Robin Hood announced the winners of FUEL for 50, a new initiative to support programs that support parents and caregivers in early childhood development.
These 50 awards represented by all five boroughs range from mental health, job training and legal services. The winners: Life of Hope, Day One NY, Her Justice, The Brave House, among others. Click here to see the full list of honorees.
Robin Hood selected the nonprofit awardees from over 355 programs supporting parents and caregivers for children 0 to 3; each will receive $25,000 in unrestricted funding, access to workshops with experts and opportunities for $1 million in funding over the next two years.
“By uplifting organizations that support parents and caregivers of children 0-3, we are shifting the narrative around what it means to support early childhood development, while getting one step closer to making New York City an early learning metropolis where every aspect of our society recognizes and promotes the development of our youngest members,” Dr. Kelvin Chan, Managing Director of Early Childhood at Robin Hood said. “In designing FUEL for 50, it was critical that we structured the initiative toward a holistic, family-centered approach to early childhood and engage programs beyond what we think of as ‘traditional’ child development work.”
Many see the benefit in awarding these organizations for their dedication and support to parents and caregivers in early childhood development work. FUEL for 50 will allow Robin Hood to stay involved and support nonprofit organizations.
“With FUEL for 50, Robin Hood was extremely deliberate in designing and implementing an initiative that would truly celebrate all facets of early childhood work,” Kassa Belay, Co-Director, United for Brownsville and a member of the FUEL for 50 selection committee said. “Rather than continuing to fund programs that were already on their radar, the FUEL for 50 team took the time to go beyond surface consultation with community-based organizations and New York City parents by directly involving organization and community representatives in the grantee selection process itself, reconfiguring how funding flows into historically marginalized communities.”
For more information, visit fuelfor50.org.
