Manhattan Community Grants - Historical

DOE

SCAN New York Volunteer Parent-Aides Association, Inc.

The SCAN Leadership Development Program will work with 45 young people ages 13/18 who reside near SCAN's three East Harlem-based community centers. The program will work with young people drawn form the area's most prominent youth gangs and will provide group sessions to provide opportunities to talk about what gangs mean to their communities and the damamgin influence of crime in involved in gang life.

No

6850.00

0.00

The Scan Leadership Development Program for at-Risk Youth

345 East 102nd Street, Suite 301

New York

NY

10029

MANHATTAN

40.787394

-73.942709

11

8

164

1086440

1016747501

East Harlem South

DOHMH

Concrete Safaris

Support requested for a youth-driven green exercise program for 7-12 year-olds in E Harlem. Children will grow vegetables at Mad Fun Farm, the first youth-centered farm on NYCHA property, during intensive workshops held 5 days per week.

No

5000.00

5000.00

City Surfers

1775 Third Avenue

New York

NY

10029

MANHATTAN

40.786574

-73.948303

11

8

15602

1079203

1016470001

East Harlem South

DOHMH

Edwin Gould Services for Children and Families

MBPO Funding will support STEPS E Harlem based Children's Therapy Program, which is currently providing therapeutic interventions to 61 children age 0-12 to address the trauma symtoms they experience after witnessing family violence.

No

7500.00

5000.00

Children's Therapy Program

1968 Second Avenue

New York

NY

10029

MANHATTAN

40.787585

-73.944655

11

8

164

1081358

1016730001

East Harlem South

DPR

Amigos Del Museo Del Barrio, Inc.

The Three Kings Day Parade is a annual parade that winds its way throughout the streets of El Bario, with live camels and music. Schools are invited to participate on the parade and are provided free bilingual educational workshop prior to the parade.

No

10000.00

4000.00

Three Kings Day Parade and Celebration

1230 Fifth Avenue

New York

NY

10029

MANHATTAN

40.793072

-73.951992

11

8

168

1051499

1016100001

East Harlem South

DPR

Art for Change, Inc.

AB2EKids is a free montly workshop for youth and families that provides a platform for discussing social jstice issues through art activities. Participants are engaged by artists, art activitsts, and art educators, creating an opportunity to learn from each other.

Yes

6700.00

3000.00

AB2EKids (Art belongs to Everyone Art Workshops for Children & Families)

1699 Lexington Avenue, Lower level

New York

NY

10029

MANHATTAN

40.792606

-73.946001

11

8

172

1052053

1016340052

East Harlem South

DPR

East Harlem Business Capital Corporation

The East Harlem Holiday Tree is a celebratory lighting event at Frankling Plaza. A theme is selected each year, and next year the theme will be Visit the World in El Barrio, for which the committee will reach out to the neighborhood's ethnic communities to assess interest in highlighting their holiday traditions.

No

5000.00

3000.00

10th Annual East Harlem Holiday Tree

357 East 116th Street, Fl. 3

New York

NY

10029

MANHATTAN

40.796443

-73.936427

11

8

188

1052960

1016880023

East Harlem North

DOE

Harlem Seeds

The Solar Aquaponics Greenhouse at the Kennedy Center will achieve increase knowledge, and improvemnets in the attitudes and the self-efficacy of youth, families, seniors regarding healthy eating, growing food through the development of the aquaponics solar greenhouse.

No

10000.00

0.00

Healthy In My Neighborhood-Harlem Seeds' Aquaponics Solar Greenhouse

118 West 139th Street, 3W

New York

NY

10030

MANHATTAN

40.817195

-73.940298

10

9

230

1060040

1020070046

Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds

DOE

New York Urban League

The NEXT Academy Afterschool program is designed to engage middle school students residing in the greater Harlem community in activities related to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math through instruction and hands-on learning activities in video editing and production, website design and coding, and desktop publishing.

Yes

25000.00

3000.00

NEXT Academy Afterschool Program (New York Urban league Experiential technology ?)

