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Collaborative Fund

Fund for the Newest New Yorkers

Other Collaborative Funds
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In response to the arrival of more than 200,000 migrants and asylum seekers in New York City between 2022 and 2024, The New York Community Trust and the Robin Hood Foundation created the Funds for the Newest New Yorkers. This coordinated effort brings together generous individuals, corporations, and other philanthropic partners to ensure the city’s newest arrivals have the support they need to thrive, now and in the future.

The Funds work closely with the New York City mayor’s and comptroller’s offices and the New York State governor’s office to facilitate economic inclusion and mobility while strengthening the city’s social service infrastructure and resilience.

In 2024, The New York Community Trust’s Fund for the Newest New Yorkers awarded close to $4 million in two-year grants to support legal and community-based social services for new arrivals to the city. The Robin Hood Foundation’s sister fund made grants in support of case management and partnered with The Trust to support legal services.

Grantees of The Trust’s Fund for the Newest New Yorkers

  • Arab American Family Support Center: to provide community-based social services and legal support to Arab, Middle Eastern, South Asian, and West African migrants.
  • Center for Family Life in Sunset Park: to provide community-based social services and legal support to newly arrived migrants in Brooklyn.
  • Center for the Integration of New Americans: to provide legal support and community-based social services to newly arrived migrants in Queens.
  • El Puente de Williamsburg: to provide legal support and community-based social services for newly arrived migrants in Brooklyn.
  • Interfaith Center of New York: to improve the capacity of faith-based organizations and congregations to help new migrants access emergency assistance, social services, and legal support.
  • Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement: to provide legal support and access to social services to newly arrived migrants in Western Queens.
  • Lutheran Social Services of New York: to provide legal assistance to migrant families across three sanctuary hotels in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.
  • Mercy Center: to provide legal support and social services to new migrants in the South Bronx.
  • The Door: to provide legal and social services to migrant youth in Manhattan and the Bronx.
  • Translatina Network: to provide legal assistance and social services to LGBTQ+ Latinx migrants.
  • Covenant House New York: to provide legal and social services to newly arrived migrant young adults in Manhattan and the Bronx.
  • Urban Justice Center – Street Vendor Project: to provide small business development support and access to street vending permits to newly arrived migrants.
  • Women in Need: to provide legal support and social services to migrant families in the Bronx.

Barbara Taveras

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Program Director, Special Projects

Email: btaveras@thenytrust.org

Phone: (212) 686-2462

“New York has received generations of immigrants, and The Trust is proud to continue our work to ensure it remains a welcoming home for all those seeking safety and opportunity. If we work together as philanthropy, as neighbors, as government—if we all do our part to provide the necessary resources—our newest New Yorkers will revitalize this city.”

Eve Stotland , Program Director, Human Justice and Civic Affairs

“This collaborative effort will build on The Trust’s decades of work to help newcomers integrate into New York’s economic and civic life—work we’re proud to continue to ensure our city remains an inclusive hub of opportunity for all.”

Shawn Morehead, Executive Vice President & Chief Program Officer

Funders of The Trust’s Fund for the Newest New Yorkers

  • Ford Foundation
  • UJA-Federation of New York
  • Trinity Church NYC
  • Altman Foundation
  • Endeavor Foundation
  • Scherman Foundation
  • M&T Bank
  • Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
  • Carnegie Corporation of New York
  • The New York Community Trust
  • Three Cairns Group