Community Assistance Fund

Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation provided SEO with $400,000 to establish the SEO Community Assistance Fund (CAF).  This innovative “re-granting” project allowed members of the SEO family to learn about 9/11-related needs in communities of color and make grants to New York City organizations working to address those needs.  Nearly fifty SEO alumni and students participated on four CAF committees over the course of the project. Each committee developed its own set of funding criteria, reviewed proposals, conducted site visits at organizations, and collectively made decisions on the allocation of grants. Participants gained valuable experience as they learned about local community issues and the practice of strategic philanthropy. SEO was thrilled and grateful for the energy and dedicated involvement of all CAF committee members.

SEO Community Assistance Fund Grant Recipients:

ABFE
ACCION New York
Amber Charter School
Andrew Glover Youth Program
Asian American Federation of New York
Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund
La Bodega de la Familia
Chinatown YMCA
Committee for Hispanic Children & Families
Concord Community Development Corporation
Edwin Gould Academy Continuing Education Program
Filipino American Human Services, Inc.
H.T. Dance Company
Haitian American Alliance of New York
Hamilton Madison House
Harlem Community Justice Center
Hispanic Federation
Korean American Family Service Center
Legal Outreach
Loisaida, Inc.
Lower Eastside Girls Club of New York
Mercy Center
Partnership with Children
Project Reach Youth
Public Allies New York
Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York
South Asian Youth Action
Twenty-First Century Foundation
United Sikhs in Service of America
Vision Urbana
Women’s Venture Fund
Workshop in Business Opportunities