As New York’s community foundation, we foster and engage in enduring and innovative philanthropy.
The broad goals of the grant program are to alleviate the consequences of poverty, elevate opportunities through efficient services and public benefits, and minimize racial disparities. The program supports specific causes by focusing on early intervention and prevention to help vulnerable children achieve stability and success in academic and personal development. This encompasses support across a range of early childhood programs, bolstering services for families at risk of foster care placement, aiming to reduce homelessness, and improving access to essential resources like income support and healthy food. Additionally, the program seeks to expand practices that enable needy individuals to lead productive lives, advocating for comprehensive services for poor individuals and families. Another goal is to enhance the capacity of both government agencies and non-profits serving low-income individuals in New York by improving service coordination, training human services workers, and bolstering efforts to optimize funding and support for human services agencies.
Priority is given to initiatives that extend beyond the scope of a single agency or program, aiming to provide solutions that are wide-ranging, systemic, and involve multiple agencies. Whenever feasible and suitable, grants for human services are awarded collaboratively with other areas within the Trust.