Results Make an impact on the causes and people you care about. Locally.
A PLACE TO PLAY: A visitor enjoys Governors Island, where Trust funding helped transform a former military base into an oasis open to the public.
Improving Our Quality of Life
RESULTS: Focus on New York
In a World of Need, Why Give Locally? The New York Community Trust helps New Yorkers support the nonprofits that make the City,
We asked why it makes sense to give through The Trust for local impact.
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Nonprofits are local businesses and
major employers. Investing in them means
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more jobs and a stronger local economy.
—Jason Wright, principal of Geer Mountain Holdings and Trust board member
Westchester, and Long Island great places to live, work, and play. Join us.
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You don’t have to be born here to be a
true New Yorker. It’s about whether you
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leave a mark on this incredible place. —Marie D’Costa, Trust director of leadership and legacy giving
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In many ways, New York City represents
the best of America. With The Trust, my wife and I will help make it better for the next
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generation.
—Jonathan Shoemaker, donor and film producer SPECIAL: Results Newsletter Published October 2017
WRITING AND EDITING David L. Marcus Amy L. Wolf Dean Woodhouse-Weil DESIGN Sean Kelly Daniella Van Gennep
Why do you give locally? Let us know at info@nyct-cfi.org. We’ll publish the best responses, so please include your full name.
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RESULTS: Women and Girls
A Fierce Commitment to Help Others Lives On A flexible fund for women and girls adapts to a changing world
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n the late 19th century, Mildred Anna Williams had a difficult childhood, so as an adult she was determined to ease the way for others. In her will, she created a fund in The Trust to help girls and young women. For more than 65 years, we’ve used her generous gift to support hundreds of programs for New Yorkers. Three examples: SPORTS FOR GIRLS: The Figure Skating in Harlem
program has nurtured Tanay Davis, 17, (right) for a decade. Now she’s headed to Howard University on a full scholarship. Thousands of girls like her have learned to skate—exulting in leadership and academics. STRONGER SEX-TRAFFICKING LAWS: In 2006, we supported
efforts by Equality Now to win passage of a tough state law that would imprison sex and labor traffickers for up to 25 years. The group also assists victims, often teen girls, with health care, emergency housing, and job training.
NEW HEALTH CLINICS: Reacting to troubling teen pregnancy
rates, The Trust helped Planned Parenthood of NYC open a clinic on Staten Island in 2012 and one in Queens in 2014.
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When I first
put skates on at age 7, it was endless hard work: sweat from 6 a.m. rehearsals, tears from not reaching my goals, falling down a lot. But the sisterhood at Figure Skating in Harlem always helped me get back up.
POWER OF PERMANENCE: Growth and giving of the Mildred Anna Williams Fund
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— Tanay Davis
Fund value when founded in 1940: $2 million Grants made from fund to date: $35.4 million Current value of fund* $24.4 million * as of 6/30/17 MILDRED ANNA WILLIAMS
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RESULTS: Open Space
Parks, Paths, and Playgrounds, Green space is a place to play and re-energize; it’s also for arts and culture, markets, and community events. Thanks to our donors who created funds to support open space, we’ve made some growing investments. Brooklyn Greenway
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GREENER CITY: These pages show four of the the dozens of projects supported by The Trust in Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Governors Island, among other places.
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We help make the most of existing City parks while creating open spaces.
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WATERFRONT RESILIENCE: Every day, tens of thousands of people enjoy the 26-mile Brooklyn Greenway along the shore from Coney Island to Greenpoint (top left). Smart planning and native plants help filter runoff and prevent flooding.
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OUTDOOR ART: Since our early planning grant 14 years ago, the High Line changed from abondoned railway line to haven for art and recreation. Bottom left: Visitors delight at this Ryan Gander “Kissing Fountain,” commissioned by the High Line. Photo by Timothy Schenck St. Mary’s Park, the Bronx
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A PARK REBORN: St. Mary’s Park (top right) in the South Bronx was underused and plagued with crime. With Trust support, Bronx Works planned activities to make the 35-acre park feel safe—and bring people back. Our grants helped persuade the City to commit $30 million for improvements, including new sports fields and playgrounds.
