About The Trust

Ever wonder who helps pay for the after-school programs that keep kids busy and safe? The groups who plant the community gardens that offer tranquil spots in our asphalt city? Train the unemployed so they can take care of their families? Or feed the hungry?

Chances are, it's The New York Community Trust.

Through the generosity of New Yorkers, past and present, who set up charitable funds with us, we are able make grants for a huge range of charitable activity so important to the well-being and vitality of our city. We are New York City's community foundation, and are one of the largest private funders of City nonprofits.

Since 1924, The Trust has helped make donors' charitable dreams come true by funding the nonprofits that make our city a vital and secure place. We ended 2011 with assets of nearly $2 billion in more than 2,000 charitable funds, and made grants totaling $137 million.

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Quick Facts About The Trust

• Year founded: 1924
• Assets (as of 12/31/11): Nearly $2 billion
• Grants made in 2011: $137 million
  
• There are more than 2,000 charitable funds in The Trust. Learn more about setting up a fund>>
  
• The Trust is one of the oldest and largest community foundations in the country. Read about our history>>
  
• The Trust offered the first-ever donor-advised fund in 1931. Today, thousands of generous New Yorkers make donor-advised grants with us.
  
• The Trust is one of the largest private funders of New York City nonprofits. Read more about our grants at work>>
• Lorie A. Slutsky has been president of The Trust since 1990. Read more about Ms. Slutsky and staff>>
• We make grants in the following program areas:
• Community Development and the Environment
• Health and People with Special Needs
• Education, Arts, and Human Justice
  
• Children, Youth, and Families
• The Trust focuses its grantmaking in the five boroughs. Its divisions, the Westchester Community Foundation and the Long Island Community Foundation, make grants in their respective communities.
• The Trust has won 22 awards in the past decade. Learn more about them>>