204 West 136th Street

New York

NY

10030

MANHATTAN

40.816209

-73.943786

10

9

228

1081614

1019410038

Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds

DOHMH

Iris House - A Center for Living With HIV, Inc.

Access to Services is a program to help HIV/AIDS clients reach their medical appointments, Iris House services and other social services without financial burdens by providing Metro cards to pay for transportation costs.

No

7500.00

4450.00

Access to Services

2348 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd

New York

NY

10030

MANHATTAN

40.816958

-73.942506

10

9

228

1060221

1020230033

Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds

DOE

Aaron Davis Hall, Inc.

Harlem Stage Education Program (HSEP) includes the International Series of presentations at Harlem Stage that includes culturally diverse performances, and interactive segments. HSEP provides extended residencies for artists in local schools. HSEP also has a Family Series that features presentations and workshops for families.

No

10000.00

3000.00

Harlem Stage Education Program

150 Convent Avenue

New York

NY

10031

MANHATTAN

40.818329

-73.95102

9

9

21303

1086181

1019710018

Manhattanville

DOE

Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc.

Education at Roundaboout is an inclusive education program that uses theatre as a vehicle for stimulating and enriching learning and improving quality of life. Our programs meet NYS learning standars, serve students in disadvantaged communities, and build important life skills such as teamwork and leadership.

No

10000.00

0.00

Education at Roundabout: Manhattan School Partnerships

231 West 39th Street, Suite 1200

New York

NY

10031

MANHATTAN

40.754576

-73.989363

5

3

113

1014499

1007890021

Midtown-Midtown South

DOE

The Boys & Girls Club of Harlem

Passport to Manhood/SMART Girls is a part of our Healthy Lifestyles programming. Passport to Manhood is a curriculum for adolescent boys that addresses several key areas of development while stressing and promoting positive values and behaviors. The SMART Girls program was developed to offer age-specific experiences that enhance girl's physical and emotional health.

No

5000.00

3000.00

Passport to Manhood/Smart Girls

425 West 144the Street

New York

NY

10031

DOE

The Brotherhood/Sister Sol

BHSS supports over 350 youth annually, ages 8-22 through multi-layered, diverse and holistic programming. Our educational methodology is based on 10 Curriculum Focus Issues, which include leadership development and educational achievement, sexual responsibility, sexism and misogyny, political educaiton and social justice, Pan African and Latino history, and global awareness.

No

15000.00

0.00

BHSS Rites of Passage Enhancement Program

512 West 143rd Street

New York

NY

10031

MANHATTAN

40.824482

-73.949867

9

7

229

1061865

1020740047

Hamilton Heights

DOHMH

Carry On Community Development Corp.

C.O.C.D.O. will target the population within the communities of West Harlem, where there are approx 4,000 members or 26% of the population who have been identified with some level of kidney desease. C.O.C.D.C. will provide the members of these communities with information, resources, and screening designed to increase awareness of certain diseases and to provide mediums for early detection and prevention from treatable conditions that result from organ failure.

Yes

3000.00

0.00

COCDC Minority Kidney Health Awareness

425 West 144th Street

New York

NY

10031

MANHATTAN

40.823821

-73.94633

9

7

227

1084160

1020500037

Hamilton Heights

DOHMH

The Fortune Society, Inc.

Fortune's Seed-to-Stand Program is a one-of-a kind urban Food System project designed to tackle five of the sustainability/nutrition/health challenges elaborated upon in the MBPO's Report. Significantly, the program will address the major health impact of poor nutrition and resulting health conditions, including obesity and diabetes, in West Harlem.

No

10000.00

0.00

Fortune's Seed-to-Stand Program

625 West 140th Street

New York

NY

10031

MANHATTAN

40.823578

-73.953488

9

7

225

1089154

1020880016

Hamilton Heights

DFTA

COTHOA Luncheon Club Inc.

The project is designed to promote a good health and decease prevention through better understanding and awareness of current health issues and early detection of health problems through health screening and exercise. This service could be delivered through lectures, blood pressure screening, group exercise, dance/aerobic and Yoga/Taichi classess.

