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Guggenheim Mutual Aid Fund

A fund meant to provide much-needed financial assistance to employees of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York who have been negatively impacted as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

NEEDS: $13,038 of 20,619
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Native Garden for J. Hood Wright Park

We are fundraising to purchase native plants for a new garden.  

The park is located in upper Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood from W173rd to W176th Streets.

NEEDS: $453 of 5,191 + Volunteers
Uptown Community Cooperative's Logo

Support Uptown Community Cooperative!

The mission of UCC is to facilitate access to creativity and health services, provide jobs and opportunities, and support grassroots organizations, with a focus on the Harlem and Washington Heights area.

NEEDS: $20,609 of 20,619 + Volunteers

Upper Manhattan Mutual Aid for Covid 19

Neighbors supporting neighbors!

NEEDS: $29,428 of 36,082 + Volunteers

Good Food Works: LES Expansion & Alan Finder Internship

Good Food Works program is bringing healthy food and good jobs to NYC, and we need your help!

NEEDS: $33,422 of 51,582

The Plaza of The Wind Offerings

The Windy Plaza: a safe get together place. We educate & catalyze neighborhood collaborations outside & online. What new lifestyles do we ignite for a cascade of betterment? Where do we start? On Ave C.

NEEDS: $1,867 of 8,635 + Volunteers
BlackSpace

BlackSpace Urbanist Collective

BlackSpace demands a present and future where Black people, Black spaces, and Black culture matter and thrive.

NEEDS: $82,945 of 250,000

Supporting NYC's Immigrant Students During COVID-19

Glasswing's work with underserved populations in New York City continues to address inequities by focusing on critical areas of support, such as meeting basic needs and access to virtual support networks.

NEEDS: $3,063 of 3,500
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kicks Academy Powered By KickNKnowledge 501c

Innovative workforce development program using footwear design to bridge the educational gap within the Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math, Media,Entrepreneurship, & Design.

NEEDS: $107,875 of 107,875

Covid-19 Relief Program

The Coronavirus Relief Program by the World Hoping Foundation Charity. We’re proud that 100% of our total expenses goes directly to Covid-19 Relief Programs.

NEEDS: $15,320 of 15,345

Upper Morningside Mutual Aid Network

We are a network of neighbors in upper Morningside Heights who are supporting one another through the coronavirus pandemic. http://uppermorningsidemutualaid.org

 

NEEDS: $214 of 2,000
HighGround Covid-19 Aid

HighGround Covid-19 Aid

Every New Yorker deserves a path to high ground and access to safety during this crisis.

NEEDS: $51,485 of 51,546 + Volunteers
Minetta Brook Watershed (1865)

Minetta Creatures

Minetta Creatures will reveal the historic course of Minetta Brook through a performance of people costumed as plants and animals that would have inhabited the island of Manhattan prior to Dutch colonization.

NEEDS: $2,398 of 6,886
Hike the Heights the Pit

Hike the Heights - Sweet 16

Join the resistance and support community joy! This annual celebration is only possible with generous support of neighbors and friends like you.

NEEDS: $10,908 of 10,908
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6&B Garden Kids Cooking and Gardening 2019 Season

Support our fourth season cooking and gardening with youth and neighbors at 6&B Garden.

NEEDS: $1,409 of 1,479 + Volunteers

#BankBlack: Phase 3

Bank Black USA is a national campaign to educate and encourage people from all backgrounds to #BankBlack #MoveYourMoney & #investInUs in order to support black institutions and the communities they serve.

NEEDS: $2,694 of 3,129 + Volunteers

NYCHA Weekly Circulars and Coupon bag Reduction

I am piloting small programs to REDUCE garbage in public housing developments.

NEEDS: $6,190 of 6,215 + Volunteers
Tree Bed

Hamilton GrangeTree bed Restoration

..be an asset to the community 

NEEDS: $2,195 of 2,195 + Volunteers
Holiday Tree Lighting

Alida Palma Memorial Fund for the Montefiore Park Neighborhood Assc.

The Alida Palma Memorial Fund for the Montefiore Park Neighborhood Association will support ongoing and new programing at the park as renovations are completed and the park will double in size.

