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THE FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE BEGINS WITH YOU Laying the Building Blocks That Fortify Opportunity One in four New Yorkers live in poverty—nearly double the national poverty rate. Another third are low-income. 1 Fifty eight percent (58%) of all New Yorkers are struggling to make ends meet.
The cornerstones of our work are the rigorous application of research and data, evidence- informed innovation, developing pathways to scale, and capacity building for frontline nonprofit service providers.
Research confirms that vulnerable New Yorkers frequently move in and out of poverty, making it difficult to permanently break the cycle and achieve real economic mobility.
This is where YOU come in.
Because of you, Robin Hood is built to last.
Our donors provide access to the critical building blocks that most New Yorkers in need require to get ahead—affordable housing, child care, high-quality education from infancy through college, nutrition, health care, access to sustaining governmental benefits, and work- force development and training programs. And all of these services are directly provided by the grantee partners Robin Hood funds. Your investment drives the impact created by our grantees. Since 1988, we’ve been building, solidifying, and expanding the supports that help those living in poverty to find pathways out of poverty, while preventing New Yorkers living on the margins from slipping into poverty.
Together, we’re funding, supporting, and connecting high-impact direct-service community organizations, partnering with government, and advocating for what works so that New York City can be a place of opportunity—a place where all New Yorkers can thrive.
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH
HIGH-QUALITY EDUCATION
CAREER ADVANCEMENT
FINANCIAL STABILTY
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
1 The income threshold for those living in poverty in New York City is $21,870 for a renting single adult without children and $47,190 for a renting married or cohabiting couple with two children. The income threshold for low-income New Yorkers is $43,740 for a renting single adult without children and $94,380 for a renting married of cohabiting couple with two children.
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