A Place for Kids
To help fund their literacy program for more than 70 low and moderate income children in Chinatown.
Art in General
To support their 2007-2008 Education Program, which engages at-risk youth with contemporary art in the classroom setting.
Ascension Outreach/Michael D. Fender Food Pantry
To purchase 150 cases of food for their emergency food pantry.
Bailey House, Inc.
To fund a theraputic Recreation Program for men and women living with HIV/AIDS at the Bailey House residence in Greenwich Village.
Behind the Book
To support their literacy development program at the Harvey Milk High School for LGBTQ youth.
Bowery Mission
To provide food, shelter, clothing, showers and medical care for homeless and impoverished men and women in Lower Manhattan.
Boys and Girls Republic
To support their evening sports and recreational programming for boys and girls on the Lower East Side.
BRC
To fund jackets, caps, and aprons for BRC volunteers who perform outreach, serve meals, and teach computer skills to homeless men and women.
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center
To support the Heath Outreach to Teens Program, providing free medical care, medications, street outreach and HIV prevention to street and homeless LGBTQ youth.
Caring Community
To fund their Chair Exercise program for seniors, a collaboration with NYU's Department of Physical Therapy.
Children of Bellevue, Inc.
To support the Infant Layette Program which provides a basic set of clothing for newborns whose families are destitute.
The Church of St. Luke in the Fields
To support LGBTQ Youth Outreach Workshops, as well as the AIDS Project which provides dinner and services on the weekends for people living with HIV/AIDS.
College and Community Fellowship
To provide general operating support in order to identify and serve the growing number of former prisoners in NYC wishing to pursue college degrees.
Connecting to Advantages
To effectively train their cadre of crucial volunteers who connect food pantry and health clinic clients with appropriate government benefits.
Cooper Square Committee
To help sustain their capacity to provide homeless and at-risk tenants in obtaining affordable housing and related services.
Cornelia Connelly Center
To support after school programming for girls from low-income families on the Lower East Side.
Disabilities Network of NYC
To support the "Dis-This" Film Series which showcases cutting-edge, festival quality films by disabled artists.
Downtown Art, Inc.
To support three original productions featuring new theater, music and video works created by young artists.
Downtown Music Productions
To support three music programs as part of their East Village concert series.
Educational Alliance
To support their Young Artists Program, which provides high quality low-cost art instruction and cultural enrichment to 250 low-income, at risk youth each year.
Father's Heart Ministries
To support their community food pantry which serves 300 guests each and every Saturday.
Fourth Arts Block (FAB)
To support their annual September Arts Festival which will offer free and discounted admission to performances by over 50 artists.
Fresh Art
To support the artistic, personal, and entrepreneurial development of artists with special needs.
Friends House
To train Friend's House residents, all of whom suffer from HIV/AIDS, to lead HIV prevention and education workshops in NYC schools.
Friends in Deed
To provide support for up to 3,000 students to receive a free HIV prevention/education workshop within NYC public schools.
George Jackson Academy
To provide support in order for them to extend their school year into July.
Gina Gibney Dance, Inc.
To support "Keep Moving!", a free program that brings dance, creativity and collaboration to at-risk youth at Washington Irving High School.
Grand Street Settlement
To support their gender-based programs designed to help area youth, ages 6-19, envision and create a more positive future.
Greater Chinatown Community Association
To support a staff acupuncturist and Tai-Chi Instructor for seniors.
Green Guerillas
To strengthen 20 Lower East Side and East Village Community gardens through plants, materials and volunteer-run programs.
Hetrick-Martin Institute
To support their After-School Services Department for LGBTQ youth from across the NYC Metropolitan area.
Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen
To help provide conseling and referrals for Soup Kitchen guests.
Hope for Our Neighbors in Need at the Church of the Village
To support their food and social services referral programs for Greenwich Village, as well as all NYC residents.
Irish Repertory Theatre, Inc.
To support complimentary and reduced price tickets to senior organizations and students through their ticket subsidy program.
Judson Memorial Church
To support "Judson Arts" - a performance series featuring new and emerging performing artists in music, dance and theatre.
Learning to Succeed, Inc.
To help cover the cost of books, materials, supervision and evaluation for tutorial programs at PS 20 and PS 63 in the East Village.
Legal Information for Families Today
To support their new "Relatives as Parents Program" which focuses on the needs of low-income grandparents who have taken custody of their grandchildren.
Loisaida, Inc.
To support the Apples-Summer Teen Employment Project which will provide summer job internships, weekly workshops and an annual retreat for 25 disadvatantaged adolescents in the Lower East Side.