NEEDS: $3,810 of 5,435 + Volunteers
The CLIMB Chronicles

The CLIMB Chronicles Round 2

Please help us to share our story and to inspire others to CLIMB in their neighborhood and spread the joy!

NEEDS: $815 of 1,115

First Street Green 2018 Arts Programming

Support the 7th season of arts programming at First Street Green art park. FSG works with community organizations and cultural institutions to provide free arts programming. All contributions are greatly appreciated!

NEEDS: $7,184 of 7,595 + Volunteers

Arlington Adventure

Our group plans to bicycle 300+ miles over the course of 4 days to attend the 2017 Youth Bike Summit hosted in Arlington, VA.

NEEDS: $5,128 of 5,128

Vesuvio Playground Improvements

Friends of Vesuvio Playground seeks funds to deliver free STEM programming and public art along with overall supplementary maintenance for the benefit of the public at Vesuvio Playground in SoHo.

NEEDS: $18,885 of 20,635 + Volunteers

Diatize

Diatize will change lives and promote healthy eating.

NEEDS: $8,610 of 8,675

Local Spokes Youth Ambassadors Need Your Help!

Empowering teenagers to become neigborhood leaders through biking and education.

NEEDS: $2,010 of 2,095

Kips Bay Public Plaza

The redesign of an access road as a public plaza.  Implementing a plaza in this space will provide a gathering space for residents, beautify the neighborhood and address current safety and traffic concerns. 

NEEDS: $9,985 of 10,335 + Volunteers

Green Breakfast Club

This campaign will allow us to transition into Village Green, the peer to peer resource exchange for triple bottom line startups, those that impact people, profit and planet.

NEEDS: $12,241 of 12,293 + Volunteers

GreenDay 2012

An exciting environmental event for young and old.

 

NEEDS: $2,046 of 2,071 + Volunteers

Watershed

Watershed - Fish on 14th St, is a multi-media public artwork that aims to build awareness and educate community members in and around NYC about water ecology, which is of the utmost importance for a city surrounded by wa

NEEDS: $6,122 of 6,215

Plastic Bag Dropoff

Project seeks to reduce the number of plastic bags sent to landfill through recycling and reuse.

 

NEEDS: $268 of 373

Forget the Bag! Rewards Program

A pilot distribution of loyalty cards is planned to be distributed to 2 local shops to inspire their customers to use less, waste less, and be loyal to the businesses that care for the environment that surrounds them.

NEEDS: $652 of 687 + Volunteers

Learn to Ride a Mountain Bike Trail in Highbridge Park

Children and adults alike will learn the proper techniques to design and build a sustainable trail and learn the techniques to ride singletrack trails while performing a highly aerobic activity.

NEEDS: $1,549 of 1,620 + Volunteers

Climate Friendly Gardeners

Help fund workshops for BLT and MLT gardeners to learn about global warming and steps they can take to reduce their carbon footprint in their own gardens.

NEEDS: $1,214 of 1,944 + Volunteers

All People's Garden

The project for which we are asking funding would help us plant the backyard area. We'll plant seasonal vegetables (tomatoes, lettuce) in raised beds.

NEEDS: $1,456 of 1,620 + Volunteers

135th Street Beautification Project

The need is for environmental beautification of this block. Uplifting the morale in the community in a healthier and self-esteem way.

NEEDS: $2,925 of 3,125 + Volunteers

Bailey-Holt House/Horticultural Society of New York garden project

A joint project, we attempt to empower others by growing herbs, flowers, and food while creating a sustainable and just food system.

NEEDS: $2,770 of 2,996 + Volunteers

Learn it, Grow it, Eat it - Community garden shade structure reconstruction

Help facilitate increased use of already existing open space

NEEDS: $3,198 of 3,228

Children's Organic Food Patch Workshops

Broadly, we wish to address the growing rate of diabetes, collapsing food economy, inequality of access to affordable organic produce, and the lapse of environmental education on food production in

NEEDS: $1,889 of 3,220 + Volunteers

Learn to Row Day

We prepare leaders for Learn to Row Day to involve the public in rowing traditional wooden (volunteer built!) Whitehall boats and a kids' pirate parade.

NEEDS: $1,047 of 1,065 + Volunteers

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