 | Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation 6 East 39th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10016-0112 TEL: (212) 684-6577 FAX: (212) 689-6549 E-Mail: noyes@noyes.org |
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| Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation 6 East 39th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10016-0112 TEL: (212) 684-6577 FAX: (212) 689-6549 E-Mail: noyes@noyes.org |
| Consumer Policy Institute | $15,000 |
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Consumers Union 101 Truman Avenue Yonkers, NY 10703-1057 (Fiscal Sponsor: Consumers Union of United States, Inc.) Established in 1979, the Consumer Policy Institute addresses questions of environmental quality and public health. This grant provided technical assistance to New York City community groups working on energy and solid waste issues. (Total grants since 1995: $105,000.) Jean Halloran, Director Barbara Warren, New York Toxics Project Director | |
| Phone:914-378-2455 | Fax: 914-378-2928 |
| Email: hallje@consumer.org | Web: www.consumersunion.org |
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| Croton Watershed Clean Water Coalition | $15,000 |
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9 Old Corner Road Bedford, NY 10506 The Croton Watershed Clean Water Coalition was established in 1997 by community, housing and environmental groups in New York City and Westchester and Putnam Counties to fight for water pollution prevention at the source. While the focus has been on preventing the planned filtration of water from the Croton system, the Coalition's mission is broader and includes the preservation of all three watersheds (Croton, Catskill and Delaware). This grant provided ongoing support. (Total grants since 2000: $30,000.) Marian H. Rose, President | |
| Phone:914-234-3179 | Fax: 914-234-6139 |
| Email: marianr451@aol.com | Web: www.newyorkwater.org |
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| Green Guerillas | $16,300 |
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151 West 30th Street, 10th Floor New York, NY 10001 The Green Guerillas, founded in 1973, is dedicated to community gardening and the greening of New York City. This grant supported its work with local groups to protect, maintain and increase community gardens throughout the city. Of this grant amount, $1,000 assisted Green Guerillas in participating in the pension plan of the National Organizers Alliance; and $300 was for a computer consultant to assist in the purchase, installation and customization of new database software. (First year of a two-year grant totalling $31,300. Total grants since 1994: $158,800.) Steven Frillmann, Executive Director | |
| Phone:212-594-2155 | Fax: 212-594-2380 |
| Email: stevefrillmann@hotmail.com | Web: www.greenguerillas.org |
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| Greenmarket New Farmer Development Project | $20,000 |
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130 East 16th Street New York, NY 10003 (Fiscal Sponsor: Council on the Environment, Inc.) Established in 1976, the Greenmarket supports 36 weekly markets in 28 locations throughout the city, half of which are situated in low-income neighborhoods, helping to sustain well over 175 farmers and 10,000 acres of working farmland. This grant provided support for the New Farmer Development Project to build a sustainable regional agriculture and community food security system in the city by helping New York City immigrants with farming backgrounds re-enter farming, and by direct marketing their crops through Greenmarket farmers' markets. (First year of a two-year grant totalling $40,000. Total grants since 2000: $35,000.) Tony Mannetta, Director | |
| Phone:212-477-3220 | Fax: 212-533-0242 |
| Email: racheldannefer@hotmail.com | Web: www.cenyc.org |
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| INFORM | $15,000 |
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120 Wall Street, 16th Floor New York, NY 10005-4001 Founded in 1974, INFORM is a national environmental research organization that examines the effects of business practices, including those of public sector agencies, on the environment and human health with the goal of identifying and promoting ways of doing business that are environmentally and economically sustainable. This grant supported the involvement of local grassroots groups in the forthcoming New York City Waste Prevention Coordinators Program, encouraged participation in the Waste Prevention Coalition, and provided support for existing and new local waste prevention efforts. (Total grants since 1986: $133,000.) Joanna D. Underwood, President | |
| Phone:212-361-2400 | Fax: 212-361-2412 |
| Email: underwood@informinc.org | Web: www.informinc.org |
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| Just Food | $23,350 |
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307 7th Avenue, Suite 1201 New York, NY 10001 Just Food was formed in 1995 as an alliance of diverse organizations seeking to promote a socially just and sustainable food system in the New York City metropolitan region. This grant supported their efforts to bring about long-term food security by engaging in coalition building, public education, food marketing, advocacy and policy analysis. Of this grant amount, $3,350 was for legal consultation and travel and other expenses associatied with its representation on a panel at the annual meeting of the National Network for Grantmakers. (Total grants since 1995: $178,350.) Ruth Katz, Executive Director | |
| Phone:212-645-9880 | Fax: 212-645-9881 |
| Email: info@justfood.org | Web: www.justfood.org |
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| Lower East Side Ecology Center | $20,000 |
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P.O. Box 20488 New York, NY 10009 (Fiscal Sponsor: Outstanding Renewal Enterprises, Inc.) Establisted in 1987, the Lower East Side Ecology Center offers recycling services to the Lower East Side community. This grant fostered environmentally sound management of New York City's solid waste by demonstrating the potential of in-vessel composting as a way to reduce the export of waste and attendant truck pollution, and by building public support for recycling and composting. (Total grants since 2000: $40,600.) Christine Datz-Romero, Director | |
