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GIVING TUESDAY

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As we celebrate Giving Tuesday this year, we’ve highlighted some of our favorite organizations and programs to consider as you’re preparing your gift lists. For those who are difficult to shop for or who have everything, consider a donation to their favorite charity, a membership to a museum, performing arts or cultural center, or meals to those most in need.

Feeding New Yorkers

We’ve always been involved in feeding New Yorkers, especially in times of great challenges and uncertainty.  We welcome your support!

  • WSCAH – West Side Campaign Against Hunger alleviates hunger by ensuring that all New Yorkers have access with dignity to a choice of healthy food and supportive services.
  • GrowNYC – Their mission is to improve New York City’s quality of life through environmental programs that transform communities block by block and empower all New Yorkers to secure a clean and healthy environment for future generations.

Keeping Our Kids and Youth Healthy and Safe

Among the groups least able to help themselves are kids and youths. Creating a safe learning environment for kids to learn about food and health was the foundation of The Sylvia Center, founded in 2007 by Liz Neumark. We’ve gone on to support a variety of other programs that support kids and youths.

  • The Sylvia Center – The mission of the organization is to inspire young people to become healthy eaters and advocates for healthy food in their families and communities.
  • Big Vision NYC – We are a sober environment where recovering millennials can learn that life isn’t over after you are sober. We give them the chance to connect with others who are experiencing the same struggles, as well as a chance to just have fun.
  • Lawyers for Children – When children are in crisis, Lawyers For Children is at their side to provide protection, support and hope. In addition to free legal and social work services for children in foster care, Lawyers For Children provides targeted public policy and class action advocacy to achieve system-wide changes in the field of child welfare.

Keeping Our City Vibrant

We love New York City. The places, the things to do, and most importantly, the people. We celebrate the organizations that help preserve the city and that help preserve the people who are the backbone of the city. Each and every person in the city is a vital part of the vibrancy and success of New York City.

  • Public Housing Community Fund – Partners with the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) to invest in programs that strengthen public housing communities through health, leadership, workforce, and open-space initiatives—creating opportunity and equity for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers.
  • Open House New York (OHNY) – Champions access, education, and appreciation for New York City’s architecture and design. Through year-round programs and its signature OHNY Weekend, it connects New Yorkers to the buildings, spaces, and stories that define our city—inviting everyone to explore, learn, and take pride in the place we call home.
  • Public Art Fund – As the leader in its field, Public Art Fund brings dynamic contemporary art to a broad audience in New York City and beyond by mounting ambitious free exhibitions of international scope and impact that offer the public powerful experiences with art and the urban environment.
  • Brooklyn.org – Builds a stronger, more vibrant Brooklyn by supporting local nonprofits and community initiatives that advance equity, creativity, and shared prosperity. Through grantmaking, advocacy, and partnerships, Brooklyn.org helps ensure that every Brooklynite can thrive.

Nurturing Our Spirits

Where would we be without the arts, culture, music, history and gardens that beautify the city, enrich our souls, and provide context for our lives. It’s part of our DNA, from our roots providing artists with jobs to support their passions to our incredible partners.

  • The Apollo Theater – The Apollo Theater is a commissioner and presenter; catalyst for new artists, audiences, and creative workforce; and partner in the projection of the African American narrative and its role in the development of American and global culture. The Apollo Theater envisions a new American cannon centered on contributions to the performing arts by artists of the African diaspora, in America and beyond.
  • Asia Society New York – Asia Society is the leading educational organization dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and strengthening partnerships among peoples, leaders and institutions of Asia and the United States in a global context. Across the fields of arts, business, culture, education, and policy, the Society provides insight, generates ideas, and promotes collaboration to address present challenges and create a shared future.
  • Brooklyn Academy of Music: BAM – For more than 150 years, BAM has been the home for adventurous artists, audiences, and ideas—engaging both global and local communities. With world-renowned programming in theater, dance, music, opera, film, and much more, BAM showcases the work of emerging artists and innovative modern masters.

  • Brooklyn Museum – To create inspiring encounters with art that expand the ways we see ourselves, the world and its possibilities.

  • Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts – Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is a destination for exceptional music, captivating programs, spectacular gardens and grounds, and wonderful moments with friends and family. It enriches the lives of its audiences through innovative and diverse musical performances of the highest quality. Its mission also includes mentoring young professional musicians and providing educational programs for young children centered around music.
  • Jazz at Lincoln Center – The mission of Jazz at Lincoln Center is to entertain, enrich and expand a global community for jazz through performance, education, and advocacy. We believe jazz is a metaphor for Democracy. Because jazz is improvisational, it celebrates personal freedom and encourages individual expression. Because jazz is swinging, it dedicates that freedom to finding and maintaining common ground with others. Because jazz is rooted in the blues, it inspires us to face adversity with persistent optimism.
  • The New York Historical – Illuminates the stories of New York and the nation through groundbreaking exhibitions, public programs, and educational initiatives. As the city’s oldest museum, it preserves and shares the diverse narratives that have shaped our collective history, inspiring curiosity, understanding, and civic engagement for generations to come.
  • Poster House – Celebrates the art and impact of posters, from historical masterpieces to contemporary design. As the first museum in the United States dedicated to poster art, it educates, inspires, and engages audiences through exhibitions and programs that highlight the power of visual communication to shape culture and community.
  • Wave Hill – Since its founding as a public garden in 1965, Wave Hill has evolved as a unique urban oasis, world-class garden and vital resource. Its mission is to celebrate the artistry and legacy of its gardens and landscapes, to preserve its magnificent views, and to explore human connections to the natural world through programs in horticulture, education and the arts.

Originally published November 2020. Updated 10/16/2025

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