Compiled by Phenix Kim
Monday, March 24, 2025 |
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Fighting to make the richest New York companies and people fund the basic needs of everyone else
Looming over the New York state budget process this year is the threat of massive cuts in federal assistance from a GOP-led, Donald Trump-loyal Congress, which would force the state to shore up more of its own revenues for healthcare, housing and more. Since 2011, the group Strong Economy for All – which knits together several large unions and community groups statewide to push for tax-the-rich, fund-human-services budgets and laws – has had a hand in pushing for budgets whose priorities are often to the left of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and current Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Mike Kink, the group's executive director since its founding, talked to New York Nonprofit Media about the work he does, the successes and challenges his group has seen and why he thinks that if Gov. Hochul really linked arms with other New York leaders, they could present a united front against a variety of Trump threats.
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Mike Kink is executive director of Strong Economy for All | Image courtesy of Strong Economy for All |
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A message from Children's Aid |
We're excited to announce the launch of our new podcast, "Every Step of the Way: Conversations that Inspire." From classrooms to board rooms, from struggles to triumphs, Children’s Aid alumni are making an impact every step of the way. Join us as we sit down with alumni that have transformed their lives and their communities. In each episode, we’ll bring you personal stories of resilience, of hope, and success. Subscribe and listen today.
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Help For Children, hosted its 25th Annual HFC New York Cocktail Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Co‐chaired by Jay Peller, Head of Fund Services at the Citco group of Companies and Joe Fisher, Senior Lead Partner in KPMG's Alternative Investments Management Practice, the event celebrated the transformation of 1.2 million lives through 1,849 grants to 398 organizations since the organization’s inception. A global foundation with ten locations, Help for Children is funded by the Alternative Investment industry and has invested $62.8 million in grants. In New York alone, the organization has granted nearly $26 million towards the prevention and treatment of child abuse by investing in advocacy, research, education, and counseling programs that heal children and empower families across its ten locations.
TD bank announced four grant recipients of the 2024 TD Ready Challenge, an annual initiative that supports nonprofit organizations developing effective programs and solutions for communities. This year's focus was innovative solutions to support underserved small business owners. Grant recipients received $1 million through the TD Ready Challenge to advance initiatives designed to help disrupt barriers for underserved entrepreneurs while supporting the larger needs of the small business community. New York-based nonprofit Hot Bread Kitchen is a recipient of the grant, as they create economic opportunity for vulnerable populations in New York City through food entrepreneurship programs and support from seasoned business advisors.
This Thursday, JASA will host its annual Art Show at Cooper Square, 200 East 5th Street in Manhattan. The free, public exhibition will feature artwork by 80+ older adult artists. Featured artists range from creatives with decades of experience, like Galyna Barvinok, who was an animator in her home country of Belarus, to seniors who are a picking up a hobby for the first time, like Gladys Abend, a lifelong New Yorker, dancer, and teacher, who started painting when she was 80. All works will be available for purchase, with proceeds supporting JASA’s services for 40,000 older adults across New York City. The funds raised will help sustain vital programs such as senior wellness services, housing assistance, and social activities designed to improve the quality of life for older adults in our community.
Lonely Worm Farm Arts and Agriculture Programming, was awarded $24,999 as part of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation National Paralysis Resource Center 2024 Direct Effect 2nd Cycle Quality of Life grants. The Quality of Life Grants Program supports nonprofit organizations that empower individuals living with paralysis. Since the Quality of Life Grants Program’s inception, more than 3,990 grants totaling $46 million have been awarded. Funding for this program was made possible through a cooperative agreement with the Administration for Community Living. Lonely Worm Farm, located in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, will use the grant to improve and extend a wheelchair path that winds through the organization’s Everyone Garden, making it easier for visitors in wheelchairs to plant, water and harvest flowers, berries, herbs and vegetables and explore remote areas of the beautiful 3-acre plot.
Volunteer New York! announced that seven local volunteers will be honored during their 45th annual Volunteer Spirit Awards breakfast benefit, presented by Regeneron. The Volunteer Spirit Awards breakfast benefit is held annually in April during Global Volunteer Month to honor volunteers in Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam Counties. The event is attended by over 550 “who’s who” leaders from the community, including representatives from the business, nonprofit, and public sectors, to honor extraordinary individuals and groups who have made a significant difference in their communities. Nominations are held for five categories, and an independent panel of judges selects one individual volunteer or nonprofit group for each category.
The Joanne Forbes Foundation, in partnership with Baltic Street Wellness Solutions, is having its inaugural Community Resource Fair at the Isaac Brown Healing Arts & Community Center on March 28, 2025. This free, public event will bring together a diverse network of resource partners, advocacy groups, and service providers to empower the community with critical support, education, and opportunities for collaboration. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with resource partners specializing in behavioral health, housing, employment, advocacy, and family support, network with local organizations, learn about available programs and more.
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A message from Citrin Cooperman |
Citrin Cooperman’s dedicated Not-for-Profit Industry Practice builds trusted relationships with mission-driven organizations to help them achieve their goals by providing high-quality professional services and industry insights tailored to their unique needs. |
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Social Services: The department awarded $750,000 to the Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation, $750,000 to Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corp. towards NYCBenefits program.
Youth and Community Development: The department awarded $5.5 million to Opportunities For A Better Tomorrow Inc. for Train & Earn, one of DYCD’s federally-funded Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act programs for out-of-school, out-of-work youth in New York City and $2.2 million to Riseboro Community Partnership Inc. to Learn & Earn, one of DYCD’s federally-funded Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act programs for in-school youth in New York City.