| Phone:212-477-4022 | Fax: 212-420-0621 |
| Email: oreinc@earthlink.net | |
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| Make the Road by Walking | $20,000 |
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301 Grove Street Brooklyn, NY 11237 Make the Road by Walking was founded in 1997 in the wake of changes in federal, state and city welfare regulations, and changes in federal immigration laws which targeted America's poor and immigrant communities. Over the past three years Make the Road by Walking has expanded its organizing efforts beyond economic justice issues to include workplace justice, a safer and healthier environment, and expanded opportunities and support for Bushwick's youth. This grant supported neighborhood-based initiatives that work with block associations, local churches, and community-based organizations to focus collective action on addressing environmental problems and making public officials accountable for the local enforcement of environmental regulations. (Total grants since 2000: $40,000.) Andrew Friedman, Co-Director Oona Chatterjee, Co-Director | |
| Phone:718-418-7690 | Fax: 718-418-9635 |
| Email: andrew@maketheroad.org | Web: www.maketheroad.org |
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| Media Jumpstart | $15,000 |
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39 Broadway, 10th Floor New York, NY 10006 Media Jumpstart was founded in 1999 to provide communications and technology services to progressive New York City nonprofits, particularly those with limited resources. Media Jumpstart assists organizations with technology assessment and planning, database development, and design and implementation of websites and Internet access. This grant provided technology assessements and implementation support for the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance and its members. (First year of a two-year grant totalling $30,000.) Michael Eisenmenger, Co-Director Jamie McClelland, Co-Director | |
| Phone:212-894-3386 | Fax: 212-616-4994 |
| Email: info@mediajumpstart.org | Web: www.mediajumpstart.org |
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| Morningside Heights/West Harlem Sanitation Coalition | $2,500 |
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80 LaSalle Street, No. 8B New York, NY 10027 (Fiscal Sponsor: New York City Environmental Justice Alliance) The Morningside Heights/West Harlem Sanitation was established in 1994 by a coalition of block associations and resident groups concerned about the quality of life in Community Board 9, particularly in the area of sanitation and trash collection. This grant provided support for the expansion and improvement of recycling and waste prevention in the community by implementing recycling demonstration projects in area apartment buildings, and working with the building managers and supers to institutionalize and replicate successful practices. Joan S. Levine, Chair Joan Morford, Project Coordinator | |
| Phone:212-666-2217 | Fax: 212-666-6157*51 |
| Email: janlev@msn.com | |
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| Mothers on the Move | $21,000 |
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928 Intervale Avenue Bronx, NY 10459 Initiated in 1992, Mothers on the Move is a membership organization dealing with issues that address quality education, tenants' rights, neighborhood safety, recreation and environmental justice. This grant supported their efforts to organize residents in the Hunts Point and Longwood sections of the Bronx to address issues related to clean air, waste facilities and transfer stations, and childhood asthma. Of this grant amount, $1,000 was for a four-hour training on creating and implementing fundraising plans. (Total grants since 1999: $62,000.) Jill Dowling, Environmental Justice Organizer | |
| Phone:718-842-2224 | Fax: 718-842-2665 |
| Email: jill@mothersonthemove.org | Web: www.mothersonthemove.org |
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| New Jersey Work Environment Council | $20,000 |
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1543 Brunswick Avenue, First Floor Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-4627 The New Jersey Work Environment Council (WEC) was formed in 1986 by environmental and labor activists involved in the 1983 campaign to pass right-to-know legislation in that state. This grant assisted WEC in building common ground between labor unions and environmental/community organizations in northern New Jersey in order to address issues of jobs and the environment and to promote community and worker safety and health. (Total grants since 1995: $91,000.) Rick Engler, Director | |
| Phone:609-695-7100 | Fax: 609-695-4200 |
| Email: NJWEC@aol.com | Web: www.njwec.org |
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| New York City Environmental Justice Alliance | $10,000 |
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115 West 30th Street Suite 709 New York, NY 10001 The New York City Environmental Justice Alliance was established in 1992 to link organizations concerned with ensuring the rights of communities of color and low-income communities to a clean and safe environment. This grant provided technical assistance, organizing support, networking opportunities, coalition building and training to member groups and constituents working to improve the environmental health of their communities. (Total grants since 1994: $242,000, including an Organizational Strengthening Award of $100,000 in 2000.) Dave Cutler, Executive Director | |
| Phone:212-239-8882 | Fax: 212-239-2838 |
| Email: info.nyceja@nyceja.org | Web: www.nyceja.org |
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| New York City Organizing Support Center | $15,000 |
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180 Varick Street 12th Floor New York, NY 10014 The New York City Organizing Support Center was launched in 1996 to help support organizing efforts in low-income communities throughout New York City. It has provided training workshops, technical assistance and a forum for networking to more than 35 community organizations. This grant provided on-going support. (Total grants since 1998: $61,500.) Roz Lee, Co-Director Joan Minieri, Co-Director | |
| Phone:212-627-9960 | Fax: 212-627-0178 |
| Email: info@nycosc.org | |
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| New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Inc. | $22,500 |
