For over five decades, the Fund has collaborated on developing and facilitating innovations in policy, programs, and practices to advance the function of and recognize the excellence in government and nonprofit organizations. Our Cash Flow Loan Program has made over 17,600 loans totaling over $1.76 billion since its inception in 1976. In the last 10 years, loans were made to over 250 nonprofits each year.
We recognize exceptional government employees and innovative mathematics and science teachers in New York City through our Sloan Public Service Awards and Sloan Awards for Excellence in Teaching Science and Mathematics. The winners of the teaching awards and their schools represent the diversity and complexity of the New York City public school system.
Too often, promising ideas fail to take root because the task of setting up and managing administrative systems is time-consuming and difficult. In the 1990s, we created the Partner Project Program to allow nonprofit leaders to focus their energy and resources on providing their services and programs and on fundraising. The Fund currently has over 80 Partner Projects which provide vital services and programs across the country.
We build long-term relationships between nonprofit and government partners through our partner project program and nonprofit loan financing.
The Partner Project Program provides start-up projects and established nonprofit organizations with:
The Cash Flow Loan Program provides interest-free loans to nonprofits with:
The Sloan Public Service Awards recognizes the unsung heroes of New York City–its public servants, who are tirelessly working to innovate and improve the functions of New York City government, which employs over 325,000 people and serves over 8,000,000 constituents.
The Sloan Awards for Excellence in Teaching Science & Mathematics recognizes exceptional New York City public high school science and mathematics teachers who inspire students to enter the STEM fields through their innovative practices.
The Community Planning Fellows Program places graduate students who are studying urban planning, architecture, urban design, historic preservation and public policy in local community boards to build firsthand experience in community planning.
The Fund for the City of New York has expanded its goal from improving the lives of New Yorkers to improving communities worldwide.
Founded by the Ford Foundation in 1968, the Fund for the City of New York has worked with local government agencies and organizations to use innovative solutions to solve New York City problems.
The work of the National Center for Civic Innovation includes programs and initiatives that spring from work of FCNY that are applicable elsewhere as well as exciting, new initiatives that are being scaled across the country.
We have helped government agencies and community-based organizations in Europe, Latin America, and Asia adapt many of the Fund’s initiatives in their countries.
