Annual Report October 1, 2018 - September 30, 2019 BOARD of DIRECTORS Chris Ruggeri, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, Chair Peter H
CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR NEW YORK CITY
NEW YORK CITY IS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD
FY19 Annual Report October 1, 2018 - September 30, 2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chris Ruggeri, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP, Chair Peter H. Kostmayer, Chief Executive Officer Morgan Bale, Esq., Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Peter Brown, Esq., Peter Brown & Associates PLLC Janet L. Burak, Esq. Yovanka Bylander, ISS-Ethix/Institutional Shareholder Services Susan R. Cullman Stephen J. Dannhauser, Esq., Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Henry P. Davison, II, Bessemer Trust Co. Jenelle DeCoteau, Esq., Ziff Capital Partners LLC Luc Dowling, Aurelius Capital Management, LP Peter Duchin, Peter Duchin Music, Inc. Douglas F. Eisenberg, A&E Real Estate Frances FitzGerald, Author & Journalist W. Robert Friedman, Jr., Dresner Partners Tatiana E. Gutierrez, Esq., Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP Cynthia Hochman David Hochman, Orchestra BioMed Sharon King Hoge Thomas C. Israel, Ingleside Investors Lucas Joynt, Macquarie Capital Joel Press, Press Management Herbert H. Sambol Stephen C. Savage Paulomi Shah, Apollo Global Management LLC Nithya Sowrirajan, Google Jay Stark
DIRECTORS EMERITI Michael E. Clark Henry Cornell Joan Sutton Straus
YOUNG CITIZENS COMMITTEE Jasper S. Wilson, New York City Economic Development Corporation, Chair Elizabeth Har, Citi, Vice Chair Ryan M. Adams, HZQ Consulting Jordan Barker, Bark Equities Parul Bhatia, Shearman & Sterling LLP Matthew J. Camp, Teachers College, Columbia University Erik S. Coler, Mercer ADR Sam Fisher, Seven Bridges Advisors Alison I. Mandelker-Burnett Kerri Thompson, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Kiara Reed, JPMorgan Chase & Co. Amanda C. Rocha, The Actor's Fund America Jeremy Shevett, Compass Karla Esleeck, American Express, Advisor
FOUNDERS Osborn Elliott Hon. Jacob K. Javits TABLE OF CONTENTS
Letter from the CEO...... 3 Mission and History...... 4 2019 Grant Types...... 5 Strength in Numbers...... 6 Youth Leadership Council Neighborhood Grant...... 7 Chelsea & Hudson Yards Grant...... 8 Grantee Highlights...... 9 Neighborhood Leadership Institute...... 11 Love Your City Corporate Volunteering...... 12 DIY Green Blocks Workshop Series...... 13 Special Events Highlights...... 14 2019 Grantees...... 16 2019 Funders...... 34 Financial Statement...... 38 Staff...... 39 Support Us...... 40
LETTER FROM THE CEO Peter H. Kostmayer
We’ve been here before.
It was in 1975 when the city, facing bankruptcy, laid off thousands of employees and the Times wrote that the difference between solvency and insolvency was paper-thin.
But, the city survived and in fact thrived, as more than a million people arrived from every conceivable place.
Now we face another crisis, deeper and harder to solve, longer in the making, and more threatening to New York than any fiscal crisis.
Dark voices, always here, once almost universally condemned, but it seems now lead the nation-the voices of white nationalism, anti-Semitism, xenophobia, and homophobia.
But our voice is strong and clear, and in these pages you can see our work and hear our voice in the neighborhoods of our city where our projects have brought together Muslims and Jews in the Bronx, gay and straight residents in Queens, newly arrived immigrants and New Yorkers here for generations determined to welcome and shelter them, and people of every shade and color in every borough.
In this old city, that began more than four centuries ago as a tiny Dutch outpost, the work of Citizens Committee for New York City goes on in good times and bad, always moving toward a more open city, a tolerant place welcoming to all kinds of people including the more than occasional oddball, a city open to strangers from near and far, no matter their country, creed, or color, and a place hostile to the cruelty and know nothingness that has taken temporary hold of the land we love.
That’s our New York.
Peter H. Kostmayer CEO
3 MISSION AND HISTORY
Our mission: to help New Yorkers — especially those in low-income areas — come together and improve the quality of life in their neighborhoods.
For 45 YEARS, we have been making New York City greener, safer, and more resilient. 1975 New York City teeters on the edge of bankruptcy. Senator Jacob Javits and Newsweek Editor-in-Chief Osborn Elliott 1976 become founders of a “Citizens Committee” and 8,000 New A neighborhood improvement grant of $76 is made to local Yorkers immediately respond to a campaign for volunteers residents caring for Bryant Park. to fill gaps in social services. 1977 The pioneering Mollie Parnis Dress Up Your Neighborhood grants for block beautification are awarded. 1982 1,500 new neighborhood associations are formed under the 1990 Block Association Expansion initiative. In response to the city’s rapidly rising murder rate, the Neighborhood Anti-Crime Center is inaugurated. It provides grants and training to hundreds of community groups fed up with violent crime. 2001 A few hours after New York City is attacked, Citizens Committee announces Unity Grants for volunteer groups working on emergency relief, counseling, and victim search 2009 projects. During the Great Recession, more neighborhood improvement grants reach more under-served communities than ever before. 2012 2017 Days after Superstorm Sandy hits New York City shores, Hurricane Relief Grants are launched. Before the end of the The New York City Department of Health and Mental year, over $250,000 is distributed to almost 100 volunteer Hygiene and Centers for Disease Control team up with groups working on immediate relief efforts. Citizens Committee to award funds for spaces that promote physical activity and healthy living in public schools and early childhood centers. 2018 For the first time, Citizens Committee provides all 2019 grant applications in Spanish. Citizens Committee partnered with NYC Service to launch the Youth Leadership Council (YLC) Neighborhood Grant program to support young people in creating community improvement projects to address issues they identify as important to the communities they live in.
4 2 0 2 0 G R A N T T Y P E S Selected community improvement groups receive grants of up to $3,000 to cover their project costs. Projects must be volunteer-led, demonstrate a strong work plan, and commit to matching the grant with volunteer hours.
Neighborhood Grant Our keystone program, Neighborhood Grants gives residents tools to address self-identified issues. Citizens Committee awards micro-grants of up to $3,000 to resident-led groups to work on community and school projects throughout the city. We prioritize groups based in low income neighborhoods and Title I public schools.
Love Your Block Grant From planting trees to clearing vacant lots to installing new traffic signals, Love Your Block awards $1,000 to New Yorkers committed to beautifying their neighborhoods. Groups receive services from the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Department of Transportation, Department of Sanitation, and Department of Environmental Protection.
Public School Green Team Grant Citizens Committee collaborates with the Department of Sanitation to award grants up to $1,000 for projects carried out by public school Green Teams. Examples of projects that we support include building or expanding a school garden, enhancing a school recycling program, creating school sustainability events, and providing uniforms for the Green Team.
Reuse and Repair Grant The goal of the Reuse and Repair grants is to support New York City in reusing, repairing, and refurbishing 100% of all discarded products that can be reused in some capacity, with the balance being recycled. Citizens Committee partners with the Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board (MSWAB) and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer for these grants.
