Our Work

Funding solutions to fight poverty

Informed by data, evidence, and the lived experiences of New Yorkers, Robin Hood funds and advocates for solutions that create permanent pathways out of poverty.

Our Approach

$3

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Invested to fight poverty in NYC since 1988

$140

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Invested in NYC's most innovative poverty-fighting solutions in 2025

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Grantees from communities across five boroughs

Programs & Initiatives

Through our programs, we make strategic grants to fight poverty at all stages of life, and launch special initiatives that augment our core grant-making and address critical service gaps. We target our policy advocacy work to inform grantmaking across programmatic areas.

Research & Evidence

We fund and collect data that provides dynamic views of poverty over time, which informs our policy advocacy to improve the lives of low-income New Yorkers.

The issues

Poverty is never just one problem. It’s a child without care, a student falling behind, a family one missed rent payment from losing their home. That’s why we work across seven issue areas: child care, education, health, housing, hunger, jobs, and tech and AI. Each targeted solution helps break the cycle of poverty, from a child’s first years to a worker’s next job.