The New York Community Trust

We're pleased to be one of the community foundations supported through this effort and proud to share Facebook's commitment to and investment in Black businesses and communities. Thank you!

Demands for racial, economic, and environmental justice ring loud, with young people helping to lead the charge. We have given more than $1.6 million to 11 nonprofits preparing young people for community organizing, advocacy, and leadership roles as they push for systemic changes. https://bit.ly/39xKF5i Adhikaar Girl Be Heard Red Hook Initiative Flanbwayan Haitian Literacy Project The Alliance of Families for Justice The Arab-American Family Support Center The Brotherhood/Sister Sol Center for Anti-Violence Education (CAE) Girls for Gender Equity - GGE

Looking for some holiday-themed entertainment tonight? Queens Theatre's Gifted EP 2, featuring Carey Cox a participant in the Trust-funded Theatre for All program, starts at 7PM on QT's YouTube channel.

A new Trust initiative, the Giving Collective, is bringing together donors in their 20s, 30s, and 40s to learn about effective nonprofits and connect with others who are as passionate about helping New Yorkers as they are. https://bit.ly/37ziAaS

Through the J.L. Greene Arts Access Fund at the Trust, Roundabout Theatre Company is launching the Reverb Theatre Arts Festival, a virtual festival showcasing artists with disabilities. Thank you, Jerome L. Greene Foundation. https://bit.ly/3mYmQHC

We're excited that our program officer for the environment, Arturo Garcia-Costas is speaking about connecting passion and purpose at #raisethegreenbar 2020 today. Thanks to MADE SAFE and Good Housekeeping for hosting this event. You can still register for the event here: https://live.goodhousekeeping.com/raisethegreenbar

Thank you to the generous community foundation donors around the country who have stepped up to the plate this year. Gifts from their donor-advised funds are way up. Let's keep it up during the giving season. https://bit.ly/31na3ps via The Chronicle of Philanthropy Community Foundation Public Awareness Initiative The Chicago Community Trust Cleveland Foundation Foundation For The Carolinas Greater Kansas City Community Foundation Oregon Community Foundation Silicon Valley Community Foundation Tulsa Community Foundation

Nonprofits in New York City have led the way in understanding the impact of the pandemic and finding ways to help our communities cope. The Trust is awarding $6.3 million to 42 nonprofits working on the frontlines. https://bit.ly/31v1b1d

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. As we conduct more business remotely due to the pandemic, it's even more important to keep safe habits when online. Here are 7 tips from financial and cybersecurity experts who met with our donors at an event hosted by our Women's Advisory Council: https://bit.ly/3k3W3s4

#DonorSpotlight: Rita and Stan Wecker loved nature, and wanted to continue this dedication through their estate plans. Their #bequest will aid nonprofits safeguarding the environment for years to come. https://bit.ly/3fRtXxl

"With all these empty storefronts, we can be a bridge between the property owner, the artist, the small businesses, and the non-profits. We can help reignite the economy of New York and bring it back to life through the mom and pop shops." Anita Durst. With our support chashama is helping our city's artists get through the pandemic while breathing life into otherwise vacant spaces. https://bit.ly/37kt1kj via Real Estate Weekly

At this historical moment, we are witnessing young people lead the struggle for systemic changes. They are calling for racial justice, solutions to climate change, and gender equity, among other issues. To help them work effectively, The Trust is providing $1.64 million in grants to nonprofits training young New Yorkers to lead and advocate. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3dJFDTr

The Trust has awarded $6.3 million to 42 nonprofits helping New Yorkers navigate the myriad issues arising from the pandemic, from getting healthy housing to strengthening community health centers, to preserving wealth for low-income families. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/31v1b1d

For many, financial hardship has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Housed at our Long Island Community Foundation, the Long Island Racial Equity Donor Collaborative is providing $175,000 to seven nonprofits working with Black Long Islanders to attain financial and job security. The groups are: Bridgehampton Child Care and Recreational Center, Choice For All, Family Community Life Center, Leadership Training Institute - LTI, New HOUR for Women & Children LI, UrbanLeague LongIsland, WDN - Women's Diversity Network. https://nwsdy.li/3dAXUSD

Marcia Ashman created a fund in The New York Community Trust to help children, including young Native Americans. For more than 20 years, we’ve been making grants to nonprofits to continue her commitment to young people. Recently, we made a grant from her fund to The Language Conservancy to teach young Native American New Yorkers to speak and write in Lakota so that this endangered indigenous language can live on.

To help older New Yorkers through this pandemic, we need to fully understand what they are going through. This article by The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund sheds light on one story of suffering. To understand the disproportionate effects of the pandemic on senior citizens more broadly, we're funding an effort by Columbia Public Health to study the broader impact of COVID-19 on the lives of senior citizens in the city. https://nyti.ms/2SCUi91

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, sanitation workers stayed on the job. The Sanitation Foundation used a grant from our COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund for PPE to keep these workers safe. The foundation also organized a digital art exhibition for the city's sanitation workers. https://bit.ly/3ljzC2d

Young people bring energy, innovation and thoughtfulness to issues like confronting climate change. A grant from our Long Island Community Foundation is funding Students for Climate Action (S4CA), a student-led organization working on the issue. https://bit.ly/3iKAwDn via Stony Brook University