In this 2014 report by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Poverty and Progress in New York I: Conditions in New York City’s Poorest Neighborhoods, written by Stephen Eide, it details some of the key findings and trends of specific low-income neighbors in the city. While it notes that the poverty rate has remained largely unchanged… Read more
The Elmezzi Foundation, along with its project Zone 126 was able to secure a $500,000 promise neighborhood grant for residents of Astoria Houses. As first reported by the Queens Courier, this funding, which was only presented to 20 organizations nationwide, will go to making sure that over 1,600 children in Astoria Houses have access to… Read more
The Queens Gazette has put together a short list of community educational resources, including the Jeanne Elmezzi Adult Learning Center at the Long Island City Queens Library Branch. The ALC offers ESOL, high school equivalency, and computer literacy classes among many other great resources for free! Head over to the Queens Gazette article to look… Read more
One of our grantees, StreetSquash has been featured in the New York Times for their work in helping underserved youth get into college! StreetSquash uses Squash as a vehicle for assisting youth in developing skills in setting and accomplishing goals, determination, and time management. The intensive program requires that students show up for a rigorous… Read more
As reported by the Post Chronicle, The Feinstein Institute in Manhasset, N.Y. will collaborate with Sweden’s Karolinska Institute in exchanging graduates for post-doctoral research. The graduate students from both programs are medical doctors who have obtained a doctoral degree in research. This partnership means that students from either institute will have the ability to study… Read more
The Elmezzi Foundation has awarded Queens Library a grant for $6 million to be dispersed over the next ten years in order to establish the Jeanne Elmezzi Adult Learning Center (ALC) at the Long Island City Queens Library branch. Our grant to them will be the largest they have ever received from a single donor… Read more
The Elmezzi Foundation has partnered with North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System in order to establish a graduate school for physician scientists. With this endowment we will be able to further our commitment to advancing medical research while providing superb educational resources for select PhD candidates at no cost to them. “Through the foundation’s generous… Read more
At the Elmezzi Foundation, we value education and the role it plays in providing folks with the necessary tools for self-sufficiency improving their lives. That’s why we have decided to fund an “I Have A Dream” Foundation chapter in Queens from the Ravenswood houses. We will be funding the IHDF-NY Ravenswood II program for more… Read more