Thirty-five grassroots and advocacy groups have received a total of $562,000 from the New York Community Trust, the New York Foundation, the Open Society Institute and other funders as part of the 2010 Census Funders NYC Initiative.  The effort arises from concerns about the serious long-term political and financial consequences of an inaccurate census count.  The foundations decided to pool their resources to help a broad swath of effective and trusted local groups use creative and targeted outreach activities in communities with historically low response rates.

“We are spreading the money strategically to have big impact where it matters most,” says New York Community Trust senior program officer Patricia Swann. “Because some of our neighborhoods are so dense, a modest grant for one small neighborhood group, or a smart media campaign targeting a particular constituency, can reach hundreds of thousands of people.”

“Some people fear they could be kicked out of public housing, or have their rent increase as a result of filling out the Census form,” says Jill Eisenhard, Executive Director of the Red Hook Initiative. “Our census outreach workers are people from the Red Hook Houses and will be knocking on doors in all 89 buildings, running a phone bank, and holding educational events.”

The Census Initiative grantees are:

City-Wide:

·         Citizens Committee for New York City

·         Coalition for Institutionalized Aged and Disabled

·         The New School / Center for NYC Affairs

·         New York Community Media Alliance

·         New York Immigration Coalition

·         New York Taxi Workers Alliance

·         NY Voting Rights Consortium

·         Youth Communication New York Center

Manhattan

·         Chinese American Planning Council

·         Mirabal Sisters Cultural and Community Center

·         Northern Manhattan Coalition for Immigrant Rights

Brooklyn

·         Arab American Association of New York

·         Brooklyn Congregations United

·         Coalition for the Improvement of Bedford Stuyvesant

·         Council of Peoples Organization

·         Groundwork

·         Make the Road New York (also working in Queens and Staten Island)

·         Mixteca Organization

·         Red Hook Initiative

·         United Chinese Association

Queens

·         Chhaya Community Development Corporation

·         Cidadao Global

·         Drum-Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM)

·         Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement House

·         Minkwon Center

·         New Immigrant Community Empowerment

·         Ocean Bay Community Development Corporation

·         Queens Congregations United for Action

·         Southern Queens Park Civic Association

·         Voces Latinas

The Bronx

·         Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice

·         BronxWorks

·         Picture the Homeless

·         Vamos Unidos

Staten Island

·         African Refuge Inc.

Other foundations in the 2010 Census Funders NYC Initiative include:  Durst Foundation, Census Community Outreach Fund at Public Interest Projects, and Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund.

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