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SPACE TO PLAY: Once-dilapidated Governors Island now welcomes thousands of New Yorkers with bikes to rent, hills to climb, and playgrounds to conquer (bottom right). Trust grants have helped design park land, develop a public art program, and recruit volunteers for planting projects. Photo by Ari Mintz
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Also: The Trust is helping make the Sheridan Expressway into a pedestrian-friendly boulevard in the South Bronx... In Manhattan, we made sure residents had a voice in reshaping the East River Esplanade... In Queens, we’re helping plan a transformation of an abandoned rail line into the QueensWay, a 3.5-mile path connecting isolated neighborhoods.
oin us. Call Jane Wilton at (212) 686-2563 | giving@nyct-cfi.org
RESULTS: Arts and Culture
IN FOCUS | HARNESSING TECHNOLOGY
Impact Our funding makes a difference across New York: n Expanded a Public Theater program that brings community members and professionals together to create theater by and for the people. The program, Public Works, is now national.
n Broadened a photography program at the Alice Austen House, a Staten Island historic home and studio of one of the earliest and most prolific lesbian photographers in America.
Photo by Richard Rivera
n Brought professional arts groups into the school system to train more than 1,000 pre-K teachers with The Fund for Public Schools.
Creativity Transforms Lives Arts proven to improve life in our City
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esidents of neighborhoods abuzz with culture and art are healthier, better educated, and safer than those with fewer creative resources. We funded a study by the University of Pennsylvania that found this
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is particularly true in low- and moderate-income New York City neighborhoods. Arts also help children think critically, solve problems, and prepare for jobs that demand creativity. That’s why The Trust is committed to boosting the arts in long-ignored communities throughout the five
boroughs. In the photo above, The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance’s affordable summer and after-school program, funded by The Trust, introduces children to everything from ballet to capoeira, a Brazilian martial art that combines dance, acrobatics, and music. n
My daughter was in the summer program and loved
the West African and ballet classes. She is 9, and already talking about applying to intensive dance programs. This is facebook.com/ nycommtrust twitter.com/ nycommtrust
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a real launching pad for kids from the Bronx. — Sandra Rivera Perez, educator and Bronx parent
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QRESULTS: & A | Lisa Veglia, Healthy FoodExpert on Autism
FARM TO TABLE:
A rendering of the food distribution and processing center that will open in 2019. Courtesy of GrowNYC
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables For All A new regional food hub and farms on public housing land
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lthough farmers’ markets seem to sprout everywhere, most small upstate growers have no way to sell fresh produce directly to City residents. Giant wholesalers control the bulk of the food supply. In 2012 and 2013, The Trust invested in GrowNYC to develop plans for a wholesale market in the South Bronx, and in Natural Resources Defense Council to build support for the project. Both groups convinced City and State officials to fund a regional market in Hunts Point. The hub will feature a 75,000-square-foot wholesale warehouse while creating 80 jobs in the Bronx and supporting 120 upstate farmers. Construction starts this year, and it’s expected to open in early 2019.
n FREE LUNCHES: Grants to Community Food Advocates helped win free school lunches for all New York public school children in 2017. n RESCUED FOOD: From 2002 to 2016, The Trust funded City Harvest’s rescue and delivery of 5,360,000 pounds of wholesome food to hungry neighbors in need. This year, the Trust will fund the delivery of a million more pounds of food. n PUBLIC HOUSING GOES GREEN: We helped Green City Force train 96 AmeriCorps members to build and maintain 5 farms on City public housing land while learning practical skills such landscape design and solar panel installation. n WASTE NOT: City Harvest collects excess food from restaurants, bakeries, and markets and delivers it to soup kitchens, food pantries, and other programs across the five boroughs. Here, a volunteer gives out sweet potatoes at a mobile market supported by The Trust.
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A Perfect Match
An attorney/community activist and a nonprofit leader choose The New York Community Trust
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It is wonderful to introduce clients to The New York Community Trust and hear it is exactly right. Many of my clients love this way to fund charitable causes important to them, without having to choose specific nonprofits. My spouse Jennifer and I included The Trust in our estate planning. Long into the future, we can support social justice, animals and the environment, and the LGBT community.
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Judith Turkel, Esq., Partner, Turkel Forman LLP (at right)
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You’re never quite sure what’s going to be here 10, 20, or 30 years from now. But I know if we give The Trust guidance about how we want our fund spent, we can trust it to find the way to honor our wishes.
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TOGETHER: – Judith Turkel, Partner, Turkel Forman LLP (Left) Seen here wi her wife, Jennifer Costley.
Jennifer Costley, director of sustainability initiatives, The New York Academy of Sciences (at left)
Our Way to Support New York We’re both backing social justice, advocacy, and the environment for the long haul
Set up a fund to keep your passions alive—forever. Contact Jane Wilton at (212) 686-2563 or giving@nyct-cfi.org
Photo by Ari Mintz for The Trust
LISTEN TO Judith Turkel and Jennifer Costley discuss their ideas about philanthropy—on our first podcast. See nycommunitytrust.org