ROBIN HOOD M I L E S TON E S
1987 FOUNDING OF ROBIN HOOD over a Chinese dinner with Paul Jones, Glenn Dubin,
First grant to GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES to support residences for adolescents. 1993
First grant to youth programs based on Drs. Michael Carrera and Patricia Dempsey’s pregnancy prevention model. 1989
Robin Hood takes on domestic violence and the transmission of HIV through shared needles. 1994
1988 First grants to ASSOCIATION TO BENEFIT CHILDREN and CHILDREN’S HEALTH FUND totaling $52,000.
First grants to housing for people with AIDS, including HOUSING WORKS and HARLEM UNITED (then known as Upper Room AIDS Ministry). 1991
Maurice Chessa, Peter Borish, and David Saltzman.
1996 Grant to the CAMPAIGN FOR FISCAL EQUITY to help guarantee fair funding for NYC public schools; Court of Appeals rules in CDE’s favor in 2003. 2003 Robin Hood launches SINGLE STOP . Robin Hood’s CAPITAL GRANTS INITIATIVE launches. To date, the initiative has created more than 1.8 million square feet of space for schools and community-based programs.
2000 Robin Hood’s L!BRARY Initiative goes on to build more than 60 libraries in public elementary schools in the city’s poorest neighborhoods. Robin Hood helps launch the NEW YORK CITY ACQUISITION FUND to help build housing for the homeless. Robin Hood first funds iMENTOR and the GO PROJECT . 2005
2002 $1.4 million grant to HARLEM CHILDREN’S ZONE for the BABY COLLEGE . 2007 Robin Hood launches THE RELAY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION to provide better-trained teachers for schools and students throughout the
2001 THE ROBIN HOOD RELIEF FUND is created to help those devastated by the 9/11 attacks. The Relief Fund goes on to distribute more than $65 million.
1999 Robin Hood builds first prototype library at BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN , a K-8 school in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Establishment of ROBIN HOOD LEADERSHIP COUNCIL , with the goal of bringing new voices to the table and building a core group of influential, inspiring, and compassionate New Yorkers. 2004
Robin Hood’s mission is to elevate New Yorkers out of poverty.
At Robin Hood’s ANNUAL BENEFIT in May, donors contribute enough money to build not one, but two public charter high schools in poor neighborhoods.
country. 2006
2013 100% of the funds raised for HURRICANE SANDY RELIEF — $70.5 million — had been allocated through nearly 500 grants. First class graduates from CROWN HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL . KIPP HIGH SCHOOL opens in the Bronx.
2011 Robin Hood donors contribute $13.1 million to fund the VETERANS INITIATIVE .
2009 In the wake of the 2008 Great Recession, Robin Hood responds by doubling down on
THE CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL — built by Robin Hood and NYC Department of Education — opens its doors to more than 1,600 students. 2010
2012 Robin Hood reactivates the ROBIN HOOD RELIEF FUND to help victims devastated by Superstorm Sandy.
2014 which has expanded to seven states and served 45,000 immigrants in just four years. Robin Hood incubates IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS (IJC) , the country’s first fellowship for aspir- ing immigration lawyers,
its investments to basic needs and access to jobs.
Robin Hood’s Board of Directors covers all administrative expenses to ensure 100% of your donation goes directly to New Yorkers in need.
2017 In Partnership with the New York Public Library, the City of New York, and the Rosenblatt Family, Robin Hood pilots a new model for restoring public libraries, while adding new affordable housing units to the NYC landscape.
2015 BLUE RIDGE LABS joins Robin Hood to create and support early-stage tech social ventures.
2019 Robin Hood partners with the Department of Education and charter management organizations to start 28 new schools to deliver all Robin Hood has learned these last three decades to students living in poverty across NYC.
Mobility LABs launches. This $25 million, four-year initiative seeks to find new solutions to sustainably lift families out of poverty and to change the national conversation around social and economic mobility. 2018
FUND FOR EARLY LEARNING (FUEL) is
launched — a five-year, $50 million initiative that aims to transform NYC into an early-learning metropolis. 2016
2020
COVID-19 prompts the reopening of the Robin Hood Relief Fund for the hird time in nearly 20 Years, disbursing more than $51 million in relief funding through 676 grants to more than 521 organizations across all five boroughs. Robin Hood launches its Power Fund to raise the bar in funding organizations led by people of color.
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