The Mayors Fund To Advance New York City

The nyc childcare quality and innovation initiative strengthens families' access to affordable childcare through targeted community outreach and enrollment support. Through collaborating with community-based organizations and funding staff capacity, the city has launched and implemented a system to expand and improve the quality of childcare focusing on the most vulnerable communities. In partnership with office of childcare and early childhood education, and administration for children's services, the mayor's fund has helped approximately 6,000 families navigate the process of applying for government-subsidized childcare vouchers.

A key area of focus in the mayor's fund's partnership with nyc service has been in-kind and monetary donations towards 1) new york city americorps, 2) nyc civic corps, and 3) secret snowflake programming. In particular, the mayor's office's secret snowflake program connects private sector employees with youth in need throughout the city. Donors provided 14,000 gifts like games and books, and essential items such as winter clothing to the children up to age 18 who receive city social services, including those in foster care, shelters, and temporary housing, as well as children being raised by kinship caregivers.

The mayor's fund in partnership with the department of cultural affairs supported the public artist in residence program (pair), and the nyc department of design and construction (ddc) worked with artist melanie crean to transform a construction site. Through the program, they transformed a platform for exploring, imagining, creating, and enacting connections between affected communities and the public works that impact a neighborhood. In partnership with the center for innovation through data intelligence ("cidi"), the youthnpower pilot provided support to 100 young people who have recently aged out of foster care in new york city. Through support by conrad hilton foundation, cidi evaluated and produced reports about the pilot to highlight the impact of the program for youth aging out of foster care.through funding from open society foundation, the mayor's fund in partnership with the mayor's office of immigrant affairs hosted the annual convening for cities for action ( "c4a"). C4a is a coalition of advocates, philanthropists, city leaders, and other key stakeholders committed to advancing pro-immigrant policies. The multi-day event brought together leaders from 20 municipalities to address common challenges and share best practices to promote immigrant inclusionduring the year ended june 30, 2024, the fund's total net position increased by $2,670,759, from the previous year due to the following changes in revenue and expenses: during the year ended june 30, 2023, total contributions and grants were $10,186,524, a decrease of $168,431, or 1.6%, from the year ended june 30, 2023. During the year ended june 30, 2024, total expenses were $8,906,035, a decrease of $2,744,003, or 24%, from the previous year.