Compost Grant Since 2011, Citizens Committee has partnered with the Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board (MSWAB) to provide grants of up to $750 for local composting projects. Groups eligible for funding include community associations, community gardens, friends of park groups, housing development groups, nonprofits, schools, colleges, and universities, hospitals, and private businesses. Grants can be used to purchase materials to start or expand upon a composting program. STRENGTH IN NUMBERS Your neighbors are up to big things.
59% of projects are led by women Over 200,000 volunteer hours 45% of projects are youth focused
Supported $2.3 133,235 NEW YORKERS MILLION 593 were directly impacted GRASSROOT in grants and support ORGANIZATIONS
EVERY BOROUGH Brooklyn 35% & in Bronx 16% 164 Queens 15% 47% different Manhattan 27% neighborhoods Staten Island 5% were first-time grantees! Citywide 2%
24 45% 48% of projects are of projects are new green spaces youth / school environmental created focused focused
6 N E W G R A N T P R O G R A M H I G H L I G H T Youth Leadership Council Neighborhood Grant
NYC Service Partnership Overview
In 2019, Citizens Committee partnered with NYC Service to launch the new Youth Leadership Council (YLC) Neighborhood Grant program to support young people in creating community improvement projects to address issues they identify as important to their communities. From community art and education projects to starting a neighborhood garden, youth leading YLCs are able to apply to receive grant funding and additional project planning assistance to make NYC a better place for everyone while strengthening relationships among community members and developing leadership and capacity-building skills. Youth discussing their grant ideas during a project planning assistance workshop. The YLC program was made possible through the support of the Pinkerton Foundation
YLC Grantee Highlight
Citizens Committee awarded a total of 15 YLCs grants to lead community improvement projects in their neighborhoods. In addition to grants, Citizens Committee staff led three project planning assistance workshops where they discussed the grant application step-by-step, tips for writing a strong proposal, and how to engage community members in the project. Staff also provided early review and feedback for grant applications.
One particularly noteworthy grantee was Y Out Leadership Council Precinct 48. The youth, made up of students from Bronx Prep Charter School, Aquinas High School, and B.A.S.E. High School, formed this group because they felt that they weren’t being taken seriously due to their age, and wanted to show the community that young people can come together to change their community in positive ways. For their project, Y Outs Leadership Council 48 Precinct YLC created a community unity mural with an anti-violence message in an area with high levels of drug use, division, and graffiti. The group is inspiring other youth to use their voices for change.
About their project, Justin Pina, one of the youth leaders of the group said:
“The reason we wanted to create this mural was to create awareness through a visual lens of all of the issues that are occurring in our community, including growing violence. Graffiti is a common factor of violence in the city and by doing this mural, we are preventing our community from further decay, and further negativity. As a YLC, our main objective is to spread awareness to the people in our community that youth should not be Y Outs Leadership Council 48 Precinct YLC created a discouraged, but rather viewed as individuals with ideas community unity mural with an anti-violence message for positive change." in an area with high levels of drug use and division.
7 CHELSEA & HUDSON YARDS GRANT
The West Side Community Fund (WSCF) is partnering with Citizens Committee in supporting initiatives for underserved residents through the Chelsea & Hudson Yards Grants. Grants focus on youth/underserved populations, and creative initiatives and responding to emerging needs. Projects range from food pantries, to STEM education, to legal support, and beyond. Potential grantees range in size and include neighborhood organizations, block/tenant associations, non-profits, agencies, schools, clinics, NYCHA projects, religious institutions. Projects occur in Manhattan between 14th and 38th streets and 7th and 12th avenues.
Chelsea and Hudson Yards is undergoing dramatic development with major businesses and affluent residents moving in. It is important that low-income, long-time residents experience benefits from the area's growing economy. To ensure residents benefit as development proceeds, the WSCF was created in 2018 in consultation with elected officials, Community Board 4, service organizations, and civic leaders.
Chelsea & Hudson Yards Grants are made possible through over 20 businesses generously supporting the WSCF:
Founding Funders: BlackRock // Boies Schiller Flexner // The Boston Consulting Group // Coach Foundation // Cooley LLP // Engineers Gate // Google // IAC // Jamestown // KKR // L'Oréal // Pfizer Inc // Related/Oxford Hudson Yards // RXR // SAP // Silver Lake // Taconic Investment Partners // Third Point LLC // Warner Media LLC // Wells Fargo || Supporters: Accenture
YEAR ONE AT A GLANCE
2019 Chelsea & Hudson Yards Grant Winners $ Support $440,928
Adaptive Design Association Projects 56 Art Connects New York Bene ciaries 38,172 ArtsConnection Association of the Bar of the City of New York dba City Bar Justice Center Hours 10,075 Breaking Ground HDFC Workshops/Classes 695 Callen-Lorde Community Health Center Clinton Hell's Kitchen Coalition for Pedestrian Safety (CHEKPEDS) Issue Areas
Elliott-Chelsea Tenants Association Sexual Health: 5% Feel the Music! Legal/Housing Advocacy: 5% Health & Wellness: 30% High School of Fashion Industries Job Training: 8% Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen Food Assistance: 13% Housing Conservation Coordinators Institute for Human Identity Joyce Theater Foundation
Keoni Movement Arts Education: 18% Arts: 22% Kota Alliance Population Metropolitan Community Church of New York (MCCNY) HIV/AIDS: 1% P.S. 11 PTA Women: 5% Veterans: 1% Disabled: 7% Penn South Social Services Low-Income: 19% Seniors: 7% Rauschenbusch Metro Ministries Riant Theatre
NYCHA: 6% Ryan Chelsea-Clinton Community Health Center Youth: 17% S.H.A.M.E. Say Ah! LGBTQ: 9% Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders (SAGE) Food Insecurity: 8% Communities of Color: 11% The Kitchen Homeless: 9% Women in Need (WIN)
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8 A FEW OF OUR GRANTEES Since our founding in 1975, we have made possible thousands of projects that improve quality of life for low-income residents across New York City. Here are just some New Yorkers that are coming together to make a difference in their neighborhoods.
Tilder400 Block AssociationBainbridge Street Block Association Flatbush, Brooklyn Neighborhood Grant - $3,000
Tilder Block Association (TBA) fosters a strong, safe community by bringing neighbors, local youth groups, police, and elected officials together to create a safe, harmonious, and beautiful living environment.
In 2019, the group received a grant to coordinate "Behind the Gates,"a block greening effort planting flowers and vegetables across 20 stoops. The ongoing project aims to help neighbors clean up and "green up" their front yards and stoops. Members met with interested residents and co-created plans of action for each home. One garden the group assisted with is for an elderly resident with dementia and Alzheimer's to create a sensory garden.
The project reaches across the three-foot high divide between sidewalk and stoop to further engage, inspire, and excite residents in the beautification and stewardship of their home while introducing more neighbors to each other. The group is also launching its first-ever contest to award a Golden Shovel trophy to the stoop voted best by other residents.
