New York City Environment - 2008

Grants Paid in 2008

 

 

Added Value $10,000
Brooklyn, NY
General support to strengthen the skills and leadership of youth in Red Hook, Brooklyn, to shape a more sustainable food system.

Families United for Racial and Economic Equality $20,000
Brooklyn, NY
General support for grassroots organizing and advocacy by low-income families and people of color in Brooklyn to make systemic changes for a more environmentally just and socially sustainable New York.

Green Worker Cooperatives $15,000
Bronx, NY
General support to build an alternative green economy by developing worker-owned and environmentally-friendly cooperatives in the South Bronx.

Just Food $20,000
New York, NY
Program support for community supported agriculture initiatives, and advocacy work to develop a just and sustainable food system in the New York City region.

Make the Road New York $15,000
Brooklyn, NY
Support for the Healthy Homes Initiative, a program dedicated to organizing and advocacy work throughout the city to promote environmental health and equity.

New Farmer Development Project $10,000
New York, NY
Project support to help New York City immigrants with farming backgrounds reenter farming and market their crops.

Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition $20,000
Bronx, NY
General support to advance sustainable and community-driven redevelopment campaigns in the Northwest Bronx.

Pratt Center for Community Development $15,000
Brooklyn, NY
Program support for the Sustainability and Environmental Justice Initiative to promote community-based leadership for equitable and sustainable development of low-income neighborhoods in New York City.

Sustainable South Bronx $20,000
Bronx, NY
General support for organizing, advocacy and development work to advance a community vision for an environmentally just and socially sustainable South Bronx.

UPROSE $20,000
Brooklyn, NY
General support to educate and organize the multi-ethnic residents of Sunset Park, particularly the youth, to exert power in planning and creating a more environmentally just neighborhood and city.

Urban Agenda $20,000
New York, NY
General support to forge strategic environmental justice and labor alliances, and to develop a broad-based campaign to create green collar jobs.

Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice $20,000
Bronx, NY
General support to serve and organize youth of color and their families to promote environmentally- and socially-just redevelopment in the South Bronx.


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