Other Grants / June 2010
CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES
Advocates for Children of New York, $55,000 to prevent students from getting locked up for minor, school-related problems and to improve the quality of education for youth in detention, as well as help those youth return to school after release.
Good Shepherd Services, $80,000 to expand a program that helps disadvantaged Brooklyn and Bronx youth go to college or begin careers.
MFY Legal Services, $80,000 to help seniors caring for their grandchildren gain guardianship rights and financial assistance.
New Yorkers Against Gun Violence Education Fund, $55,000 to train young people in high-crime neighborhoods to speak out and organize against gun violence, and work with elected officials to strengthen gun laws. They will also show and distribute topical videos produced by Trust grantee Downtown Community Television Center.
CITY ENVIRONMENT
Regional Plan Association, $75,000 to advocate for more sustainable economic development policies in the City.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
Clean Air Task Force, $100,000 to protect the Arctic from climate change by reducing global emissions of black carbon and other short-lived pollutants.
League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, $75,000 to build public support for federal and state action on climate change.
Science Communication Network, $40,000 to increase the quality of reporting on environmental health research by training scientists to communicate and helping journalists interpret environmental health research.
West Harlem Environmental Action, $75,000 to hold a series of community forums around the country to educate environmental justice leaders about the effects of climate change on their communities and how to respond.
EMPLOYMENT
New York City Employment and Training Coalition, $75,000 to help New Yorkers find jobs by providing up-to-date information and resources on a changing labor market and evolving federal, State, and City employment programs. The coalition will also guide its member organizations on how to best help Haitian immigrants and refugees in New York who need work.
Workforce Professionals Training Institute, $85,000 to improve the training and resources given to City job seekers by making the professionals who help them more effective.
THE ARTS
Apollo Theater Foundation, $50,000 to coordinate a consortium of music groups working to build audiences for jazz in Harlem.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Coney Island USA, $25,000 for a publicity campaign to celebrate Coney Island history and bring visitors to cultural and historic sites in this seaside neighborhood and its renovated amusement park.
EDUCATION
Donors’ Education Collaborative, $200,000 for a joint foundation effort to support advocacy for public education reform in the areas of accountability, State and City funding formulas, teaching effectiveness, and college preparation.
Make the Road New York, $50,000 to increase the ability of low-income immigrant parents in Elmhurst, Queens and Bushwick, Brooklyn to participate in their children’s schools.