Spring 2017 Issue of Affordable Housing News Highlights The Doe Fund’s Work
The Doe Fund’s work in affordable and supportive housing was recently featured in the Spring 2017 issue of Affordable Housing News. View the article below.
The Doe Fund’s work in affordable and supportive housing was recently featured in the Spring 2017 issue of Affordable Housing News. View the article below.
Hundreds tuned in to watch Tomorrow Works, which brought together a cross section of leaders to inspire action and investment. New York, NY— The Doe Fund joined forces with corporate leaders, policymakers, economists, academics, and philanthropists at Tomorrow Works, a virtual convening to confront COVID-19, mass unemployment, and the enduring struggle for racial and…
On June 5th, The Doe Fund’s Harlem Center for Opportunity held its annual summer barbecue in appreciation of all the men and women who do exemplary work for the organization. Some set the bar every day in how they approach their work, while others have held the organization up for years and continue to contribute…
Fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his powerful “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom While progress has been made, we have not come close to realizing this dream. New York City’s poverty rate is up to 21% percent in the poorest communities of every…
On June 6, our president and founder George McDonald was honored by sister organization The Bridge with their Partners in Caring Inspiration Award. He delivered the following remarks about the early days of New York’s homelessness crisis and The Bridge’s role in saving a life nearly lost on the city’s streets. Susan and I go…
When Lakeisha was 2 years old, her father Tony went to prison. He wasn’t released until she was 29. Lakeisha and Tony can’t get those 27 years back. The Holidays were especially tough for Lakeisha. “I spent a lot of years sad and angry because I wasn’t able to wake up on Christmas with my…
COVID-19 has upended our society, causing unemployment and homelessness to skyrocket across the country while pushing racial injustice to the forefront of national dialogue. Never before has our work been more needed: providing individuals and families with histories of addiction, poverty, homelessness, and incarceration with the tools to lift themselves out of poverty, into the…