Graham Windham-Manhattanville Cornerstone Community Center
Graham Windham, the nation’s longest serving non-sectarian child welfare agency, was founded in 1806. In full partnership with families and communities, Graham Windham strives to make a life-altering difference with children, youth and families who are overcoming some of life’s most difficult challenges and obstacles. Annually, Graham Windham provides close to 5,000 children and their families across Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Harlem with a range of services, including afterschool programs, foster care, adoption, parenting programs, mental health services, education (with a K-12 residential school in Westchester County), and college and career support.
- Year
- 2023
- Purpose
- To support the fitness center at the Manhattanville Cornerstone location.
- Amount
- $4,000
- Year
- 2022
- Purpose
- The CCS grant will support the fitness program at the Manhattanville Cornerstone. The Fitness Center helps community participants to develop lifelong healthy habits and ensure they reach their full potential in building a healthier and more physically active lifestyle.
- Amount
- $10,000
- Year
- 2021
- Purpose
- The CCS grant will continue to support the Manhattanville Cornerstone Community Center, addressing the need for teens and adults in the Manhattanville community to learn about nutrition, develop healthy behaviors, and become physically active and increase their physical ability.
- Amount
- $10,000
- Year
- 2020
- Purpose
- The CCS grant helped to provide emergency distribution of food to local residents during the pandemic.
- Amount
- $5,000
- Year
- 2020
- Purpose
- The CCS grant to Manhattanville Cornerstone Community Center will address the need for teens and adults in the Manhattanville community to become physically active and increase their physical ability.
- Amount
- $4,000
- Year
- 2019
- Purpose
- CCS grant helped Harlem Beacon provide a range of afterschool activities, including a computer program, a reading program, a community service project, as well as the ability to purchase percussion instruments for their music program.
- Amount
- $3,000
- Year
- 2019
- Purpose
- This grant impacted the lives of West Harlem residents, many of whom live in the NYCHA Manhattanville housing development, by helping to provide them over 30 sessions of fitness, dance, aerobics, and wellness classes through the Cornerstone Community Center.
- Amount
- $3,000