400 Bainbridge Street BlockStaten Island Association MakerSpace Rosebank, Staten Island Reuse and Repair - $1,000
Staten Island MakerSpace is a non-profit workshop founded in 2013 to help artists, craftspeople, engineers, inventors, and entrepreneurs make their ideas come to life by offering low cost access to industrial and digital fabrication equipment and tools. The group provides classes and workshops for the community in a variety of areas including welding, plasma cutting, blacksmithing, woodworking, sewing, 3D printing, and more. Teachers and schools can bring their class here for a unique hands-on STEAM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Art-Mathematics) experience. The group also operate a "STEAM Wagon" that goes to schools and public events. Its newest project, Maker Park NYC, is an outdoor sculpture park and community work space that provides opportunities for artists to make and exhibit temporary public art projects.
In 2019, Staten Island MakerSpace received a grant to partner with P.S. 13 to teach students and their families the importance of repairing items rather than discarding them. The group hosted a series of workshops called Fix-It Fridays! where families to broken household items and learned how to repair them. The project culminated in a Fix-It Fundraiser, where students used a kiosk they built out of up-cycled items to sell some of the items that they fixed during the workshops.
9 A FEW OF OUR GRANTEES (CONTINUED)
400 Bainbridge Street Block Association Forest Hills Green Team Forest Hills, Queens Love Your Block - $1,000
Forest Hills Green Team's mission is to organize local environmentalists. The team successfully launched a community garden at a local middle school and hosted a climate scientist talk for the community on Earth Day. The green team was also instrumental in advocating for the Queens Boulevard street safety redesign and supported efforts to encourage local residents to opt for sustainable transportation.
In 2019, the group received a 2019 Love Your Block grant to transform an underutilized space into a destination. The group cleaned up the space, removed overgrown weeds, and replaced them with plants and flowers. Local community members, Girl Scouts Troops, and Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi joined in on the beautification efforts.
IAH Studio400 Bainbridge Street Block Association Soundview, Bronx Neighborhood Grant - $1,400
IAH Studio is a volunteer-led group spearheaded by violist and Bronx native, Iymaani Abdul-Hamid and her mother, Yvette Berry. This duo is driven by the dire need for diversity and visual representation in the classical music arena, and created Ode to the Black Fiddler Music Festival to provide performance opportunities for professional string musicians of color. In addition, Ode to the Black Fiddler aims to address the lack of quality music programming in low-income neighborhoods with the organization of accessible and affordable string music performances in the community. Within two short years of its inception, the duo, along with countless other volunteers, has successfully developed, planned and executed its annual festival Ode to the Black Fiddler—increasing attendance from 75 attendees in 2017 to over 300 in 2018.
In 2019, the group received a grant to provide performance opportunities for professional string musicians of color while bringing quality musical programming to low-income neighborhoods. The festival appeals to both young and old in the community and engages them in string music featuring a variety of genres. It also exposes participants to healthy foods and local businesses by making healthy food options available at performances.
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NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
The Neighborhood Leadership Institute (NLI) consists of introductory workshops led by Citizens Committee staff, designed to address the needs of potential and emerging community leaders by teaching skills necessary to successfully devise and implement community improvement projects.
Basics of Community Organizing How do you start a community organizing project? What are effective community organizing strategies? We review the fundamentals, including issue identification, mission, goals, strategy development, outreach, membership recruitment and cultivation, and evaluation.
Group Structure What structure is right for your group? Keeping in mind that not all community groups are alike, we discuss what to consider when picking a structure that is appropriate for your group, including contexts, organizational goals, and WORKSHOP HIGHLIGHTS power dynamics. Bylaws, membership guidelines, and decision-making processes are Citizens Committee's NLI workshops also discussed. include both expert trainings and participatory discussions designed to Navigating City Government share information. How does NYC’s government work? Who Each NLI workshop seats up to 25 has power over what? We discuss the community members to ensure facilitated Mayor’s Office, City Council, and conversations include all participants. Community Boards as well as the legislative process and protocols for Workshops are interactive, participatory, meeting with elected representatives. and involve breakout group activities, so attendees can network, learn from each other, establish areas for collaboration, and Grassroots Fundraising be inspired by efforts in other How can your group raise money locally for neighborhoods. your community organizing project? We review grassroots fundraising approaches and ideas that also promote community buy-in and interest. We also discuss developing a clear and concise message for your project, as well as how to pitch it in a compelling way. 2019 NLI WORKSHOPS
Media Tools Over 250 How can your group use the media to workshop attendees generate support for your community organizing campaign? We explore the basics of both traditional and new media, ranging from local neighborhood Hosted the first NLI workshop newspapers to Facebook and Twitter. We in Spanish with Assembly discuss how to frame messages, develop a Member Catalina Cruz media strategy, and write press releases.
11 DIY GREEN BLOCKS WORKSHOP SERIES In 2019, we hosted three free DIY workshops for New Yorkers to learn environmental skills through hands-on activities!
Bees + Butterflies: Learn the Basics of Beekeeping and Butterfly Identification
Workshop attendees were provided with a general overview of pollinators and how these amazing creatures contribute to a healthy environment and food production. The workshop focused on the fundamentals of starting and maintaining a honeybee hive, including choosing the right space to put a hive, how and where to obtain honeybees, bee behavior and roles in a colony, and safety when doing hive checks.
Nurture Health Soil for Your Garden
Participants learned what healthy soil is and why soil health is so important. They learned soil textures by participating in a hands-on activity where they interacted with sand, silt, and clay soil samples. Participants were also able to try a simple soil test on the spot with a pH and nutrients kit as well as take a kit to try in their own gardens.
How to Build a Rainwater Harvesting System
In this hands-on workshop, participants learned the basic components of a rainwater harvesting system as well as the main points to consider when building a system. The workshop also included a discussion on the importance of water conservation, water usage in different parts of the world, and how rain and waste water is processed in NYC.
Past Workshops Included: How to Build a Tree Guard: Pick up the skills necessary to construct a sturdy, simple, and affordable wooden tree guard. Learn about proper street tree care, and the benefits of tree guards in protecting our urban forest from litter and physical damage. How to Build a Greenhouse/Hoophouse: Learn how to build a greenhouse in your community garden, extending the garden's season and protecting your plants from the elements year-round. Urban Farming: Learn how to increase your community garden's output of fruits, vegetables, and herbs within a limited space. Basics of Plant Propagation: Learn all about different plant propagation techniques, such as taking cuttings, sowing seeds, planting divisions, and forcing bulbs. The Butterfly Effect: This interactive workshop on butterflies introduces an exciting citizen science project for adults and youth. Learn about these amazing creatures and how to provide long-term data to support their conservation. Gardening with Herbs: Learn how to grow and use herbs for improved well-being. Garden Planning and Design: Learn about garden design and planning for different spaces. Prepare Your Garden for Winter: Revitalize your soil after the winter freeze. Learn how cover crops create healthy soil for the next growing season.
Sponsored by: 12 2019 LOVE YOUR CITY HIGHLIGHTS C O R P O R A T E V O L U N T E E R P R O G R A M
Citizens Committee offers exciting and rewarding volunteer opportunities for corporate groups. Unlike other volunteer programs, our Love Your City program connects members with resident-led projects. Rather than "parachuting" in for the day, volunteers work alongside local neighbors, youth, and teachers to help implement the community's vision for a healthier neighborhood.
