENS CITIZENS ORGANIZATION
85-18 61st Road, Rego Park, NY 11374
$45,000 to provide advocacy and organizing support for new immigrant congregations in Queens.
QUEENS COMMUNITY HOUSE
108-25 62nd Drive, Forest Hills, NY 11375
$45,000 support for a community-organizing project to generate involvement and build a diverse participant base at the Pomonok Community Center in Flushing, Queens.
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.
RED HOOK INITIATIVE
595 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231
$45,000 to support community-organizing efforts in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
RIGHTRIDES FOR WOMEN'S SAFETY
26 Court Street, Suite 505, Brooklyn, NY 11242
$45,000 to serve low-income, minority, and at-risk communities by reducing the incidence of gender-based harassment and sexual assault.
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.
SISTERHOOD MOBILIZED FOR AIDS/HIV RESEARCH & TREATMENT
306-308 West 38th Street, Suite 601, New York, NY 10018
$45,000 to launch SMART Youth, a program where HIV-positive, HIV-affected, and at-risk youth build and organize their community.
SOUTHWEST BROOKLYN CONGREGATIONS
890 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11226
$45,000 to support advocacy and community-organizing efforts in Bay Ridge and Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
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.
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 COMMUNITY CENTERS
613 New Lots Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207
$45,000 to empower residents, families, and youth to address the rapid growth of new housing developments in East New York.
VOCES LATINAS
43-22 50th Street, Suite 2E, Woodside, NY 11377
$45,000 to mobilize immigrant Latinas living with HIV/AIDS and those at risk for HIV/AIDS to promote awareness of the crisis in Queens.
WELFARE RIGHTS INITIATIVE
c/o Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue, Room E1029, New York, NY 10021
$45,000 to expand WRI's youth advocacy and organizing project in New York City public schools, providing critical resources to low-income and welfare eligible high school students.
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 REPRESENT
c/o CASES, 346 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10013
$45,000 to provide criminal and civil legal representation, reentry services, policy advocacy, and social services to youth aged 23 and under who are or who have been involved in the juvenile justice system.
