The New York Community Trust was founded in 1924 by the Vice President of the United States Mortgage and Trust Company, Frank J. Parsons, where 12 banks were invited to serve as part of the Trustees' Committee.
The trust focuses on giving grants in program areas including community development and environment; health and people with special needs; education, arts, and human justice; and children, youth, and families.
It has two divisions in Westchester and Long Island called Westchester Community Foundation and Long Island Community Foundation, respectively.
Regional Plan Association releases a new study which draws on lessons from the past to recommend policies for redevelopment initiatives, looking at how large real estate projects can make enormous...more
Regional Plan Association releases a new study which draws on lessons from the past to recommend policies for redevelopment initiatives, looking at how large real estate projects can make enormous...more
The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County is on the cusp of hopefully realizing a very big dream, thanks in large part to a Knight Community Information Challenge grant for our ReadySetLearn...more
Implicit in many news stories about local problems is the need for someone to address them, leaders of the Minnesota Community Foundation thought. So they create a way to encourage the public to do...more
New York City recently launched a web site called GED Compass, designed to centralize information about their General Education Development Test.
This project was funded in part by the New York...more
The Baton Rouge Area FOundation will be providing a long term assistance in the wake of the BP oil spill through the Gulf Coast Restoration and Protection Fund.
BP will also be helping by...more
Twenty-one small and midsize arts groups in New York City's five boroughs were awarded by the New York Community Trust with two-year grants totaling $1 million.
The grants were given as operating...more
The New York Community Trust will match $500,000 in grants made by Atlantic Philanthropies to programs and organizations that work to help seniors become more involved in their...more
The New York Community Trust will match grants totaling $500,000 made by the Atlantic Philanthropies to programs and organizations that are working to help seniors become more involved in the...more
In the world of social enterprises, failure is a cringe-worthy moment nobody wants to talk about. But, social entrepreneurs can benefit from their failures.