70 1,579 Love Your City Corporate Volunteer Events Volunteers
5,070 53 Volunteer Hours Grantees Supported
Our Love Your City volunteer days accommodate groups of 5-200 volunteers and can be scheduled to align with location and timing preferences. The activities vary from project to project, but typically include gardening, painting, or light construction and can be done by anyone, with no special expertise necessary. Citizens Committee's staff coordinates all of the details of each volunteer day, including lunch or snacks and photography; preparing the materials for activities; and leading all activities alongside a local project leader. For more information about organizing a volunteer day for your company, please contact: Andrew Rohrberger at [email protected] or 212-822-9555.
13 SPECIAL EVENTS H I G H L I G H T S
2019 New Yorker for New York Gala Board Member David Hochman with Harry Davidson FEBRUARY 25, 2019 Gotham Hall
Our annual gala is a must attend event for 400 of New York City’s leading members of the business and philanthropic communities. Throughout the wonderful evening, we honored Ursula Burns, Executive Chairman of VEON; former Lieutenant Governor of New York and Chairman of the MTA Richard Ravitch and Kathleen M. Doyle, Chairman and CEO of Doyle; and The Mollie Parnis Livingston Foundation and the Hochman Family. Citizens Committee grantees, River Fields and Rusty Fields of Ursula Burns with Amy Falls 400 Bainbridge Block Association received the Marietta Tree Award for Public Service. Another grantee, Special Music School, entertained the crowd with two beautiful songs. Thanks to our many supporters who are committed to improving quality of life in New York City, we will be able to fund hundreds of crucial community projects.
Evening on the Lake SEPTEMBER 9, 2019 Richard Ravitch and Kathleen M. Doyle with William Thompson Central Park Boathouse
New Yorkers packed the Central Park Boathouse at our annual fall fundraiser and raised over $300,000! Honorees Heather Lennox, who received the Oz Elliott Good Neighbor Award, Bill Henrich, who received the Mollie Parnis Award for Dedication to New York City, Chairman Paul Deutch, and Co-Chairs Amy Edgy and Tracy Klestadt all helped to make the night a success. Guests enjoyed a performance - the wonderful kids from Prototype Music, a Citizens Committee grantee, and they were spectacular! The NYC Champion Award was presented Heather Lennox and Bill Henrich to Aleeia Abraham-Toussaint of Prototype Music. This group fosters artistic talent among youth and develops their self-esteem, motivation, and civic participation. Children from Hamilton Heights Darkroom and Photography Center - another Citizens Committee grantee - took instant photos of guests throughout the evening which they took home as a souvenir of the event.
Citizens Committee Grantee Prototype Music 14 SPECIAL EVENTS (CONTINUED) H I G H L I G H T S
Stonewall 50 Citizens Committee changed their logo in honor of the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall uprising JUNE 19, 2019
Citizens Committee hosted an event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. We gathered not only to celebrate the history and progress of the LGBTQ community in NYC, but also to raise funds for Citizens Committee, an organization that has been around for 45 of those 50 years and has been a part of the movement. Citizens Committee grantees Bklyn Boihood and LifeCycle Performers from Kriyol Dance! Collective Biking spoke about how the small grants they received have enabled them to create a safe, confirming space for communities typically left out of biking and wellness spaces including people of color, women, LGBTQ+ persons, and low income communities.
El Sol Brillante Community Garden Member Roses & Rosé David Schultz SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
It was a lovely evening last fall when Citizens Committee welcomed donors, board members, and grantees to Roses & Rosé, a beautiful celebration of neighborhood groups and their work to improve quality of life in New York City. The evening kicked off at El Sol Brillante Community Garden and continued to Green Oasis Community Garden where guests were treated to a great performance by Kriyol Dance! Performer from Kriyol Dance! Collective Collective. Special thanks to everyone who attended and to TD Bank for sponsoring the event.
Citizens Committee Board Member Cynthia Hochman with El Sol Brillante Community 15 Garden Member GRANT WINNERS B R O N X
GROUP NAME NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT TYPE
Act4Change Mott Haven Neighborhood Grant
Amaya's Bookreads Highbridge Neighborhood Grant
Black Woman's Echo Chamber Morris Heights Neighborhood Grant
Bridge eld Civic League Wake eld Neighborhood Grant
Bronx High School of Science Kingsbridge Heights Green Team
Bronx Leadership Academy High School Mount Hope Green Team
Bronx Neighborhood Health Action Center YLC Tremont Neighborhood Grant (NYC Health Department)
Bronx Power Mott Haven Neighborhood Grant
Bronx Sunshine Community Garden East Tremont Neighborhood Grant
Building 13 Association Co-Op City Reuse & Repair, Neighborhood Grant
Caribbean-American Arts Association Edenwald Neighborhood Grant
CIS 303: The Leadership and Community Service Morris Heights Neighborhood Grant Academy
Claremont Neighborhood Garden Claremont Village Catalyst Grant
Co-Op Chess Club Co-Op City Neighborhood Grant
Family2Family Community Project Mott Haven Neighborhood Grant
Felicita's Garden Group Throggs Neck Neighborhood Grant
Future Star Productions Morrisania Neighborhood Grant
GreenFeen Organics Crotona (Park East) Neighborhood Grant
Grenada Built to Win Edenwald Neighborhood Grant
Health Opportunities High School Mott Haven Green Team
Helping Hands in Action Belmont Neighborhood Grant
Hispanos Unidos West Farms Neighborhood Grant
I Am My Sistah's Keeper Worthy By Choice Mott Haven Neighborhood Grant
I.S. X303 Leadership & Community Service Morris Heights Green Team
I.S. X318 Math, Science, and Technology Crotona (Park East) Green Team Through the Arts
IAH Studio Soundview Neighborhood Grant
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GROUP NAME NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT TYPE
J.M. Rapport School for Career Development Mott Haven Neighborhood Grant
Jamaica Progressive League Eastchester Neighborhood Grant
Jamie Towers Youth Committee Castle HIll Neighborhood Grant
Kelly Street Garden Longwood Compost
Kichwa Hatari Neighborhood Grant
Kids Tenet Patrol Highbridge Neighborhood Grant
Knowledge and Power Preparatory Academy Fordham Heights Green Team International High School (KAPPA)
