NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR SENIOR CITIZENS INC
EIN 13-2618568 · Human Services (P810)
What they do
NEW YORK FOUNDATION for SENIOR CITIZENS is DEDICATED to HELPING NEW YORKS SENIORS ENJOY HEALTHIER, SAFER, MORE PRODUCTIVE, and DIGNIFIED LIVES IN THEIR OWN HOMES and COMMUNITIES and to HELP THEM AVOID THE NEED for PREMATURE INSTITUTIONALIZATION. ESTABLISHED IN 1968, THE FOUNDATION is THE ONLY NON-PROFIT, NON-SECTARIAN ORGANIZATION SERVING NEW YORKS SENIORS IN ALL FIVE BOROUGHS. OVER THE PAST FOUR DECADES, THE AGENCY HAS GROWN FROM TWO EMPLOYEES and NO FUNDS for THE PROVISION of DIRECT SOCIAL SERVICES to NEW YORK CITYS ONLY NON-PROFIT, NON-SECTARIAN AGENCY, WITH OVER 1,200 EMPLOYEES. THE FOUNDATION NOW PROVIDES OVER 800 UNITS of HOUSING and 35 PROFESSIONALLY ADMINISTERED SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS for TENS of THOUSANDS of ELDERLY NEW YORKERS CITY-WIDE ANNUALLY. THESE INNOVATIVE PROJECTS SERVE AS MODELS for THE DEVELOPMENT of SIMILAR SERVICES for THE ELDERLY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. WERE ALWAYS EAGER to UNDERTAKE INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS THAT BENEFIT THE SENIOR POPULATION.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1971
- Location
- 11 PARK PL RM 1416, NEW YORK CITY, NY 10007-2817
- County
- New York
- In care of
- LINDA HOFFMAN