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The Kensington Welfare Rights Union (KRWU) is a progressive social justice, political action, and advocacy group of, by, and for the poor and homeless operating out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [1] The group was founded by six women, Alexis Baptist, Sandy Brennan, Diane Coyett, Cheri Honkala , Louis Mayberry, and Debra Witzman, and formed in ...
The organization also expanded its services to Philadelphia and New Jersey due to high demand. [ 7 ] As of January 2023, Gabrielle Inès Souza was announced as the Executive Director of The Okra Project with a vision of continuing the organizations legacy of mutual-aid and support at a more national level through the organizations newly founded ...
The Doe Fund was founded in 1985 by George T. McDonald [1] during a sharp rise in homelessness in New York City. [2] McDonald, an executive in the private sector at that time, began by distributing food to homeless people on the floor of Grand Central Terminal for 700 consecutive nights. [1]
Pages in category "Non-profit organizations based in New York City" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 483 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page)
City Harvest is a nonprofit organization that was established in 1982 and is recognized as the world's first food rescue organization. Its primary objective is to address hunger and food waste in New York City by collecting surplus food from various sources, including restaurants, grocers, bakeries, green markets, corporate cafeterias, manufacturers, and farms.
Make the Road New York was created in 2007 through the merger of two New York City-based organizations, Make the Road by Walking and the Latin American Integration Center. [ 3 ] Make the Road by Walking (MRBW) was a Bushwick, Brooklyn -based community organization founded in 1997 by low-income community members of color motivated by the belief ...
Founded in 1994 and located in Soho on Crosby Street, the bookstore cafe [4] is a successful entrepreneurial business raising money to support the Housing Works mission. Run primarily by a team of specially-trained volunteers, the bookstore is funded entirely by donations, and resells both in the retail space and online.
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, also known as Joint or JDC, is a Jewish relief organization based in New York City. [1] Since 1914 the organisation has supported Jewish people living in Israel and throughout the world. The organization is active in more than 70 countries.