NEW YORK, NY – Last night, more than 3,000 New Yorkers attended Robin Hood’s annual benefit at the Javits Center to power the philanthropy’s mission to fund opportunity and pathways out of poverty in New York City. The annual benefit raised $68.5 million, an increase of 6.5% in contributions over 2023’s annual event. Since 1988, Robin Hood has invested nearly $3 billion to help New Yorkers permanently escape poverty over the last three decades. 100% of the proceeds will fund local grantmaking to provide emergency food, permanent housing, high-quality education, job training and placement in high-growth sectors, access to benefits and legal services, and more as the number of New Yorkers living in poverty surges to 2 million.
May 14, 2024