Lower East Side District Management Assoc.
To support International Pickle Day- a community cultural event in the LES that promotes the neightnorhood's history, food, culture, business, and future.
Lower East Side Girls Club
To support "Girls Gone Green" enviornmental education programs for 100 low income girls ages 8-18.
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
To support their community programs which engage audiences in the exploration of contemporary immigrant issues through the use of history.
Manhattan Land Trust, MLT
To support their "Read and Seed" summer program in the People Care Garden on the Lower East Side.
Mariners' Temple Baptist Church Helping Hands Outreach Program
To assist their "Helping Hands" clothing and food program by providing clothing, food, training, and comprehensive social services referrals.
Nativity Mission Center
To support their Graduate Support Program which provides academic and financial assistance to Nativity Mission Center alumni.
Nazareth Housing, Inc.
To support affordable housing and related services for families on the Lower East Side.
New York City Rescue Mission
To fund the purchase of fifty new mattresses for their third floor dormitory for homeless men.
New York Foundling
The help sponsor three children for a week at Camp Felix 2008, a summer camp specifically designed for youth in foster care.
Nicu's Spoon
To subsidize "differently abled" artists for free acting and audition classes and to provide free theatre arts field trips for preschools.
NY Dance Collective
To support an indoor/outdoor dance performance project featuring several choreographers and composers at the Westbeth Courtyard and Gallery spaces.
Our Time Theatre
To support their Teen Play Program in which youth who stutter learn to act, sing, dance and write plays and musicals.
Parsifal's Productions (Metropolitan Playhouse)
To provide tickets to local senior and community centers free of charge.
Peter Cicchino Youth Project
To fund direct legal services and systemic advocacy for LGBTQ youth who are homeless, immigrants or involved in the fostercare, juvenile justice and shelter system.
Phoenix Theatre Ensemble
To underwrite the fee for a Phoenix teaching artist at the East Village Community school in the 2007-2008 school year.
Project Ezra
To subsidize the cost of both prescription and over-the-counter medication for elders on the Lower East Side.
Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc.
To support their community based training program which enables parents and professionals to act and advocate effectively on behalf of New York City children with disabilities.
SAGE
To support the production of their second LGBT Senior Artists' Day at the LGBT Community Center in Greenwich Village.
Society of the Educational Arts, Inc./Sociedad Educative de las Artes, inc. (SEA)
To enable SEA to bring its production of "Los Desertores" (The Drop Outs) and complementary arts residency program to public schools on the LES that serve teens high at-risk of dropping out.
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity
To motivate NYC Public High School students of color to gain admission and succeed at the most selective colleges in the country.
St. Anthony of Padua Senior Club
To support their Senior Citizens Club which provides social, informational and visitation programs for seniors in Greenwich Village.
St. Francis Xavier Misson
To assist with the purchase of polycarbonate serving-ware to replace paper and Styrofoam products in our soup kitchen.
St. Joseph's Soup Kitchen
To support their ongoing mission of feeding the homeless and hungry of NYC.
Theatre Breaking Through Barriers
To help raise funds to become the home base theater for all people with disabilities in NYC.
Times Up! Environmental Organization
To organize an NYU local bike ride during Welcome Week 2008 to encourage new students to utilize alternative transportation in NYC.
Trinity's Services and Food for the Homeless
To support the continuation of their food program for the homeless population within Lower East Side/East Village.
University Community Social Services, Inc.
To purchase 140 new chairs for their dining hall, which serves Saturday meals to 400 people in the East Village.
University Settlement Society of New York
To support their Intensive College Preparation Program which serves 150 college-ready youths.
Urban Justice Center
To support their work around preserving affordable housing and preventing displacement of low-income tenants in the Lower East Side, East Village and Chinatown.
Village Center for Care
To purchase program supplies for their Treatment Adherence Program, a service that helps HIV positive New Yorkers maintain their medication regimens.
The Village Temple Soup Kitchen
To support the purchase of food to feed the needy in Greenwich Village.
Visions
To provide vision rehabilitation equipment for the elderly of Lower Manhattan.
Visiting Neighbors, Inc.
To enable Visiting Neighbors to continue their successful intergenerational socialization programs that bring seniors together with students to enjoy shared activities.
Visual AIDS
To support quality of life services to visual artists living with HIV.
Washington Square Assn. Music Fund
To present four free concerts to celebrate their 50th season in Washington Square Park.
Young Playwrights, Inc.
To provide tuition waivers for underprivileged youth attending YPI's after school and school based playwriting workshops.