No

7800.00

0.00

Technology and Yoga/Tai Chi Classes

2005 Amsterdam Avenue

New York

NY

10032

MANHATTAN

40.834326

-73.940952

12

10

245

1062531

1021090003

Washington Heights South

DFTA

Fresh Youth Initiatives, Inc.

We request the Borough President's funding to maintain and expand the food distribution to seniors as well as the homebound deliveries to seniors, allowing us to increase the interaction between youth and seniors in Washington Heights-Inwood.

No

20000.00

3000.00

Helping Hands Food Pantry

505 West 171st Street

New York

NY

10032

MANHATTAN

40.841854

-73.935885

12

10

253

1063082

1021280052

Washington Heights South

DFTA

Riverstone Senior Life Services, Inc.

The Memory Center is a Social Adult Day Program for people with mild to mis-stage memory loss due to Alzheimer's or other illness. Activities include socialization opportunities, current events dicussions, music therapy, movement therapy, arts and crafts and a host of other creative tools.

No

10000.00

5000.00

Riverstone Memory Center

99 Fort Washington Avenue

New York

NY

10032

MANHATTAN

40.83851

-73.943738

12

7

247

1063346

1021360235

Washington Heights South

DPR

The Classical Theatre of Harlem

A free production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream; July 13th - July 30th in Marcus Garvey Park.

Yes

15000.00

5000.00

Midsummer Night's Dream - Mt. Morris Park - Uptown Shakespeare in the Park

566 West 159th Street, #44

New York

NY

10032

MANHATTAN

40.834823

-73.94283

12

7

245

1062749

1021170012

Washington Heights South

DFTA

Agudath Israel of America Community Services, Inc.

The proposed project aims to expand and enhance our exisiting wellness activities to accommodate the growing interest and increasing demands of our senior clientele. Our current wellness program is attended by 25+ of our 95 daily congregants, all of whom are 60 years old and above and live in the Washington Heights/Inwood area.

No

5760.00

3000.00

Wellness Project

90 Bennett Avenue

New York

NY

10033

MANHATTAN

40.853017

-73.935383

12

10

271

1064436

1021800172

Washington Heights North

DFTA

Washington Heights Community Services, Inc.

The STAR Senior Center makes daily trips to pick up seniors at home, bring them to the center, and take them home again. Seniors are also driven to and from medical appointments. Weekly shopping trips and weekly recreational trips are also held. Based on past years, the center estimates that approximately 1500 units of transportation can be provided to individuals.

No

5000.00

3000.00

Transportation & Escort

650 West 187th Street

New York

NY

10033

MANHATTAN

40.853679

-73.932494

12

10

271

1075520

1021670056

Washington Heights North

DFTA

Washington Heights-Inwood Preservation and Restoration Corporation

The Anti-Poverty Food and Nutrition Program seeks to fight hunger and promote the well-being of individuals and families and stabilizes the community. The food subsidy program includes a food pantry, the delivery of weekend meals to homebound seniors. lunch during our weekly program for seniors with dementia, and emergency food vouchers.

No

30000.00

5000.00

Anti-Poverty Food and Nutrition Program

121 Bennett Avenue, Suite 11A

New York

NY

10033

MANHATTAN

40.853856

-73.934937

12

10

271

1064430

1021800150

Washington Heights North

DOE

Pan American Musical Art Research, Inc.

Pan American Musical Art Research requests $10,000 for "Shall We Tango?" - a music and dance education and performance project for public high school students in washington Heights, presented in Spring 2014.

No

10000.00

0.00

Shall We Tango

644 West 185th Street, Suite 6B

New York

NY

10033

MANHATTAN

40.852308

-73.933471

12

10

271

1063984

1021670010

Washington Heights North

DPR

Washington Heights and Inwood Development Corp.

The Annual Medieval Festival at Fort Tryon Park will bring to life the customs and spirit of the Medieval era. The park will be transformed into a medieval market town. Performers, guests and festival-goers dress in medieval costume and visitors are educated and entertained by medieval culture.

No

6500.00

2700.00

Medieval Festival at Fort Tryon Park

57 Wadsworth Avenue

New York

NY

10033

MANHATTAN

40.846469

-73.937413

12

10

263

1063538

1021440008

Washington Heights South

DOE

Literacy, Inc.

