Driving Change Through Community
By engaging in special projects and initiatives throughout the year, FPWA works to achieve our overall mission of a more equitable New York. Read on for more information!
Change
How We Do It › Raising Awareness, Educating & Mobilizing for Change
FPWA leads and co-leads a number of advocacy coalitions and task forces with our Member Agencies and community partners.
By engaging in special projects and initiatives throughout the year, FPWA works to achieve our overall mission of a more equitable New York. Read on for more information!
FPWA engages in special projects and initiatives throughout the year that help to achieve our overall mission of serving New York’s most vulnerable.
Join New York State faith, community and social justice leaders and institutions in the fight for education equity and sign our letter that urges our state’s executive and legislative leadership to prioritize building an equitable pipeline to higher education and high wage jobs for students from underserved communities in this legislative session.
FPWA’s work has a proven impact on communities and lives. Learn about our policy victories.
We can’t create change without you. View our list of current petitions and letters and take action!
Education, campaigns, and initiatives by themselves aren’t enough to create lasting change. FPWA also works through other means to create a more equitable New York.
FPWA shapes and executes a policy agenda that is well-informed, evidence-based, and ground in the realities faced by lower income New Yorkers.
FPWA works to strengthen our Member Agencies, non-profit and faith-based organizations.
FPWA draws on the knowledge, experiences, and lessons learned on-the-ground to inform policy and systems-level change.
Have a question you can’t find the answer to here? Need to contact an FPWA Board member or an FPWA staff member? Reach out to us!
The interactive open data dashboard helps you visualize and track the city budget, with a specific focus on the critical human services funding we rely on.
Don’t forget to also check out our new analysis
FPWA has recently been receiving claims from members of the public emailing and calling our offices that individuals posing as FPWA agents have contacted them claiming that in order for the recipient to claim grant monies from FPWA they must first send the agent personal information, a cell phone number, gift card codes or money.
FPWA does not use social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), text messages or direct phone contact to solicit, review, or make awards. FPWA staff will not call or message you requesting money in order to be eligible for an award.
Further, FPWA does not make grants directly to individuals. FPWA works with its member agency partners and other reputable community-based organizations to direct support to families and individuals in our community.
If you or someone you know has been contacted by someone posing to be an “FPWA Agent” or staff person requesting money to release a grant, please do the following:
If you have questions prior to reporting your incident, view the IC3 FAQs for more information.