The People's Plan: Budget Justice, Community Power, and Accountability for FY2027

When: 
Wednesday, June 10, 2026 -
1:00pm to 3:00pm EDT
Where: 
New York Foundation, 150 West 30th Street
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As New York City faces deepening inequality, rising housing insecurity, and growing pressure on working-class communities, questions of how public money is raised, protected, and invested remain central to building a more just city. At a time when many communities are struggling with disinvestment and increasing costs of living, grassroots organizations across the city are organizing for budgets and policies that reflect the needs and dignity of everyday New Yorkers. 

The People’s Plan (TPP) is a coalition of grassroots groups, community leaders, advocates, and labor partners fighting for a New York City rooted in care, justice, and dignity. Grounded in the belief that public budgets are moral documents that shape people’s daily lives and determine who has access to safety, housing, healthcare, education, and opportunity, TPP organizes around budget justice campaigns at the city level while supporting neighborhood-based organizing and collaboration across grassroots groups, labor unions, the City Council, and the Mayor’s office. Over the last three years, TPP’s People’s Budget coalition has mobilized thousands of New Yorkers and helped secure more than $1.5 billion in restorations and funding for essential services, including early childhood education, CUNY, libraries, housing supports, and community-based safety programs. With a new mayor now in office, TPP sees this as a critical and time-sensitive opportunity to advance an agenda centered on care, equity, and accountability for all New Yorkers.

In collaboration with The People's Plan, New York Foundation, the New York Women's Foundation, North Star Fund, and the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, please join us for a special funder briefing on this year’s People’s Budget. This in-person conversation will be held over lunch at the New York Foundation offices, where we will explore grassroots organizing for budget justice, public accountability, and building a more equitable future for New York City.

What will you learn?

  • How The People’s Plan is organizing around budget justice and why city budgets are central to equity and community well-being
  • The impact of unpaid corporate and landlord penalties on workers, tenants, neighborhoods, and public resources
  • How grassroots organizations and labor partners are building collective power and pushing for stronger enforcement and accountability from the city
  • Ways philanthropy can support long-term organizing, coalition building, and community-led efforts for economic and racial justice

Speakers

Who should attend? 

All interested funders in grantmaking, public policy, and related roles. What to expect: panel discussion followed by Q&A. Lunch will be provided. 

Registration 

1 PM to 3 PM Program 

Registration is required by June 9th.  

Members & Non-Member Funders: To register yourself and/or a colleague at your organization, please click the “Register Now” link above. (No fee.) 

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