LINC addresses the literacy crisis facing children living in poverty in NYC. To combat this problem, LINC developed its ynique Comprehensive Literacy Model, based on research showing that mobilizing three key constituency groups - ppers, parents and community members - has a demonstrated impact on early childhood literacy development.

No

5000.00

3000.00

LINC Comprehensive Literacy Model

5030 Broadway, Suite 641

New York

NY

10034

MANHATTAN

40.869034

-73.917275

12

10

303

1064883

1022310001

Marble Hill-Inwood

DFTA

Research Foundation of CUNY - Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging

It is essential for social workers, case workers and other aging service workers to provide older adults with accurate and current information. Our Benefits Checklist aims to provide professionals with a quick ovreview of the most common benefits and entitlements for older adults so that clients can be screened quickly and accurately.

No

25000.00

5030.00

Advocacy Training Center - Sadin Institute on Law and Public Policy

2180 Third Avenue, 8th Floor

New York

NY

10035

MANHATTAN

40.799799

-73.938663

11

8

182

1089075

1017670028

East Harlem North

DOHMH

Bailey House

At the Rand Harlan Center in E Harlem, a community beset by high HIV incidence and poverty rates, Baily House employs a Health and Wellness

No

10000.00

4550.00

Nutrition and Wellness Initiative

1751 Park Avenue

New York

NY

10035

MANHATTAN

40.802879

-73.940604

11

9

196

1089077

1017700072

East Harlem North

DOHMH

Health Jam, Inc.

HJ is proposing to utilze the funding to train health educators on the Making a Difference an evidence-based abstinence curriculum, which is an eight module curriculum provided to young adolescents.

Yes

10000.00

0.00

Workshop Jams - Curriculum Development & Training

2149 Third Avenue, Suite 2R

New York

NY

10035

MANHATTAN

40.798838

-73.939351

11

8

188

1052611

1016670003

East Harlem North

DOHMH

Violence Intervention Program, Inc.

Funds secured form the MBPO will go to community outreach which is so urgently needed to population with a myriad of barriers and obstacles (CEO initiatives is our "collective voice creation awareness in Latino communities about the adverse effects that domestic violence has on latino families, latino communities, and society at large.

No

50000.00

4000.00

Community Education and Outreach Program (Domestic Violence Prevention)

P.O. Box 1161

New York

NY

10035

DOC

Exodus Transitional Community, Inc.

We actively work to make formerly incarcerated individuals not only job ready but also prepared to maintain viable employment that allows them to gain self-sufficiency; thus refraining from criminal behaviors that lead back to prison.

No

20000.00

0.00

Workforce Development Program

2271 Third Avenue

New York

NY

10035

MANHATTAN

40.802652

-73.936569

11

8

194

1054631

1017880004

East Harlem North

DPR

Harlem DrummersSteppers & Flag Tea, Inc.

HDSFT provides opportunities for youth to study and participate in performance arts.

No

3000.00

3000.00

Performing Arts Program Enhancement Project

221 East 122nd Street, Suite 1603

New York

NY

10035

MANHATTAN

40.801499

-73.936567

11

8

194

1054627

1017870060

East Harlem North

DOHMH

Preserve Our Legacy, Inc.

The POL, Inc. Umbibilcal Cord Blood Donation Educational Program made Harlem Hospital the first public Hospital in NYC and the nation that provides educational tools to athnic pregnant women about donating their babies unbibilcal cord blood.

Yes

50000.00

0.00

Preserve Our Legacy Coord Blood Program

506 Lenox Avenue, Rm. 4147

New York

NY

10035

DFTA

Council of Senior Centers and Services of NYC, Inc.

CSCS respectfully requests $20,000 from the MBPO to support its Capacity Building/Management Assistance Program. This program consists of management workshops, technical assistance, training series, an Annual Conference and numerous educational events.

No

20000.00

15000.00

The Capacity Building/Management Assistance Program

49 West 45th Street, 7th Floor

New York

NY

10036

MANHATTAN

40.756087

-73.981072

5

4

96

1034242

1012610015

Midtown-Midtown South

DFTA

Signature Theatre Company, Inc.