L.E.A.P Group In The Bronx Mount Hope Neighborhood Grant
Laal Norwood Neighborhood Grant
Literary Freedom Project Mott Haven Neighborhood Grant
Literary Social Network Fordham Neighborhood Grant
Longwood Village Longwood Neighborhood Grant
Maria Sola Community Mott Haven Neighborhood Grant
Melrose New Generation Morrisania Neighborhood Grant
Mill Brook Garden Mott Haven Neighborhood Grant
MJW Foundation Hunts Point Neighborhood Grant
Morris Campus Educational Farm Morrisania Neighborhood Grant
Morrisania Band Project Morrisania Neighborhood Grant
Mott Haven Academy Charter School Mott Haven Green Team
Mount Eden Children's Academy Mount Eden Green Team
Nascent Productions Fordham Compost
Neighborhood Violence Survivor's Alliance Kingsbridge Neighborhood Grant
Northeast Bronx Community Farmers Market Throggs Neck Neighborhood Grant Project
O.S.S. Project Marble Hill Neighborhood Grant
P.S. 036 Unionport Unionport Green Team
P.S. 070 Max Schoenfeld Mount Hope Green Team
P.S. 154X Jonathan D. Hyatt Mott Haven Green Team
P.S. 199 The Shakespeare School Highbridge Neighborhood Grant
17 GRANT WINNERS B R O N X (continued)
GROUP NAME NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT TYPE
P.S. X014 Senator John Calandra Pelham Bay Green Team
P.S./I.S. 218 Rafael Hernandez Dual Language Magnet Mount Eden Green Team School
P176X at Truman High School Baychester Green Team
P723X@218X Rafael Hernandez Dual Language School Concourse Village Neighborhood Grant
PAS Team Citywide Neighborhood Grant
Riverdale YM and YWHA Riverdale Compost
Samara Community School Claremont Village Green Team
School for Tourism and Hospitality Morrisania Green Team
Silver Beach Gardens Throggs Neck Compost
South Bronx Community Association Highbridge Neighborhood Grant
South Bronx Senior Champions Mott Haven Neighborhood Grant
Southeast Bronx Community Council Soundview Neighborhood Grant
The STEAM Bridge School Van Nest Green Team
Stewards of Brust Park Riverdale Neighborhood Grant
Sun, Wind, and Shade Oasis Morrisania Neighborhood Grant, Compost
Team POP Basketball Program Highbridge Neighborhood Grant
Tenarenses En El Exterior Morris Heights Neighborhood Grant
Theatre Arts Production Company School Tremont Neighborhood Grant, Green Team
Thespian Production Melrose Neighborhood Grant
Uptown and Boogie Bicycle Advocacy Mott Haven Neighborhood Grant
Urban Assembly Bronx Academy of Letters Mott Haven Neighborhood Grant
We Serve The Bronx Mott Haven Neighborhood Grant
Women in Creative Rebellion Melrose Neighborhood Grant
World View High School Kingsbridge Heights Green Team
Y Outs Leadership Council 48 Precinct YLC East Tremont Neighborhood Grant
YLC at Bronx Academy for Software Fordham Neighborhood Grant EngineeriNeighborhood Grant(BASE)
Yon Vilaj Highbridge Neighborhood Grant
Youthful Solutions Williamsbridge Neighborhood Grant
18 GRANT WINNERS B R O O K L Y N
GROUP NAME NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT TYPE
100 Quincy Community Garden Bedford Stuyvesant Neighborhood Grant
300 Halsey Street Block Association Bedford Stuyvesant Love Your Block
462 Halsey Community Farm Bedford Stuyvesant Neighborhood Grant, Compost
583 Park Avenue Beauti cation Committee Bedford Stuyvesant Neighborhood Grant
64th Street Community Garden Sunset Park Neighborhood Grant
88th Precinct Youth Council YLC Fort Greene Neighborhood Grant
Academic Zone Fort Greene Neighborhood Grant
Academy for Software Engineering Bushwick Green Team
Achievement First University Prep High School Bushwick Green Team
AnaCheza's Automated Paper Rolling Machine Brooklyn Reuse & Repair (APRM) Prototype
Art and Resistance Through Education (ARTE) Williamsburgh Neighborhood Grant
Bainbridge Street Stuyvesant Heights Block Bedford Stuyvesant Love Your Block, Neighborhood Grant Association
Bay View Green Committee Sunset Park Neighborhood Grant
Beginning with Children Charter School II Williamsburg Green Team
BK ROT Bushwick Compost, Catalyst Grant bklyn boihood Bedford Stuyvesant Neighborhood Grant, Catalyst Grant
Brighter Choice Community School Bedford Stuyvesant Neighborhood Grant
Brooklyn East Youth Leadership Council YLC Brownsville Neighborhood Grant
Brooklyn Herb Club Bedford Stuyvesant Neighborhood Grant
Brooklyn Saints East New York Neighborhood Grant
Brooklyn Technical High School Fort Greene Green Team
Brooklyn Together Crown Heights Love Your Block
Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School Windsor Terrace Neighborhood Grant, Green Team
Brownsville Vision Camp Brownsville Neighborhood Grant
Brownsville Youth Leadership Council YLC Brownsville Neighborhood Grant
By Our Hands Brownsville Neighborhood Grant
Capoeira Angola ENY East New York Neighborhood Grant
19 GRANT WINNERS B R O O K L Y N (continued)
GROUP NAME NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT TYPE
Caribbean American Steel Pan Education East New York Neighborhood Grant Center (CASPEC)
Carroll Gardens Nanny Association Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Grant
Chestnut Community Garden Cypress Hills Compost
Classon Ful-gate Block Association Garden Clinton Hill Catalyst Grant
Cleveland-Pitkin Block Association East New York Love Your Block, Neighborhood Grant
Club A-Elita Bensonhurst Neighborhood Grant
Coney Island Houses Tenant Association Coney Island Reuse & Repair
Cooper Street Community Association Bushwick Neighborhood Grant
Council of Peoples Organization Midwood Compost
Crown Heights 71 YLC Crown Heights Neighborhood Grant
Crown Heights Keepers Crown Heights Neighborhood Grant
Crown Street Block Association Crown Heights Neighborhood Grant
Cuir Kitchen Brigade Bedford Stuyvesant Neighborhood Grant
Cypress Court Home Owners Association Cypress Hills Neighborhood Grant Block Association
Deshi Women's Community Group City Line Love Your Block
Digesters Park Slope Compost
Direct Impact Coalition Sunset Park Neighborhood Grant
East 25th Street Block Association East Flatbush Love Your Block, Neighborhood Grant
East 26th Street Block Association East Flatbush Love Your Block, Neighborhood Grant
Edward R. Murrow High School Midwood Green Team
The Equity Project Charter School Inwood Green Team
Evergreen Middle School for Urban Exploration Bushwick Green Team
Exploring Minds Creating Dreams Crown Heights Neighborhood Grant
The Family Annex Nursery School Morningside Heights Compost
Prospect Lefferts Fenimore One Block Association Neighborhood Grant Gardens
Prospect Lefferts Fenimore Street Family Love Your Block, Neighborhood Grant Gardens
20 GRANT WINNERS B R O O K L Y N (continued)
GROUP NAME NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT TYPE
Fit BK Flatbush Neighborhood Grant
Prospect Lefferts Flatbush Enterprise Love Your Block, Neighborhood Grant Gardens
