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A new (free!) exhibit on LES, a landmark lawsuit in NYC, funding opportunities, and more!
It's that time of year again... school is back in session, pumpkin spice lattes are on menus across the city, and football Sundays are marked busy on many a calendar. But for us, it’s David Prize season! Stay tuned for two exciting announcements: our 2025 David Prize winners and our annual Open Call, relaunching September 9th. In the meantime, did you know you can nominate individuals for the Prize year-round? Let us know who should submit their vision for next year’s Prize.
🍕New York News
Art on the Ave NYC is a community-driven non-profit founded by 2025 David Prize Finalist Barbara Anderson. They revitalize unused retail space with art from the neighborhood, creating 'art walks' that anyone can enjoy, free of charge. This month, they popped up at Alfred E. Smith Houses along St. James Place on the Lower East Side. Learn more and plan your visit HERE.
Brooklyn has no shortage of landmarks and Green-Wood Cemetery is one of our best, but it wasn’t always that way. Richard J. Moylan, Green-Wood’s director for four decades, is the reason it’s the special place it is today. His retirement marks the end of an era!
Marj Kleinman was profiled as a New Yorker of the Week for her work bringing neighbors together through stories and stoop gatherings. Her organization Stoop Stories gives folks a glimpse into this quintessential New York happening (Stoop kids never leave the stoop!).
Following a lawsuit led by 2023 David Prize Winner David Shalleck-Klein and his team at Family Justice Law Center, an appellate court ruled that NYC’s ACS unlawfully surveilled a domestic violence survivor. The lawsuit sets a vital precedent for protecting those already harmed.
🗽Hear from a Prize Community Member!
Every now and then, New York's Newsletter spotlights the people that make this city so special. This summer we took a tour of Little Syria with Asad Dandia who is community organizer, museum educator, and local historian born and raised in Brooklyn.
Interested in learning about the lesser known histories of New York City? We know a guy... New York Narratives is a walking tour company and storytelling project uncovering the stories of New York City led by Brooklyn-born educator, historian, and tour guide, Asad Dandia.
Through his company New York Narratives, Asad leads walking tours, hosts storytelling and research workshops, and builds partnerships with museums and cultural institutions.
To Asad, walking tours aren't just tours, they are walking histories meant to uphold and honor the generations of New Yorkers who made New York City into the place we call home today. And, while New York Narratives is only a few years old, Asad has been doing impactful work in New York for decades, including suing the largest police force in the country (NYPD!) for unlawful surveillance of New York Muslims, at only 20 years old after being surveilled himself.
Keep up with his work by following
on Substack or on Instagram here.🚕 Opportunities
This October, we are gathering 150 New Yorkers for See NYC, a three-day experience like no other including bespoke site visits, fireside chats, and city adventures built for connection and imagination made possible by our friends at Breakout and other partners. Learn more and apply here!
NYC FutureForward is a localized, hybrid leadership development program that grants $10,000 in funding, mentorship, and a powerful peer network to NYC-based leaders who have been impacted by the criminal legal system. Apply by September 8th, 2025.
Brooklyn Org is accepting applications for their latest funding cycle. Brooklyn Org provides multi-year, general operating support of up to $45,000 per year, for up to three years, for Brooklyn based organizations. Apply by September 30th, 2025.
Apply for a $1,000 Awesome Foundation Grant. 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. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
✏️ New York Cartoon Corner
For August’s Cartoon Corner, we asked folks to draw a cartoon that evokes Summer in NYC. This month we’re featuring Caitlin Du who illustrated a universal New York experience. We’d like to title this one: Visiting The Great Lawn in August.