Launched in 2005, the Signature Ticket Initiative was designed to breakdown the economic barrier to theatre-going and broaden the tradinational theatre to more accurately reflect the diverse community in which we live. With funding from the MBPO, Signature seeks to provide affordable tickets for Manhattan's senior population, expose them to a breadth of high quality work, and demonstrate to the field that access to the arts is essential.

Yes

10000.00

0.00

A Generation of Access Tickets for Seniors

480 West 42nd Street

New York

NY

10036

MANHATTAN

40.759404

-73.994972

4

3

115

1088437

1010517502

Clinton

DFTA

Working Harbor Committee

WHC will work with non profit senior organizations throughout Manhattan to provide free two hour boat tours of the working waterfronts of NY/NJ. The tours will be narrated by professional historians and waterfront experts to provide the past, present, and future of the working harbors of NY/NJ.

No

8000.00

0.00

WHC Hidden Harbor Boat Tours for Senior Citizens

455 West 43rd Street

New York

NY

10036

MANHATTAN

40.759879

-73.993957

4

3

121

1083749

1010530007

Clinton

DOE

Manhattan Class Company

The MCC Theater Youth Company is a free after-school youth company in New York City associated with professional theater and is the city's longest oprating ensemble of its kind. Each year the YC serves over 80 NYC public high school students, largely from Title 1 schools.

Yes

10000.00

0.00

MCC Theatre Youth Company

311 West 43rd Street, Suite 302

New York

NY

10036

MANHATTAN

40.75818

-73.989922

4

3

121

1024965

1010340022

Clinton

DOE

Manhattan Theatre Club

The program has grown from 70 high school students in two schools in 1989 to thousands of students, teachers, audience members, family members, and mentors each year in schools throughout New York City.

No

10000.00

0.00

manhattan Theatre Club's Education Program

311 West 43rd Street, 8th Fl.

New York

NY

10036

MANHATTAN

40.75818

-73.989922

4

3

121

1024965

1010340022

Clinton

DOE

Opportunity Music Project

The Camber Ochestra is a dynamic new feature of Opportunity Music Porject's free private music lesson program. Families come from all five boroughs of New York City and are accepted into the program based on three criteria: (1) passion for music, (2) strong parental commitment, and (3) financial need.

Yes

3000.00

3000.00

Opportunity Music Project Chamber Orchestra

4 West 43rd Street

New York

NY

10036

MANHATTAN

40.754371

-73.980932

5

4

96

1034201

1012580042

Midtown-Midtown South

DOE

The Little Orchestra Society/Orpheon, Inc.

Live in Concert! Is LOS's community engagement program that offers accessibility to members of the New York City community who would otherwise have little or no contact with classical music. The initiative provides opportunities for underserved students as well as their families, to attend weekday open dress rehearsals and weekend performances of Happy Concerts and Lolli-Pops concerts without charge.

Yes

5000.00

0.00

Little Orchestra Society's Live Concert!

330 West 42nd Street

New York

NY

10036

MANHATTAN

40.757661

-73.990832

4

3

115

1024926

1010320048

Clinton

DOE

Youth Pride Chorus

Youth Pride Chorus is one of the few LGBTQ youth choruses and stands as a premier program for youth empowerment. YPC singers learn music literacy, and advance singers receive individual voice instruction. The program also addresses youth's developmental needs.

No

5000.00

3000.00

Youth Pride Chorus

676A Ninth Avenue, Suite 405

New York

NY

10036

MANHATTAN

40.761457

-73.990412

4

3

127

1025074

1010370062

Clinton

DOHMH

Fountain House, Inc.

To best assess and address the health and fitness needs of our members, the Wellness Program uses a holistic approach and is comprised of a numer of multidisciplinary components.

No

5000.00

0.00

Wellness Program

425 West 47th Street

New York

NY

10036

MANHATTAN

40.762

-73.991221

4

3

127

1026562

1010570021

Clinton

DOHMH

I Challenge Myself, Inc.