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A message from City & State |
Nonprofit leaders dedicate their careers and lives to making New York a better, safer place. So, annually, City & State and NYN Media are proud to recognize them as Nonprofit Trailblazers. Honorees will be profiled in City & State Magazine and at a celebratory event. We’re looking for dedicated changemakers who have displayed entrepreneurial character, high standards, innovative professional practice and committed support to their local community. Sound like someone you know? Nominate them by March 25.
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* Lisa Flores, the head of the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services and the city’s chief procurement officer is the latest member of the Adams administration to resign, The CITY reports.
* Planned Parenthood of Greater New York is looking to sell off and close its only Manhattan clinic as both financial and political pressures build for the nonprofit. Its seven-story, 43,365-square-foot building at 26 Bleecker Street in NoHo is up for sale for $39 million, Commercial Observer reports. * The movement to eliminate the benefits of DEI have been years in the making, and led by conservative groups like the Heritage Foundation who believed that modern DEI efforts were an overcorrection beginning in the civil rights era and rooted in identity politics, Crain’s New York Business reports.
* Columbia University’s concession on Friday to a roster of government demands as it sought to restore about $400 million in federal funding is being widely viewed as a watershed in Washington’s relationships with the nation’s colleges. But they also stand to shape colleges far from Manhattan, The New York Times reports.
* Nearly two dozen nonprofit groups across New York state will receive $1.7 million in grants to support state parks, trails, historic sites and other public lands, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Department of Environmental Conservation and Parks & Trails New York announced, Spectrum NY1 reports. * The Brooklyn Academy of Music is fighting to regain its mojo. America’s oldest performing arts venue does not draw the attention or audiences it once did. Now it has lost another leader as it works to adjust to an uncertain future for cultural institutions, The Times reports.
* A little-known program aimed at helping Black and Latino students pursue business degrees was flagged by conservative strategist Christopher Rufo. Known as The PhD Project, the program is now at the center of a Trump administration campaign to root out diversity, equity and inclusion programs in higher education, Chronicle of Philanthropy reports.
* New York City Council members Justin Brannan and Gale Brewer called for a moratorium on new homeless shelters to boost affordable housing until the conclusion of a set of ongoing investigations touching on the Adams administration’s real estate and shelter practices, the Daily News reports. |
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* Facing federal defunding, nonprofits are drafting best and worst case-scenario budgets. Organizations are struggling to plan amid uncertainty about government funds. As a result, some are crafting multiple spending options, Chronicle of Philanthropy reports. |
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* DEI may be in retreat, but faith leaders are demonstrating the power of diversity. An upswell of interfaith cooperation on issues such as immigration offers valuable lessons on what effective diversity work looks like, Chronicle of Philanthropy reports. |
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY: To David McNally, Director of Government Affairs & Advocacy at AARP New York; tomorrow to Jonathan Wong, senior manager in the Division of Enterprise Purchasing with the New York City Department of Education; on Wednesday to Sara Valenzuela, chief operating officer at Cultural Productions; on Thursday to Stephanie Gendell, associate commissioner for intergovernmental and interagency affairs of the New York City Administration for Children’s Services, Alana Cantillo, Interim Vice President of Advocacy at NYIC and Steven Newman, former NYC first deputy comptroller and former chief operating officer of Public Health Solutions; on Friday to Glen Weiner, former Deputy Director for StudentsFirstNY; on Saturday to Dinean Robinson, former vice president of communications of Multiplying Good and on Sunday to Mohan Sivaloganathan, CEO of Students for Education Reform.
MOVING ON: The Kaplan Educational Foundation announced the appointment of Jesse Jackson to its Board of Directors.
Have a birthday, career change, birth or death to announce? Email editor@nynmedia.com. |
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March 26 – United Charter High Schools’ Career Fair, Manhattan
March 27 - JASA annual Art Show, Evelyn & Louis Green Residence at Cooper Square, Manhattan
April 1 – Nonprofit Matters - Strategic Planning: Driving Organizational Success, Westchester Library, Westchester
April 1 – The Museum of Jewish Heritage Spring Women’s Luncheon, Museum of Jewish Heritage, Manhattan
April 1 - Bloomingdale School of Music's 60th Anniversary Spring Benefit: "Generations", Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts, Manhattan
April 8 – 2025 Nonprofit Leadership Summit, Purchase College, Harrison April 26 - Brooklyn Org Volunteer Day, Multiple locations, Brooklyn, NY
April 29 – Fair Housing Justice Center’s 20th Anniversary Celebration, Trinity Church Wall Street, Manhattan
May 1 – The Circle of Friends Dinner & After Party hosted by The Children’s Village, The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers, Manhattan
May 18 – Birch Family Services 5K Forward: Fast Track to Empowerment Race, Hudson River Park, Manhattan June 23 – Birch Family Services Fourth Annual Golf Classic, Muttontown Club, East Norwich Nov. 13 – 50th Anniversary Soirée: annual gala,The Lighthouse Pier 61, Manhattan Online:
March 24 – New CEO/Executive Directors Exploratory Meeting March 25 – Legislative Considerations Affecting the Philanthropic Community
March 25 – Nonprofits and the Trump Agenda March 28 – Peer to peer: an affinity group for nonprofit personnel of color
April 1 – Nonprofit Matters - Strategic Planning: Driving Organizational Success May 8 – How to build a monthly giving or sustainer program Submit your event by sending a short description and a working link to editor@nynmedia.com.
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