The New York Community Trust

2/25/10 - Foundations Start Major Push to Get Accurate City Census Count: $562,000 Awarded to 35 Nonprofits

2/23/10 - New York’s Community Foundation Gives Emergency Funding to Help Haitian Immigrants

2/9/10 - New York’s Community Foundation Awards $7.25 Million to Help New Yorkers Through the Recession

2/4/10 - Youth Reporters to Help End Gun Violence

Downtown Community TV Receives New York Community Trust Grant through the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Knight Community Information Challenge

12/11/09 - Trust Program Officer Co-Authors Book on Community Organizing for Better Public Schools

10/27/09 - Fashion's Night Out Helps People with AIDS

10/9/09 - Poor New Yorkers Helped by NYCT Safety Net Grants

9/1/09 - New York City AIDS Fund Works with Fashion's Night Out

New Board Chairman, Board Member, and Program Officers Welcomed to The New York Community Trust

4/2/09 - $7,000,000 to Help Struggling New Yorkers.

“These kinds of grants have always been a major part of our giving,” said Lorie Slutsky, The Trust’s president. “What’s different is that we have given significantly more money to agencies that have the ability to increase the number of people they help, but face a serious drop-off in private contributions and severe reductions in public funding. And we’re doing it early in the year.”

1/19/10 - Trust Program Officer Weighs in on the Race to the Top

12/2/09 - President Lorie Slutsky Gives Advice to Donors Giving in Tough Times

2/1/10 - Green Codes Task Force Gives NYC Building-code Proposals

The Trust's investment in the City's nonprofit sector is praised on Huffington Post

Fran Barrett, founder of Community Resource Exchange writes about The Trust's work to shore up the City's nonprofit sector during the economic downturn.

The Trust called "heroic" for large grants that have helped New Yorkers in need

A piece in City Limits Weekly examines the state of the nonprofit sector in the City.

The Trust's Pat Jenny Speaks at Capital Hill Briefing on Job Creation

12/13/09 - The Trust Featured in Crain's Article on "Battling Mission Attrition"

Keep Donations Flexible Now to Avoid Conflict Tomorrow

Lorie Slutsky, Trust president, is quoted in this New York Times article, 5/27/09.

11/18/09 - Lorie Slutsky takes questions on community philanthropy for the New York Times

11/30/09 - Lorie Slutsky, Joyce Bove, and Pat Swann make The Voice's Thanksgiving Honor Roll

Uncovering Unhealthy Tap Water Throughout the Nation

Bronx Appartment Building Facing Foreclosure, Example of Troubling Trend

1/4/10 - Times Editorial on Climate Change Features Trust Grantee Environment America

ReServe takes its successful program for connecting older adults and nonprofits on the road

Renovated High Line Now Open for Strolling

Trust grantee Friends of the High Line is mentioned in this New York Times piece by Robin Pogrebin. 6/9/09

Nonprofits Gird for Long Battle

This article is part of a Crain’s series that looks at nonprofits’ efforts to fill yawning gaps in funding, using a mix of strategies. 6/17/09.

Trust Grantee International AIDS Vaccine Initiative discovers AIDS antibodies

The Trust has made $875,000 in grants over the past four years to the New York-based International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. Rob Waters reports for Bloomberg News on their recent discovery of antibodies that can neutralize many strains of the AIDS Virus.

The Trust supports most of the Bronx arts organizations mentioned in this article.

10/30/09 Trust grantee Rocking the Boat featured in The Times

Trust grantee Rocking the Boat is featured in this 10/5/09 New York Times piece by Bao Ong.

10/26/09 Sustainable South Bronx's SmartRoofs project seeds small business trend

Hotline Help for Nonprofit Executives

10/28/09 Trust Honored by United Neighborhood Houses

David Okorn is Appointed as Executive of Long Island Community Foundation

Congress Fails to Act to Prevent Temporary Estate and GST Tax Repeal

Eight Playwrights Win Helen Merrill Award

A New Generation of Scientists

An Evening of Playwrights, Honors, and Shrimp

12/1/09 - NYC AIDS Fund Honored by Mayor Bloomberg