Personality

Putting food on the table and a roof overhead for needy New Yorkers

An interview with Peter Endriss, executive director of Community Help in Park Slope

News

Nonprofits awarded $9.9 million in grants from New York Community Trust

Funding went to help local organizations pay workers secure living wages, support young people with disabilities, as well as environmental preservation efforts and asylum seekers’ access to health care.

Opinion

Opinion: From Oklahoma City to today, defending democracy against division

The Jan. 6 insurrection proves the legacy of Timothy McVeigh, who grew up in Buffalo, has only grown more powerful.

Personality

How peer-led support can change mental health outcomes

An interview with Baltic Street Wellness Solutions CEO Taina Laing

News

Opinion: Immigrants hold the key to solving New York’s health worker shortage

Thousands are already trained and experienced medical professionals who could fill this gap.

News

New York Road Runners partners with New York City Public Schools to create middle school running progams

The nonprofit will invest $3 million over five years on underserved school districts

New York City

News

Tenants fed up with nonprofit landlord ask court to appoint administrator to take over building

A group of tenants living in a building owned by supportive housing provider Food First have filed a petition in housing court to get an administrator appointed to manage the building, which has over 150 outstanding violations.

News

Heisman Trophy Fund awards $1.2 Million to NYC and Long Island nonprofits

Funding will go to providers enhancing youth sports and academics across New York and New Jersey

News

After more than half-a-century of service, CPC lands a permanent home in Manhattan

The Chinese-American Planning Council’s new headquarters near its birthplace in Chinatown includes a three-floor community center and 208 affordable senior housing units.

New York City

Opinion

Opinion: Is it possible to get the effort to close Rikers Island back on track?

The troubled jail’s closure has been cast adrift in a sea of half truths, bad ideas and polarized debate.

Opinion

Opinion: Why New York state needs a Child Victims Act fund

Financial support is needed for struggling foster care and prevention service providers.

Personality

Changing children’s lives for almost half a century

Arlene Goldsmith of New Alternatives for Children talks about her decades of leadership at the organization and her next move in an interview with New York Nonprofit Media.

Opinion

Opinion: New York must invest in people with disabilities

A call for a Cost-Of-Living-Adjustment for nonprofit providers and a Direct Support Wage Enhancement to give direct care workers a much-needed bump in pay.

Personality

Responding to food insecurity during Ramadan

How City Harvest is responding to the needs of New York’s Muslim community.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Responding to social work's unpaid laborers

Greater support for the profession begins at the academic level, when students are exploited and face abuse in workplace internships.

News

Funding set to expire for coordinators who help NYC’s homeless children

Having shelter-based assistance has aided families as they navigate the city’s school system.

News

Union Settlement’s Darlene Williams and Urban Pathways’ Frederick Shack appointed to co-chair new nonprofit advisory council

The CEOs will help lead a group represented by more than two dozen organizations to better connect city government with the nonprofit sector.

New York State

News

Criminal justice reform push comes as state budget negotiations drag on

Advocates join in a call for passing a package of bills that make it easier to challenge wrongful convictions and ease financial burdens on incarcerated persons and their families.

Personality

Making college readiness accessible after the end of affirmative action

A look at how The Opportunity Network advises students without the legal mandate.