2025 Grantees
Ariva https://ariva.org/
Financial Security
$20,000 to provide in-person tax preparation services to older adults in the South Bronx.
Brooklyn Neighborhood Services https://bnscdc.org/norc-older-adult-services/
Social Connection
$15,000 to provide low- and moderate- income elders throughout Central Brooklyn with foreclosure prevention services.
Brooklyn Public Library https://www.bklynlibrary.org/
Social Connection, Arts
$10,000 for in-person programs in library branches and online via Zoom, BPL's Creative Aging Program provides older patrons with free eight-week arts education classes led by professional teaching artists.
CIAD - Coalition for Institutionalized, Aged, Disabled https://ciadny.org/
Education, Social Connection
$18,000 to educate, empower and enhance the quality of life for low-income seniors living in adult care facilities in NYC.
CityMeals on Wheels https://www.citymeals.org/
Food Security
$15,000 for weekend, holiday and emergency meals delivered to homebound older adults in Staten Island.
CityParks Foundation https://cityparksfoundation.org/
Social Connection through physical activity
$15,000 City Parks Seniors Fitness Programs annually encourages 1,000 older adults to enjoy local greenspaces, lead a healthy lifestyle and build community through free, adaptive and group-based activities offered in 16 neighborhood parks across NYC.
Comunilife https://comunilife.org/
Social Connection
$10,000 to partner with The Horticultural Society to build beds for planting, and provide hands-on gardening activities and related programming with therapeutic intent to seniors at two adjacent housing residences in the Bronx.
Concerts in Motion https://www.concertsinmotion.org/
Social Connection through music
$15,000 to present socially engaging, culturally specific concerts to 2,000 socially isolated older adults in under-resourced neighborhoods in NYC.
Dances for a Variable Population https://www.dvpnyc.org/
Social Connection through movement
$15,000 to expand the impact of Movement Speaks, which provides in-depth sequential dance learning in both dance technique and choreography through 35 programs in community spaces and via Zoom and telephone conference.
The Memory Tree (Early Alzheimer's Foundation) https://www.thememorytree.org/
Social Connection
$15,000 to continue returning to in-person programming providing a Magic of Music program for Upper West Side residents with early stage Alzheimer.
Educational Alliance https://www.14streety.org/adult-programs/project-ore/
Social Connection
$20,000 for Project Ore – a program in lower Manhattan that provides wraparound services to older adults who struggle with social isolation, very low income, food insecurity and mental health.
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Center for Elder Justice https://theweinbergcenter.org/elder-justice/
Elder Abuse, Geriatric Education for Professionals
$20,379 to fund elder abuse training for lawyers and social workers working in hospitals, community health centers, social services organizations, legal services organizations and City and State agencies.
Health Advocates for Older Persons https://www.hafop.org/
Social Connection
$25,000 to fund classes, workshops and presentations in person and online in order to promote healthy aging.
Heights and Hills https://www.heightsandhills.org/
Caregiver Supports
$20,000 to support outreach in underserved neighborhoods in Brooklyn to help identify caregivers and provide them with access to services.
Jewish Learning Experience https://www.thejle.com/
Social Connection
$9,000 for Southbridge Community Connections - home visitation, special events and direct aid to the residents of Southbridge Towers in lower Manhattan to facilitate intergenerational interaction and prevent social isolation.
Kings Bay YM-YWHA https://www.kingsbayy.org/
Food Security and Social Connection
$20,000 to expand the Errands for Seniors Program to zip code 11229 in Brooklyn.
Montefiore Medical Center
Geriatric Education for Professionals
$5,000 to support an Annual Symposium on comprehensive approaches to dementia.
Montefiore Medical Center
Geriatric Education for Professionals
$58,000 to support a specialized geriatric medicine and geropsychiatry residency training program at a nursing home in the Bronx.
Moving for Life https://www.movingforlife.org/
Social Connection through movement
$10,000 to hold dance exercise at RAICES in Brooklyn, Harlem Wellness Center and SAGE.
NY Council on Adoptable Children https://www.coac.org/
Food Security, Social Connection, Housing Supports
$20,000 to provide enhanced services to help low-income, older adults residing at the Calvary Grandparent Residence in Jamaica, Queens. To include counseling, healthy food access, and end of life planning and consultation.
One Community https://www.onecommunitynyc.org/
Social Connection
$20,000 to fund volunteer-led weekly telephone support circles for older residents in Ft. Greene/Clinton Hill NYCHA projects in Brooklyn.
Oye! Group https://www.oyegroup.org/
Social Connection through movement
$10,000 for Mercedes Music Tour to bring live, participatory Latin music performances to senior centers and homebound seniors.
PAWS NY https://pawsny.org/
Social Connection
$15,000 for a volunteer-based house call program providing physical and financial pet care for homebound low-income older adults so they can continue to experience the benefits of animal companionship.
Project Guardianship https://projectguardianship.org/
Financial Security, Health Access, Social Connection
$25,465 to develop a Supported Decision-Making Model for Older Adults to help older adults retain autonomy and decision-making power as they age, including in instances of cognitive decline.
Project Renewal https://www.projectrenewal.org/
Occupational Therapy services for formerly homeless older adults
$15,000 to support expansion the HOPE (Helping Older People Engage) Program - an occupational therapy-based initiative allowing residents to stay safe, active and comfortably housed.
Search and Care https://www.searchandcare.org/
Financial Security, Health Access, Social Connection
$15,000 for expanding Five Essential Services for Homebound - Computer coaching, money management, socialization groups, medical escorting and nutrition services.
SPOP https://spop.org/
Geriatric Training for Professionals
$20,000 to support training for individuals and organizations who work with older adults. Drawing on SPOP unique role within the aging and healthcare community, SPOP will offer knowledge-and skills-based training for individuals and organizations in diverse sectors that work with older adults, with a focus on aging and mental health.
The Blue Card https://bluecardfund.org/
Support to Holocaust Survivors
$50,000 for telephone emergency response systems provided to Holocaust survivors living in NYC.
YWCA of Brooklyn https://www.ywcabklyn.org/
Elder Abuse, Mental Health, Homelessness
$15,000 to provide trauma-informed crisis intervention and case management, therapeutic programming and referrals for aging survivors of gender-based violence and/or homelessness.