Fourteenth Street Block 6 to 7 Park Slope Neighborhood Grant
Friends of New Utrecht Public Library Bath Beach Neighborhood Grant
Friends of North Paci c Playground and Boerum Hill Neighborhood Grant Garden
Fuerza Sporting Sunset Park Neighborhood Grant
Fujian United Seniors of the USA Sunset Park Neighborhood Grant
Greene Garden Community Garden Fort Greene Neighborhood Grant
Grow Brooklyn Green Reuse & Repair
Grupo Juego y Lectura de Sunset Park Sunset Park Neighborhood Grant
Hancock Street Community Block Bedford Stuyvesant Love Your Block Association
Hart Street Block Association Bushwick Neighborhood Grant
Hattie Carthan Community Garden Bedford Stuyvesant Neighborhood Grant
Heavens Gate Garden Bedford Stuyvesant Compost, Neighborhood Grant
H-I East 45th Street Block Association Flatlands Neighborhood Grant
Highland Park Community Garden Cypress Hills Compost
Historic Dean Street Block Association Crown Heights Neighborhood Grant
Holocaust Memorial Committee Manhattan Beach Neighborhood Grant
I Am Gym Foundation/Clean Up Brownsville Neighborhood Grant Brownsville
Imani Community Garden Crown Heights Neighborhood Grant
J.H.S. 223 The Montauk Intermediate Borough Park Green Team School
J.H.S. 383 Philippa Schuyler Bushwick Green Team
JAIA YOUth Leadership Council Downtown Brooklyn Neighborhood Grant
Jerry's YLC East New York Neighborhood Grant
Kingsview Volunteer Gardeners Fort Greene Compost, Neighborhood Grant
21 GRANT WINNERS B R O O K L Y N (continued)
GROUP NAME NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT TYPE
Know Waste Lands Community Garden Bushwick Neighborhood Grant
Kriyol Dance! Collective Flatbush Neighborhood Grant
La Casita Verde Williamsburg Compost
Prospect Lefferts LifeCycle Biking Neighborhood Grant Gardens
Lincoln Berkeley Community Garden Park Slope Neighborhood Grant
Prospect Lefferts LinRoFORMA Neighborhood Grant Gardens
Los Colibries Sunset Park Community Sunset Park Neighborhood Grant Garden
Madiba Prep Middle School Bedford Stuyvesant Neighborhood Grant
Prospect Lefferts Maple Street Community Garden Neighborhood Grant Gardens
Marion Street Park Block Association Ocean HIll Neighborhood Grant
Medgar Evers Tenants Association and Dr. Bedford Stuyvesant Compost Betty Shabazz Tenants Association
Men Uprooting Patriarchy Prospect Heights Neighborhood Grant
Mill Basin Library Reuse & Repair
Monroe Three Block Association Bedford Stuyvesant Love Your Block
Motivational Monsters Coney Island Neighborhood Grant
Mott Hall IV - K522 Stuyvesant Heights Green Team
MS 898, The Brooklyn Green School Crown Heights Green Team
Mural, Mural On The Walls Sea Gate Neighborhood Grant
My Friends Place NY Bensonhurst Neighborhood Grant
My Street and Beyond Crown Heights Neighborhood Grant
Neighborhood Center Cooking Collective Sunset Park Neighborhood Grant
New Wave Dance Youth and Community East New York Neighborhood Grant Development
No New Jails NYC Crown Heights Neighborhood Grant
NUBIA Brownsville Neighborhood Grant
NY AV ROW East Flatbush Love Your Block, Neighborhood Grant
22 GRANT WINNERS B R O O K L Y N (continued)
GROUP NAME NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT TYPE
NYC Law Department Family Court Division Citywide Neighborhood Grant Youth Leadership Council YLC
Prospect Lefferts Ocean by the Park Tree Club Love Your Block Gardens
Ocean Hill Apartment's Resident Ocean HIll Neighborhood Grant Association
Octavia Project Bedford Stuyvesant Neighborhood Grant
Origins High School Sheepshead Bay Green Team
OutSmartNYC Crown Heights Neighborhood Grant
Owl's Head Park Volunteers Bay Ridge Neighborhood Grant
P.E.A.C.E. for Peace Bedford Stuyvesant Neighborhood Grant
P.L.A.N.T. Crown Heights Neighborhood Grant
P.S. 013 Roberto Clemente Brownsville Green Team
P.S. 031 Samuel F. Dupont Elementary Greenpoint Green Team
P.S. 050 Talfourd Lawn Elementary School Jamaica Green Team
P.S. 075 Mayda Cortiella Bushwick Green Team
P.S. 110 Monitor School Greenpoint Green Team
P.S. 130 The Parkside School Windsor Terrace Green Team
P.S. 169 Sunset Park Sunset Park Green Team
P.S. 197 Kings Highway Academy Midwood Green Team
P.S. 216 Arturo Toscanini Sheepshead Bay Green Team
P.S. 24 Sunset Park Green Team
P.S. 250 George H. Lindsay Bushwick Green Team
P.S. 321 William Penn Park Slope Green Team
Bedford Stuyvesant, P.S. 368 Green Team, Reuse and Repair Brownsville
P.S. 368K @ P.S. 293 Boerum Hill Green Team
P.S. 373 - Brooklyn Transition Center Bedford Stuyvesant Catalyst Grant
P.S. 396K Brownsville Green Team
P.S. 40 George W. Carver Bedford Stuyvesant Green Team
23 GRANT WINNERS B R O O K L Y N (continued)
GROUP NAME NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT TYPE
P.S. 84 Brooklyn - Jose De Diego Williamsburg Green Team
P.S. K141 Williamsburg Green Team
P.S. K721 Brooklyn Occupational Training Gravesend Green Team Center
P.S./I.S. 102Q The Bayview School Bay Ridge Green Team
P.S./I.S. 327 Dr. Rose B. English Brownsville Green Team
PTA of P.S. 24 Sunset Park Neighborhood Grant
P368K Brownsville Compost
Pakistani American Youth Society Ditmas Park Neighborhood Grant
Parachute Literary Arts Coney Island Neighborhood Grant
Parent Child Relationship Association Dyker Heights Neighborhood Grant
Pathways to Graduation Bedford Bedford Stuyvesant Green Team Stuyvesant Complex - Referral Center/Hub
Pilling Street Block Association Bushwick Neighborhood Grant
Prospect Lefferts PLG Arts Neighborhood Grant Gardens
Powerplay NYC YLC Citywide Neighborhood Grant
Preserving East New York East New York Neighborhood Grant
Project Formation Crown Heights Neighborhood Grant
Pulse Garden Fort Greene Compost, Reuse & Repair
Purposeful Girlz Crown Heights Neighborhood Grant
Q Gardens Flatbush Reuse & Repair
Quincy Street, Ralph, Patchen Block Bedford Stuyvesant Love Your Block Association
Remade in Brooklyn Brooklyn Reuse & Repair
Residents of Hinsdale Street Block East New York Neighborhood Grant Association
Seeds To Flowers East New York Neighborhood Grant
Self-Care Warriors Bedford Stuyvesant Neighborhood Grant
24 GRANT WINNERS B R O O K L Y N (continued)
GROUP NAME NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT TYPE
Sterling Street B and W Block Association Prospect Lefferts Gardens Neighborhood Grant
Sullivan Ludlam Stoddard Neighborhood Crown Heights Neighborhood Grant Association
Sunset Park High School Sunset Park Green Team
Tarte de Art Prospect Lefferts Gardens Neighborhood Grant
Tilder Block Association Flatbush Neighborhood Grant
Troy Avenue Between Avenue H & I Block East Flatbush Neighborhood Grant Association (TAHIBA)
Unglitch Bedford Stuyvesant Neighborhood Grant
