Donor Spotlight: National Grid Foundation
Since its inception in 1998, the National Grid Foundation has focused on improving the quality of life for the communities they serve. The Foundation partners with organizations that create opportunities for addressing today and tomorrow’s educational and environmental issues.
National Grid Foundation has been a generous supporter and partner of CitizensNYC since 2012, investing in over 100 community projects focused on educational and environmental initiatives in Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island. Their commitment to building stronger communities by investing in educational and environmental programs is evidenced by their continued support of CitizensNYC grantee partners.
We're particularly excited to recognize National Grid's philanthropic leadership as they celebrate 25 years of community impact.
One of the organizations supported by National Grid Foundation is Art and Resistance Through Education (ARTE), a grassroots, non-profit organization based in Brooklyn, New York that engages young people as community agents for human rights change utilizing the visual arts. Given the great disparity in access to the arts across the city, their work centers on the lived experiences and strives to provide a human rights education framework for young people of color ages 13-18 throughout public schools, community centers, and in incarcerated spaces. “Community has always been a verb, an opportunity to create a safe, creative, joyful space, where individuals, especially young people, feel they have a voice and that voice matters.” Marissa Gutierrez-Vicario, Founding Executive Director of ARTE.
The National Grid Foundation has also supported Hill Street Community Garden in Staten Island, New York. Their mission is to create and sustain a community that empowers, educates, and supports its members and local residents through gardening. With a focus on food justice, youth development, and NYCHA engagement in the Stapleton neighborhood, Hill Street Community Garden provides garden education and a space for individuals to grow their own vegetables.
We thank the National Grid Foundation for their continued partnership in our joined efforts to empower community leaders across New York City!