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There are four new members of the board of trustees at the New York City-based New York Foundling, according to an Aug. 6 press release. James Hasso is a managing director at Voya Investment Management, with more than 20 years of experience in equity analysis and portfolio management. Sarah Kim is a partner at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a private equity firm. She also serves on the board of directors of Vets First Choice. Nadia Owens is head of human resources at KPMG management, one of the four major auditors, along with Deloitte, Ernst & Young, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Dennis Sheehan is chief operating officers of financial services advisory and compliance at Navigant Consulting.
Rising Ground, formerly known as Leake and Watts, has received a $15.3 million contract from the New York City Administration for Children’s Services. The money will fund non-secure placement services for juvenile offenders, according to the City Record. The city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has awarded a $1.7 million contract to Postgraduate Center for Mental Health to fund mental health services.
Project Hospitality has a new $1.6 million contract with the Department of Homeless Services. That money will fund drop-in services for homeless adults at 25 Central Ave. in Staten Island. Bronxworks got a $14 million contract to provide homeless families shelter at the Jackson Family Inn located at 691 E. 138th St. in the Bronx through June of 2022. A similar contract also went to Acacia Network Housing, which will received a $10.3 million contract to house homeless adults at Harry’s Place Acacia, which is located at 977 Bedford Ave. in Brooklyn, according to the City Record. Bronx Parent Housing Network received a $14 million contract to provide housing for homeless families at 1387 Grand Concourse Ave. in the Bronx.
WIN CEO Christine Quinn was on hand to celebrate a big donation from AirBnB Citizen, an offshoot of the controversial short-term rental service, which faced a recent crackdown from New York City. Six other nonprofits also got in on the action, the New York Post reports.
Grateful for the $1.5 M donation from @AirbnbCitizen. This will help us grow programs like income building & create an in-house #domesticviolence prevention program. This will truly take us one step closer to providing for our families and #breakthecycle of homelessness pic.twitter.com/Lml3hz82nC
— Win (@WINNYC_ORG) August 15, 2018
Celebrity chef Andrew Zimmern, a board member at Services for the UnderServed, has something to say about how homelessness, depression and substance abuse can make a toxic mix. The late Anthony Bourdain, who committed suicide earlier this year, also comes up in a new episode of the podcast “The Hilarious World of Depression.”
Three people have joined the board of trustees at The Waterfront Alliance, according to an Aug. 13 press release. Hillary Lane worked as a correspondent for NBC News and CNN and recently earned a master’s degree in civil engineering from Old Dominion University. Rick Larrabee is a retired director of the port commerce department at The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Peter Madonia worked at The Rockefeller Foundation for 12 years before retiring as its chief operating officer this year. They join what is now a 21-member board at the New York City-based organization.
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