About Us
Who We Are
ANHD builds community power to win affordable housing and thriving, equitable neighborhoods for all New Yorkers. As a member organization of community groups across New York City, we use research, advocacy, and grassroots organizing to support our members in their work to build equity and justice in their neighborhoods and city-wide. We believe housing justice is economic justice is racial justice.
ANHD values justice, equity and opportunity. We believe in the importance of movement-building that centers marginalized communities in our work.
Since our founding in 1974, ANHD has been helping to make New York City’s community development and grassroots neighborhood-based groups among the most effective in the country by providing comprehensive training, robust capacity-building and apprenticeship programs, and high-impact policy research.
ANHD’s non-profit members have built over 123,000 units of affordable housing in our city’s most distressed neighborhoods; worked directly with tenants and homeowners to save thousands of at-risk affordable apartments and homes; and consistently shaped the housing and economic development policy landscape to better meet the needs of low- and moderate-income New Yorkers.
Today, ANHD is committed to serving our member organizations and the causes they fight for, as they work in some of New York City’s most marginalized, distressed, and struggling neighborhoods, directly touching the lives of approximately 450,000 low- and middle-income New Yorkers annually.
Team
Board
As set by ANHD’s by-laws, our organization’s Board of Directors is composed of up to 15 Executive Directors and Senior Staff from our member organizations. Our Board members leverage their deep knowledge of the communities we are fighting for, and expertise in community development policy and practice, to provide oversight to ANHD and its operations.
ANHD’s Board of Directors
Chair
Bernell Grier
Former Executive Director
NHSNYC and IMPACCT Brooklyn
Treasurer
Scott Short
Senior Advisor
RiseBoro Community Partnership
Secretary
Aron Kurlander
Director of Economic Development & Chief Lending Officer
Greater Jamaica Development Corp.
Board Members
Annetta Seecharran
Executive Director
Chhaya CDC
Brandon Kielbasa
Director of Organizing & Policy
Cooper Square Committee
Christie Peale
CEO & Executive Director
Center for NYC Neighborhoods
Gregory Anderson
President & CEO
Bridge Street Development Corporation
Michelle de la Uz
Executive Director
Fifth Avenue Committee, Inc. (FAC)
Nancy Carin
Executive Director
Business Outreach Center Network
Sheila Garcia
Lead Organizer
Mothers on the Move
Membership
ANHD is proud to provide over 80 New York City community groups with the support and resources needed to do impactful local work and to shape the city-wide policies and decisions related to affordable housing and equitable economic development.
Renewing your membership?
If you are a new non-profit looking to become a member, we’re happy to provide more information on benefits, eligibility, and process below.
ANHD Member Benefits
Participation in Our Coalition / Committee Work
- Join a network of 80+ groups who collaboratively work to build equity and justice in our neighborhoods and city-wide.
- Members help determine what coalitions and committees we convene and set their priorities. These spaces allow you to gain support and insight from non-profits from across the city who are strategically advocating for key policies and decisions that affect our neighborhoods.
Capacity Building and Technical Assistance Support:
Members can access individualized and group-based support to help strengthen and expand staff and organizational capacity. This includes one-on-one conversations with and training from our expert staff, access to our two long-term leadership development programs (Center for Community Leadership and Community Development Graduate Fellowship), and training from outside experts in the field.
| Access to ANHD Staff | Center for Community Leadership (CCL) | Community Development Graduate Fellowship (CDGF) |
|---|---|---|
| Members can call on ANHD staff for individualized and group-based assistance with the work they’re focused on. For example, in the past, we’ve held training on the CRA and organizing tactics for member groups; we’ve also supported CDCs with various site analysis support. | ANHD members get exclusive access to participate in our organizing Apprentice program and discounted pricing for our CCL Organizing Academy’s Introductory and Advanced courses. | Another member-only training benefit, wherein ANHD members can apply for a Fellow who works on a specific, high-impact community project at your organization for ten months. In past years, many host sites have hired their fellow. |
Additional benefits include:
- Budget advocacy support: ANHD annually coordinates our members around the advocacy needed to sustain initiatives and create new ones that fuel our work at the city and state levels.
- Fight Forward Event Series: ANHD members get discounted registration for our Fight Forward Event Series – the next step in the evolution of our Annual Community Development Conference.
- News, research, and information: ANHD members receive exclusive ANHD member-only emails with first-look information on our research and available resources and support for your work.
- Promotion: ANHD members have their organizational logo and contact information listed on our website, and we regularly promote our members on social media.
Eligibility for and Types of ANHD Membership
ANHD membership is reserved for neighborhood-based and city-wide organizations that share our mission and the missions of our member groups. We have both Full Membership and Affiliate Membership statuses.
Full Membership is designated for neighborhood-based not-for-profit organizations with affordable housing and/or equitable economic development as a central mission component. Full members have access to the entire range of ANHD’s projects and services and vote for and may serve on the ANHD Board of Directors. Annual membership dues are set on a sliding scale based on the member’s core operating budget.
Affiliate Membership is designated for city-wide not-for-profit organizations with affordable housing and/or equitable economic development as a central mission component. Affiliates may access the full range of ANHD services but do not have voting privileges.
Process
If you would like to become an ANHD Member, please email our Director of Operations, Lauren Nye, at Lauren.n@anhd.org. She will provide you with an application, which our Board Membership Committee will review.
Our Members
Our Supporters
ANHD receives support from individuals, nonprofit and government agencies, foundations, corporations, and financial institutions. Collaboratively, we work to empower low- and moderate-income New Yorkers and communities across all five boroughs.
We thank the following supporters for their investment in ANHD:
FOUNDATIONS
- The Altman Foundation
- The Ford Foundation
- Hyde & Watson Foundation
- Mertz Gilmore Foundation
- NeighborWorks America
- Neighborhoods First Fund
- New York Foundation
- Robert Sterling Clark Foundation
- Robin Hood Foundation
- Scherman Foundation
- Trinity Wall Street Foundation
CORPORATIONS
- Apple Bank
- BankUnited
- BNY Mellon
- Capital One
- Citi
- Con Edison
- Deutsche Bank
- Dime Community Bank
- Goldman Sachs
- Goldstein Hall
- HSBC
- JPMorgan Chase
- M&T Bank
- Morgan Stanley
- MUFG Union Bank Foundation
- New York Community Bank
- Ridgewood Savings Bank
- Santander Bank
- Sterling National Bank
- The Wright Group
- Valley National Bank
- Wells Fargo
GOVERNMENT
- New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
- New York City Department of Small Business Services
- New York State Homes and Community Renewal
If you are interested in joining the movement and supporting ANHD, please contact our Director of Operations at Lauren.n@anhd.org. Please also contact her if you would like a copy of our most recent audit.
Contact Us
Address
50 Broad Street
Suite. 1402
New York, NY 10004-2699
Phone: 212-747-1117
Fax: 212-747-1114
Closest Subway Stops
The 2, 3, 4, & 5 to Wall Street Station
The J & Z to Broad Street Station
The A & C Fulton Street Station
The R & W to the Rector Street Station