New Yorkers for Better Neighborhoods

We support hundreds of established and new grassroots volunteer groups across NYC with grants, one-on-one project implementation assistance, skill-building workshops, leadership training, an equipment loan library, and the sharing of experiences and expertise with people doing similar work.

Skills-building Workshops
We offer free skills-building workshops for grassroots groups, at a time convenient for groups and in the neighborhood in which they are based. We can do trainings on community organizing, media outreach, group structure, internet tools, youth involvement, and other topics.

The workshops are tailored to meet the strengths, needs, and goals of your group. All the workshops are structured in an interactive format that draws out the experiences and knowledge of participants. Workshops are for grassroots volunteer-driven community groups.

Click here for our list of skills-building workshops that we offer for groups.

Resource Center

The Resource Center is an equipment library for grassroots community groups (grantees and non-grantees alike).

The equipment library makes available for loan items such as digital cameras, video projectors, projection screens, tents and amplifiers. The maximum loan period for any item is one week (seven days). A total of two items can be borrowed at any one time. Exceptions can be granted, depending on the needs and circumstances of the borrowing group. Borrowers are required to complete a form for each item, requesting contact information and purpose of loan. If requesting group is not a current or former grantee they must provide two community references.