Elements include more than $7.5 million in philanthropic capital to support housing affordability and the expansion of Chase Home Lending’s $5,000 Homebuyer grant.
Most of the grants are aimed at addressing urgent issues—the concurrent crises of housing affordability, mental health, community safety, and asylum seekers.
2022 was a year of ongoing—and new—challenges: from stubborn systemic issues of racism, homelessness, and incarceration, to responding to immediate needs such as the arrival of asylum seekers in New York City.
Groundbreaking initiative to activate open spaces utilizes urban design principles introduced in NYCHA’s Connected Communities Program as well as a successful pilot completed this year at Pomonok Houses in Queens
The New York Community Trust has announced $11.5 million in grants to 66 nonprofits to improve the quality of life for all New Yorkers across a range of areas
Grantees include organizations focused on keeping housing-unstable New Yorkers in their homes, supporting criminal justice reform, and promoting mental health.