Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Bronx Newsblast October 2024

 

HIGHLIGHTS


Vital Parks For All


This summer, NYC Parks released a plan called Vital Parks for All: Investing in NYC's Living Infrastructure. Learn more about the plan and the agency's tools to improve the ability of dedicated New Yorkers to advocate for our parks.
Public forums are currently scheduled with the borough presidents of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. Attend an upcoming Vital Parks forum and find out how we can equitably strengthen our city’s health, environment, and communities through our parks system. Click here to register now






City of Forest Day 2024


Join NYC Parks, Forest for All NYC, and Parks and Open Space Partners - NYC Coalition as we learn about, care for, and celebrate NYC's seven million trees. 

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Crotona Park Birding on World Migratory Bird Day
Join NYC Bird Alliance (formerly NYC Audubon) bird guide and Bronxite, Rich Aracil, and explore the beautiful Crotona Park on World Migratory Bird Day! Its meadows, flowering trees, and sizable pool provide excellent habitat for a variety of birds including woodpeckers, warblers, and wading birds.
Date/Time: Saturday, October 12, 9:00am - 10:30am
Location: Meet at the Nature Center located within the park on 1702 Crotona Ave, on the eastern shoreline of Indian Pond
More info: 
Contact: Email info@nycbirdalliance.org or call 212-691-7483 for more information

Work Together Wednesday
Join our gardeners to help remove weeds, clear leaves and debris from around Indian Lake and upkeep our gardens
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 23, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location: Meet at the Crotona Park Tennis House @ 1700 Crotona Avenue, Bronx, NY 10457
Contact: RSVP to Ismael.Guzman@parks.nyc.gov

Stewardship Saturday
Join staff to clear leaves and debris from around Indian Lake, remove trash from our large park zones and help to keep Crotona Park looking great!
Date/Time: Saturday, October 26, 10:00am - 1:00pm
Location: Meet at the Crotona Park Nature Center, enter @ Charlotte Street

TRAININGS

Is Starting a Nonprofit Right for You?
Starting a nonprofit can seem terrifically complicated--is it worth it?  This class can help you decide.

In this session you’ll learn the legal and logistical elements necessary to start a successful nonprofit.  You’ll also learn about possible alternatives to starting your own nonprofit that you may not have considered.  Finally, you’ll be introduced to a tool that will help you assess your own readiness to move forward.

Upon completion of this course you should be able to:

  • Outline the steps required to start a nonprofit
  • Assess the alternatives to starting a nonprofit
  • Complete the nonprofit startup assessment tool to determine where you are in the startup process and identify the next steps you should take
  • Access additional resources to help you in your journey

Location: Online
Cost: Free
Date: Thursday, October 3, 2024 @ 2:00-3:30pm
Link: Enroll here!
 

Introduction to Fundraising Planning
Does your organization need help directing its fundraising efforts? Planning focuses your organization by setting fundraising priorities and helps give staff and board members a roadmap to success.

This introductory class will provide you the basic steps for developing a fundraising plan, including tips on:

  • Making your case for support
  • Diversifying your organization's fundraising base
  • Creating a plan of action

Location: Online
Cost: Free
Date: Thursday, October 17, 2024 @ 2:00-3:30pm
 

Strategies for Equitable Grantmaking in Philanthropy featuring the Race and Equity in Philanthropy Group (REPG)
In this webinar, we will explore the Race and Equity in Philanthropy Group (REPG), a network of foundations committed to advancing racial equity in the philanthropic sector. We’ll discuss how REPG helps members strengthen partnerships and share power with nonprofits that serve the needs of historically marginalized communities. You’ll gain insights on how funders can learn from each other to advance their commitment to racial equity and inclusion even in the current political climate. You will also learn about the evolution of REPG since its founding in 2006 and how its members are working together to confront the racial equity backlash.  

Outcomes

  • Understand the history and evolution of REPG
  • Recognize how some foundations think about racial equity in their policy and practices
  • Learn about strategies that a group of foundations are pursuing together on racial equity
Intended Audience
  • All levels of experience
  • Board members
  • CEOs, executive directors, upper management
  • Grantmaker/funder
  • Marketing, communications, external affairs
  • Program directors and staff

Location: Online
Cost: Free
Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2024 @ 2:00-3:30pm
Link: Enroll here!
 

Introduction to Proposal Writing
Are you new to proposal writing or want a quick refresher? If so, you don't want to miss one of our most popular classes!

This class will provide you with an overview of how to write a standard project proposal to a foundation. It will include:

  • The basic elements of a proposal
  • The "do's" and "don'ts" of writing and submitting a proposal
  • How to follow up whether the answer is yes or no
  • 30-minute hands-on exercise to develop a proposal outline (in-person classes only)

Upon completion of this course you should be able to:

  • Understand how to write a standard project proposal to a foundation.
  • Know how and when to follow up with funders after submitting a proposal.

Location: Online
Cost: Free
Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024 @ 2:00-3:30pm

GRANTS AND RESOURCES

Daily Grants 
The Pollination Project offers seed funding of up to US$1 thousand to compassion-driven individuals, informally organized groups and organizations, and formally registered or incorporated non-profit organizations based anywhere in the world. Topics for projects include education, clean water, afforestation, animal advocacy, and many others. 
Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Link: Learn more

The Resiliency and Recovery Fund
The Resilience & Recovery Fund (RRF) will provide fast, small one-time grants of $1,000 to support grassroots volunteer responses to natural disasters, pandemic, humanitarian crises, or similar emergent events. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, and existing TPP grantees in good standing who have not previously received RRF funding are eligible to apply.
Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Link: Learn more

Gardens for the City Program
Is there a community space in your neighborhood you’d like to see transformed? If so, apply for NYRP’s help. NYRP provides support for projects of various scales — from building a few vegetable beds to large-scale restoration work. NYRP helps provide materials, horticultural knowledge, environmental education, and construction expertise in order to help create community gardens and accessible landscapes in under-resourced neighborhoods. 
Deadline: Applications accepted on a rolling basis. (Due to the high volume of applications, all future GFTC inquiries will be considered for 2025.)

The Awesome Foundation 
The Awesome Foundation is a global community advancing the interest of awesome in the universe, $1000 at a time. Each fully autonomous chapter supports awesome projects through micro-grants, usually given out monthly. 
Deadline: Reviewed monthly
Link: Learn more

Additional Opportunities

NYC DOT’s Open Streets Application
NYC's Open Streets program allows communities to embrace new public space and support small businesses. Open Streets prioritize pedestrians and cyclists by transforming streets into public space. New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) works with community-based organizations, educational institutions, and groups of businesses to execute Open Streets citywide.
Link: Learn more

For questions or concerns, contact Community Engagement Director Vlad Cruz at vcruz@cityparksfoundation.org

Partnerships for Parks
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