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151 West 30th Street 11th Floor New York, NY 10001-4007 Established in 1976, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest provides poor and under-represented communities in New York City with increased access to legal services. Legal representation is provided by staff attorneys and through a partnership with private law firms for pro bono services. This grant supported organizing, education, and legal and technical assistance to neighborhood-based groups in New York City working on environmental justice issues. Of this grant amount, $7,500 was for the hiring by Communities United for Responsible Energy of a coordinator for a communications campaign on the issue of power plants. (Total grants since 1996: $107,500.) Michael Rothenberg, Executive Director | |
| Phone:212-244-4664 | Fax: 212-244-4570 |
| Email: info@nylpi.org | Web: www.nylpi.org |
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| Recycle-A-Bicycle | $2,500 |
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75 Avenue C New York, NY 10009 Recycle-A-Bicycle is an innovative youth training initiative whose mission is to collect old and unwanted bikes and repair them for students and consumers. This grant supported a youth environmental education program exposing 480 youth to the need for waste prevention and teaching them waste prevention practices. Karen Overton, Executive Director | |
| Phone:212-766-9200, Ext. 211 | |
| Email: rab@recycleabicycle.org | Web: www.recycleabicycle.org |
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| Red Hook G.A.G.S. | $4,000 |
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305 Van Brunt Street Brooklyn, NY 11231 Red Hook G.A.G.S. was initially formed to defeat New York City's plan to place a 12,000-ton-a-day garbage transfer station near the waterfront. Today, they continue their work to educate and organize for the promotion of more effective waste prevention. This grant supported coalition members attending meetings pertaining to waste prevention, dissemination of information to community members and coordination of local waste reduction projects. Lou Sones, President, Board of Directors Sue Peebles, Coordinator | |
| Phone:718-855-5531 | Fax: 718-855-5497 |
| Email: redhookgags@aol.com | |
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| Research and Education Project of Long Island | $21,000 |
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90 Pennsylvania Avenue Massapequa, NY 11758-4978 The Research and Education Project of Long Island (REPLI) is the nonprofit partner of the Long Island Progressive Coalition, a multi-issue, grassroots organization that was founded in 1979. This grant supported its work on toxics, land use and transportation issues. Of this grant amount, $1,000 assisted REPLI in participating in the pension plan of the National Organizers Alliance. (Total grants since 1995: $122,750.) Lisa Tyson, Director | |
| Phone:516-541-1006 | Fax: 516-541-2113 |
| Email: lipc@lipc.org | Web: www.lipc.org |
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| Sustainable South Bronx | $20,000 |
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889 Hunts Point Avenue Bronx, NY 10474 (Fiscal Sponsor: New York City Environmental Justice Alliance) Sustainable South Bronx is an emergent community organization whose mission is to implement development projects that are defined by community input and based on the principles of environmental justice. This grant supported the initiation of an organization that can implement the sustainable development strategies developed by community residents as part of the Hunts Point Re-Envisioning project. Majora Carter, Founder and Director | |
| Phone:718-617-4668 | Fax: 718-617-5228 |
| Email: majoracarter@ssbx.org | |
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| UPROSE | $20,000 |
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5417 Fourth Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11220 The United Puerto Rican Organization of Sunset Park (UPROSE) was founded in 1996 by community members and is dedicated to the development and empowerment of Latino youth, their families and the environment. Today, UPROSE is active around community organizing and grassroots advocacy issues. This grant supported a youth led, environmental justice, community organizing initiative to heighten awareness and promote grassroots involvement in planning, policy and development decisions affecting the Sunset Park community. (First year of a two-year grant totalling $40,000. Total grants since 2000: $40,000.) Elizabeth C. Yeampierre, Executive Director | |
| Phone:718-492-9307 | Fax: 718-492-9030 |
| Email: UPRISE99@aol.com | |
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| We Stay/Nos Quedamos Committee | $20,000 |
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811 Courtlandt Avenue Bronx, NY 10451 We Stay/Nos Quedamos Committee was formed in 1994 as a coalition of residents and local business owners resolved to participate in the planning process of the Melrose Commons community, 35 contiguous blocks in the heart of the South Bronx. This grant supported the education of six community boards in the South Bronx about the level of air pollution in their neighborhoods, its relationship to community health problems like asthma, and its causes. (Total grants since 2000: $40,000.) Yolanda Garcia, Executive Director | |
| Phone:718-585-2323 | Fax: 718-585-8628 |
| Email: quedamos@aol.com | |
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| West Harlem Environmental Action | $20,000 |
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271 West 125th Street Suite 308 New York, NY 10027-4424 West Harlem Environmental Action (WE ACT) was created in 1988 to educate the community about the environmental issues with which they are faced, and to organize them to address their concerns. This grant supported WE ACT's community and advocacy efforts which address environmental concerns of Harlem residents, as well as residents of environmental justice communities throughout the metropolitan region. (Total grants since 1995: $70,000.) Peggy Shepard, Executive Director | |
| Phone:212-961-1133 | Fax: 212-961-1015 |
| E-mail: peggy@weact.org | Web: www.weact.org |
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