United Block Association Bedford Stuyvesant Neighborhood Grant
Urban Holistic East New York Neighborhood Grant
We Are Women (Dyebanyani) East New York Neighborhood Grant
We Run Brownsville Brownsville Catalyst Grant
William E. Grady Career and Technical Brighton Beach Green Team Education High School
YLC L.I.T. (Leaders in Training) Bushwick Neighborhood Grant
YLC One Voice, New Energy Downtown Brooklyn Neighborhood Grant
Yoga Share Bedford Stuyvesant Neighborhood Grant
Young Men's Initiative Crown Heights Neighborhood Grant
Sullivan Ludlam Stoddard Neighborhood Crown Heights Neighborhood Grant Association
Sunset Park High School Sunset Park Green Team
Tarte de Art Prospect Lefferts Gardens Neighborhood Grant
Tilder Block Association Flatbush Neighborhood Grant
Troy Avenue Between Avenue H & I Block East Flatbush Neighborhood Grant Association (TAHIBA)
Unglitch Bedford Stuyvesant Neighborhood Grant
United Block Association Bedford Stuyvesant Neighborhood Grant
Urban Holistic East New York Neighborhood Grant
25 GRANT WINNERS M A N H A T T A N
GROUP NAME NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT TYPE
500 Block West 150th Street Block Hamilton Heights Love Your Block Association
Alms Chic Upper West Side Neighborhood Grant
Art Loisaida Foundation Lower East Side Neighborhood Grant
Central Park East II School East Harlem Green Team
Circulo de Amor Propio Para Mujeres Washington Heights Neighborhood Grant
Club de Lectura CREA East Harlem Neighborhood Grant
Cocolart Washington Heights Neighborhood Grant
Community Action for Housing as a Human Washington Heights Neighborhood Grant Right
Dorothy K. McGowan Community Garden Washington Heights Neighborhood Grant
Dos Puentes Elementary School Washington Heights Green Team
Eco-Eagles Harlem Compost
Five Star Garden Harlem Neighborhood Grant
Friends of Colonel Young Park/Malcolm X Harlem Neighborhood Grant Community Improvement Association
Friends of P.S. 165 Robert E. Simon School Morningside Heights Neighborhood Grant
Grand Street Guild Residents Association Lower East Side Neighborhood Grant
Green Team @ PS 185 The Locke School of Harlem Neighborhood Grant Arts and Engineering
Washington Heights, Guardian Team of Pachamama Reuse & Repair, Neighborhood Grant Inwood
Hamilton Grange Neighborhood Association Hamilton Heights Catalyst Grant
Hamilton Heights Darkroom and Hamilton Heights Neighborhood Grant Photography Center
Harlem Birth Action Committee (GBAC) Harlem Catalyst Grant, Neighborhood Grant
Harlem Grown Harlem Compost
Harlem River Community Rowing Inwood Neighborhood Grant
Harlem Transform East Harlem Neighborhood Grant
Harlem Youth Lions YLC/Precinct 32 Harlem Neighborhood Grant
26 GRANT WINNERS M A N H A T T A N (continued)
GROUP NAME NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT TYPE
Henry Street Settlement Louis Abrons Arts Lower East Side Compost Center - Sculpture Garden Project
High School for Language and Diplomacy Union Square Green Team
Inwood Canoe Club Inwood Neighborhood Grant
Inwood Health Team Inwood Neighborhood Grant
La Galeria Magazine Inwood Neighborhood Grant
La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Lower East Side Neighborhood Grant Community Garden
LaGuardia Corner Gardens Greenwich Village Compost
Lexington Houses Resident Council East Harlem Neighborhood Grant
Life Awareness of a Planet Team Inwood Neighborhood Grant
Lotus Garden Upper West Side Neighborhood Grant
Lydia's Magic Garden East Harlem Love Your Block
M.S. 131 Chinatown Love Your Block
Make A Difference Harlem Neighborhood Grant
Mobilization for Change Community Garden Manhattan Valley Neighborhood Grant
Mount Morris Park Community Improvement Harlem Neighborhood Grant Association
Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS) Lower East Side Neighborhood Grant
New York Harbor School PTA Financial District Compost
Open Studio Harlem Neighborhood Grant
P.S. 002 Meyer London School Lower East Side Green Team
P.S. 003 Charrette School Greenwich Village Green Team
P.S. 115 Alexander Humboldt Washington Heights Green Team
P.S. 130 Hernando De Soto Chinatown Green Team
P.S. 183 Robert L. Stevenson Lenox Hill Green Team
P.S. 188 The Island School Lower East Side Green Team
P.S. 199 Jessie Isadore Straus Upper West Side Green Team
P.S. 20 Anna Silver School East Village Green Team
P.S. 450M East Side Community School Lower East Side Green Team, Catalyst Grant
27 GRANT WINNERS M A N H A T T A N (continued)
GROUP NAME NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT TYPE
P.S. 94 @ P.S. 188 Lower East Side Green Team
P.S. M721 - Mahattan Occupational Training Greenwich Village Green Team Center
P.S./I.S. 180 Hugo Newman College Prep Harlem Green Team
P.S./M.S. 165 Robert E. Simon Morningside Heights Green Team
P138@189 East Harlem Green Team
Pleasant Village Community Garden East Harlem Compost
Project Harmony Harlem Neighborhood Grant
Rain Community Land Trust Lower East Side Neighborhood Grant
Roosevelt Lane Condominium Board of East Harlem Love Your Block Directors
Royalty Project Harlem Neighborhood Grant
Seeds to Soil Hell's Kitchen Neighborhood Grant
Special Music School Lincoln Square Green Team
Summer Glow and Grow Chelsea Neighborhood Grant
Switch it Up Break it Down Harlem Neighborhood Grant
Tenant Association Committee Harlem Neighborhood Grant
Think!Chinatown Chinatown Neighborhood Grant
Trabajando Unidos por La Comunidad Inwood Neighborhood Grant
Under Our Umbrella Harlem Neighborhood Grant
Union Square Academy for Health Sciences Union Square Green Team
Uptown Progressive Action Washington Heights Neighborhood Grant
Urban Assembly School for Green Careers Neighborhood Grant
Urban Assembly School for Green Careers Upper West Side Neighborhood Grant
W.O.W. Project Chinatown Reuse & Repair, Neighborhood Grant
Washington Heights/Inwood Food Council Washington Heights Neighborhood Grant
28 GRANT WINNERS M A N H A T T A N (continued)
GROUP NAME NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT TYPE
We W.I.L.L. Thru Sports Yorkville Neighborhood Grant
West 111 Street People's Garden Morningside Heights Neighborhood Grant
West 13th Street Alliance West Village Neighborhood Grant
West 69th Street Block Association Upper West Side Neighborhood Grant
Women of Color in Solidarity Inwood Neighborhood Grant
Q U E E N S
GROUP NAME NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT TYPE
21 Ethos Jamaica Neighborhod Grant
89th Street Tenants Unidos (United) Jackson Heights Love Your Block Association
Art Transforms Cambria Heights Neighborhod Grant
Astoria Values Community Center Astoria Compost
Bayside High School Bayside Neighborhod Grant
Biking Public Project Astoria Neighborhod Grant
Breezy Point Garden Club Breezy Point Neighborhod Grant
