Robin Hood Foundation

Programs: Core grant making: robin hood made cash grants to organizations in four areas: education; early childhood and youth; jobs and economic security; and, survival, which primarily addresses hunger, homelessness and health. Robin hood provides more than 200 organizations with program grants, general operating support, capital grants, and funds to build capacity and deepen services and management strength. Robin hood's grantmaking staff evaluated programs applying for funds to determine grant recommendations and develop initiatives in response to unmet needs. These assessments included visits to the organization, interviews with program administrators, staff and participants, evaluation of historical results and financial review. Initiatives funded by robin hood included programs to build high-performing public charter schools throughout new york city; targeted outreach aimed at helping newly discharged veterans (and their families) receive job training and job placement assistance, physical and mental health care, education, housing assistance, and other needed services. Robin hood funding also provided public benefits screening and counseling, and helped poor new yorkers claim tax credits to which they were entitled. Robin hood's american dream fund helps robin hood and our nonprofit partners innovate against the unique challenges that immigrant new yorkers face in building lives out of poverty. Our work in this area helps ensure that immigrants are able to access high-quality healthcare, jobs and legal services, so that they can build foundations for better lives in the united states. Robin hood seed-funded immigrant justice corps, which, at its launch, was the largest expansion of immigration legal services in new york city's history. We launched icare and the terra firma clinic, a new legal collaborative and a new health clinic to support the influx of child refugees from central america. We've helped new york city create its first immigrant-focused job center. And we've helped the city design and implement a new program to improve uninsured immigrants' access to healthcare, one of the only such models in the country.

management assistance: robin hood protects and leverages its charitable investments with expert management and technical assistance. The goal is to bring best-in-class resources to solve our partners' most pressing strategic and operational challenges. We work in nine main areas: governance, strategy, human capital, marketing, fundraising, finance, legal, technology and real estate. Consulting is delivered by robin hood's internal consulting team, corporate pro-bono partners and technical assistance grants. Robin hood also provides training for the staff and board members of its grantees. Examples include developing a strategic plan to ensure effective resource allocation, streamlining a financial reporting system to manage costs or designing an effective website to enhance fundraising. In 2016, we completed 103 projects for 70 nonprofit partners. We granted $1. 4 million and provided pro-bono services valued at $4 million. We placed 48 professionals on nonprofit governing and auxiliary boards.

capital grants: robin hood made capital grants to 5 organizations to facilitate program expansion and enhancement through the leasing of new or additional space. Capital team staff assess facility needs and organizational readiness to undertake projects and provide technical assistance in assembling a project team, analyzing and securing financing and completing capital projects. Form 990, part iii, line 4d relief grant making: following hurricane sandy in october 2012, robin hood reactivated the robin hood relief fund in order to make financial grants to organizations throughout the tri-state area that were helping victims recover from the storm. Since 2012, the relief fund has raised $83 million. Of the funds, 44% has been granted to organizations helping individuals and families in new jersey, 36% to new york city, 18% to long island/ny state, and 2% to connecticut. The majority of these grants (65%) went to housing-related programs, such as home repairs and renovations, mold remediation, rental assistance and moving fees.