Grant funds would support the Cycling Smarts program at East Side Community HS in the Lower East Side and George Washington Educational Campus in Washington Heights/Inwood. Cycling Smarts is offered as an elective class at each school.

No

7000.00

7000.00

Cycling Smarts

1460 Broadway, Ste. 8-24

New York

NY

10036

MANHATTAN

40.754998

-73.986284

5

4

113

1022573

1009947504

Midtown-Midtown South

DOHMH

Just Food, Inc.

The goal of the "Cooking Up Healthy Eating Habits Program" is to provide complementary food education to programs that increase access to fresh, healthy food in underserved Manhattan communities.

No

5920.00

0.00

Cooking up Healthy Eating Habits

1155 Avenue of the Americas, Fl. 3

New York

NY

10036

MANHATTAN

40.756631

-73.982826

5

4

119

1022631

1009970029

Midtown-Midtown South

DOHMH

Miracle House of New York

We are the only nonprofit in New York city providing subsidized shelter, meals and wellness services to adult patients traveling with their caregivers to receive critical medical attention from Manhattan's most distinguished specialists.

No

5000.00

0.00

Meals Program

630 Ninth Avenue, Ste. 603

New York

NY

10036

MANHATTAN

40.760038

-73.991449

4

3

121

1024982

1010350001

Clinton

DFTA

Central Harlem Senior Citizen's Centers

CHSCC seeks to collaborate with Harlem Seeds whose mission is to empower the Central Harlem community to live long and healthy lives by making appropriate food and lifestyle choices and instilling in them the principles that healthy living is a right and an obligation;not a privilege.

Yes

10000.00

3000.00

Healthy In My Neighborhood

34 West 134th Street

New York

NY

10037

MANHATTAN

40.812702

-73.939645

10

9

212

1083984

1017300016

Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds

DFTA

Harlem Interagency Council for the Aging

Aside from our meetings, visitations, counseling and other activities, we respond to our senior and youth individual needs, which can change from day to day. We are guided by the critical need of those we serve, many at-risk seniors and youth.

No

9120.00

5000.00

Senior, Youth, and Family Advocacy

50 West 139th Street

New York

NY

10037

MANHATTAN

40.816102

-73.937658

10

9

212

1083986

1017360060

Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds

DOE

Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program

HJTEP provides year-round after school tennis and education programs to under served Central Harlem youth. At least 23% of the children HJTEP serves need assistance in maintaining the C average that our program requires. To improve the rigor and quality of our program, this year we inroduced the Academic Creative Engagement curriculum with a group of 60 students.

No

5000.00

0.00

Academic Creative Enrichment (ACE) and Tennis at PS 197 & Howard Bennett Park

40 West 143rd Street

New York

NY

10037

MANHATTAN

40.818365

-73.935359

10

9

214

1053944

1017400017

Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds

DPR

Harlem Arts Festival

The Harlem Arts Festival is an annual free multidisciplinary arts festival in June at Marcus Garvey Park. The two-day festival celebrates artist from Harlem and includes areas of visual and artisan artists to present work and two stages for arts-related discussion forum and performances.

Yes

10000.00

4000.00

Harlem Arts Festival

42 West 130th Street, #3

New York

NY

10037

MANHATTAN

40.810159

-73.941342

10

9

208

1053754

1017270058

Central Harlem North-Polo Grounds

DPR

GLBT Summer Affair, Inc. (fiscal conduit)

Two festivals in Brooklyn Heights.

Yes

7975.00

0.00

Urban Cultural Community Health Fair Fundraiser

2235 Fifth Avenue

New York

NY

10037

MANHATTAN

40.813241

-73.93726

11

9

210

1081109

1017600001

East Harlem North

DPR

Harlem Needle Arts, Inc.

The fifth annual Blossom of Fiber Art is a two day public art exhibition at St Nicholas Park that features the work of fiber and needle artist who construct thre-dimentional artwork through the mediums of crochet, knit, felting, quilting, weaving, and fiber fusion.

Yes

5500.00

2500.00

Blossom of Fiber Art

2160 Madison Avenue

New York

NY

10037

MANHATTAN

40.812338

-73.936087

11

9

210

1081105

1017600001

East Harlem North