Brook eld Civic Association Spring eld Gardens Neighborhod Grant
Ciclistas Latinoamericanos de New York Jackson Heights Neighborhod Grant
Communities Deserving a Chance Jamaica Neighborhod Grant
Community Garden Cooperative South Jamaica Neighborhod Grant
Core Learning Center Jamaica Neighborhod Grant
Corona Arts and Sciences Academy Corona Green Team
Creative Movement Expressions Jamaica Neighborhod Grant
Dhaka Drama Jackson Heights Neighborhod Grant
Discovery Community Garden 1 South Jamaica Catalyst Grant
Farm Spot Jackson Heights Compost
Farmers Boulevard Community Development Hollis Neighborhod Grant Corporation
29 GRANT WINNERS Q U E E N S (continued)
GROUP NAME NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT TYPE
Forest Hills Green Team Forest Hills Love Your Block
Forest Hills High School Forest Hills Green Team
Friends of Cambria Heights Library Cambria Heights Neighborhod Grant
Friends of Seaside Playground Rockaway Park Neighborhod Grant
Friends of the Ethnobotany Project NYC Jamaica Neighborhod Grant
Healing Hearts through Creative Arts Jamaica Neighborhod Grant
I.S. 10 Horace Greeley Middle School Long Island City Neighborhod Grant
J.H.S. 067 Louis Pasteur Flushing Green Team
Jackson Heights Beauti cation Group Jackson Heights Catalyst Grant
Jamaica Bay Ecowatchers Broad Channel Neighborhod Grant
Journey Through Seth's Eyes Far Rockaway Neighborhod Grant
Kew Gardens CSA Kew Gardens Neighborhod Grant
Kew Gardens Improvement Association Kew Gardens Neighborhod Grant
Lena's Library Cambria Heights Neighborhod Grant
Long Island City Community Garden Long Island City Neighborhod Grant
Long Live Linden St. Albans Neighborhod Grant
M.S. 217 Robert A. Van Wyck: The Green Briarwood Green Team Magnet School for Career Exploration
M.S. 74 - Nathaniel Hawthorne Oakland Gardens Green Team
Moore Jackson Cemetery Woodside Neighborhod Grant Revitalization Project
Newtown Civic Association Elmhurst Neighborhod Grant
No Limits For Youth (NLFY) Canarsie Neighborhod Grant
One Stop Family Pop Up Corona Neighborhod Grant
Parade
P.S. 017 Henry David Thoreau Astoria Green Team, Compost
P.S. 032 State Street Murray Hill Green Team
P.S. 064 Joseph P. Addabbo Ozone Park Green Team
P.S. 079 Francis Lewis Whitestone Green Team
30 GRANT WINNERS Q U E E N S (continued)
GROUP NAME NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT TYPE
P.S. 080 The Thurgood Marshall Rochdale Green Team Magnet School of Multimedia
P.S. 104Q The Bays Water School Far Rockaway Neighborhod Grant
P.S. 150 Queens Sunnyside Green Team
P.S. 166 Henry Gradstein Long Island City Neighborhod Grant
P.S. 221 The North Hills School Little Neck Green Team
P.S. Q233 Forest Hills Green Team
P.S./M.S. 183 Dr. Richard R. Green Hammels Green Team
P.S. 220Q Edward Mandel Forest Hills Green Team
PTA of Channel View School For Research Rockaway Park Neighborhod Grant
PTA of I.S. 145 Joseph Pulitzer School Corona Neighborhod Grant
PTA of I.S. 230 Elmhurst Neighborhod Grant
PTA of P.S. 97Q The Forest Park School
PTA of P.S. 148 East Elmhurst Neighborhod Grant
PurposefullyPretty Jamaica Neighborhod Grant
Q300 The 30th Avenue School Astoria Green Team
Queens Collegiate : A College Board School Jamaica Hills Green Team
Queens Metropolitan High School Forest Hills Green Team
Queens Solid Waste Advisory Board Queens Reuse & Repair
Richard D Simpson Scholarship Fund Spring eld Gardens Neighborhod Grant
Rosedale Blocks Community Association Rosedale Neighborhod Grant
Ruby S. Couche Big Sister Educational Action St. Albans Neighborhod Grant and Service Center
Scholars' Academy Rockaway Park Green Team
Showing Hearts Foundation St. Albans Neighborhod Grant
Sickle Cell Awareness Foundation Jamaica Neighborhod Grant
South Jamaica Resident Green Committee South Jamaica Love Your Block, Neighborhod Grant (Mkulima)
St. James Episcopal Church Elmhurst Compost
Team Wepa NYC Corona Neighborhod Grant
31 GRANT WINNERS Q U E E N S (continued)
GROUP NAME NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT TYPE
The Blue Bus Project Long Island City Neighborhod Grant
The Riverview School Long Island City Green Team
Together We Can Community Resource Jackson Heights Neighborhod Grant Center
Tyler Nicole Foundation Jamaica Neighborhod Grant
Village Academy Far Rockaway Compost
Wink Beauty Parlour Far Rockaway Neighborhod Grant
Yellowstone Community Garden Forest Hills Neighborhod Grant
S T A T E N I S L A N D
GROUP NAME NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT TYPE
Coalition for Wetlands and Forest Graniteville Neighborhood Grant
Curtis High School St. George Green Team
Eagle Academy for Young Men of Staten Clifton (Park Hill) Green Team, Love Your Block Island
Fort Hill Collaborative Elementary School St. George Green Team
Friends of Graniteville Quarry Mariner's Harbor Neighborhood Grant
Friends of Mariners Harbor Mariners Harbor Love Your Block
Friends of Olmsted-Beil House Port Richmond Neighborhood Grant
Friends of Tompkinsville Park Stapleton, Tompkinsville Love Your Block, Catalyst Grant
Greenbelt Conservancy Lighthouse Hill Compost
H.E.A.L.T.H. for Youths St. George Neighborhood Grant
Hill Street Garden Stapleton Neighborhood Grant
I.S. 007 Elias Bernstein Annadale Green Team
Joe Holzka Community Garden West Brighton Compost
Kayak Staten Island Tottenville Neighborhood Grant
Labyrinth Arts Collective Elm Park Reuse & Repair
Napela Clifton (Park Hill) Neighborhood Grant
32 GRANT WINNERS S T A T E N I S L A N D (continued)
GROUP NAME NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT TYPE
Other Side Intercultural Theatre Clifton (Park Hill) Neighborhood Grant
P.S. 013 M. L. Lindemeyer Rosebank Green Team
P.S. 39 Francis J. Murphy Jr. School Arrochar Compost
P.S. 56 The Louis Desario School Rossville Green Team
P.S. 57 Community Gardeners Clifton (Park Hill) Neighborhood Grant
P.S. 13 Margaret Lindemeyer School Rosebank Neighborhood Grant
P721R @ Jerome Parker Campus Heartland Village Green Team
ROZA Clifton (Park Hill) Neighborhood Grant
Staten Island Makerspace Reuse & Repair
Westerleigh Parks Coalition Westerleigh Neighborhood Grant
C I T Y W I D E
GROUP NAME GRANT TYPE
API& Neighborhood Grant
Black Spades For Peace Neighborhood Grant
Harlem Transformation Project Reuse & Repair
Homecoming Catalyst Grant
In nity Love Foundation Neighborhood Grant
Lit Exhibit Committee Neighborhood Grant
Los Herederos Neighborhood Grant
Neighborhood Benches Neighborhood Grant
Project Attica: Community Through The Arts Neighborhood Grant
Raised Pinay Neighborhood Grant
Sister Diaspora for Liberation Neighborhood Grant
Wear Together NYC Reuse & Repair
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