NEWSROOM - New York Community Trust

Please contact us if you have questions or if or would like to set up an interview with any of our staff. Our Director of Communications Ani Hurwitz can be reached by e-mail or by calling 212.686.0010, x224.

For a digital copy of our logo, please contact Amy Wolf at x234.

Whether or not we're mentioned by name, the innovative and effective work funded by The New York Community Trust is in the news constantly. Below are selected examples of The Trust and our grantees in the news.

NYCT Gives Nearly $8 Million through 119 Grants to NY Nonprofits

In Confronting the Foreclosure Crisis, a Bill Strikes a Balance

By Manny Fernandez for the New York Times, 6/22/08

Unemployment Rate Hits 5.5% as 49,000 Jobs Lost

By Peter S. Goodman and Michael M. Grynbaum for the New York Times, 6/7/08

Growing Opportunity: How Charities Can Tap Donor-Advised Funds

By Elizabeth Schwinn for the Chronicle of Philanthropy, 5/28/08.

Lower East Side Is Given 'Endangered' Designation

By Sewell Chan for the New York Times, 5/21/08

As Investment Firms Buy Up Buildings, Tenants See Bullies

By Gretchen Morgenson for the New York Times, 5/9/08

Immigrants take on landlords

Marlene Naanes for amNY, 5/12/08

"Even Renters Aren't Safe"

Elizabeth A. Harris for the New York Times, 4/13/08

"Less Crime: No Reason To Shut Prisons"

"By Jim Dwyer for the New York Times, 4/12/08

"Where the Other Half Lives..."

By Manny Fernandez for the New York Times, 4/13/08

"They Channel Intentions to the Right Places"

NYCT featured in the Giving Section of the New York Times, 11/12/07

Featured by New York Association of Regional Grantmakers

Coverage of our funding to the Bronx River Alliance and Riverkeeper

Quick Facts

Year Founded: 1924 / Assets (as of 12/31/06): $2 billion

History of The Trust

The New York Community Trust is one of the oldest and largest community foundations in the country.

Grantmaking

The New York Community Trust responds to the needs of the City through its grantmaking programs.

President & Board

Lorie Slutsky began her career at The Trust in 1977 as a grantmaker, and has been president since 1990.

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