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Dear Friends, I am thrilled to share with you that Variety New York has made its grant decisions for the 2015/16 year. From an extremely competitive pool of over 100 applicants, Variety New York will support 27 outstanding grassroots organizations. This … Read More

By: Jessica Bynoe, Executive Director In this month’s Chronicle of Philanthropy Laurie Michaels, Founder of Open Road Alliance, presents a bold opinion that funder demands, philanthropic power, and lack of candid communication are getting in the way of real results … Read More

  On Saturday March 7th, 2015, over 180 members, supporters, and friends of Young Variety New York attended our annual Open Your Heart event at the Brooklyn Brewery in support of Variety the Children’s Charity of New York.  The event … Read More

Opening Act is thrilled to announce we will be hosting our 9th Annual Benefit Play Reading on April 21st, 2015 at the New World Stages in Manhattan. This year’s event features a live reading of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage’s … Read More

Since 1991, Global Action Project (G.A.P.) has provided creative media-arts programming for underserved youth ages 14-21 throughout New York City. Our mission is to work with youth most affected by injustice and build their leadership, knowledge and skill sets so … Read More

Variety the Children’s Charity of New York has partnered with jewelry designer, Carolyn Gang of SeidenGang Designs in releasing a limited edition heart necklace. The piece entitled “Inspiration Heart” pays homage to the Variety logo and all it stands for. … Read More

Dear Friends, Last year at this time, I wrote to Variety New York’s supporters explaining that over 70% of children in our communities lack access to the arts and the opportunities that do exist continue to decline. I also promised … Read More

The Door – A Center of Alternatives, Inc. was founded in 1972 as a multi-service youth development agency to provide a full range of integrated services at a single site, free of charge to anyone between the ages of 12 … Read More

This year Girl Be Heard is highlighting resilience. Six out of ten girls have or will experience physical or sexual violence in her lifetime. The degradation of women comes in all forms, from advertising to campus sexual assault. One way … Read More

A New Home for Variety New York Dear Friends, I write to you today from an office piled high with boxes, with empty bookshelves and walls stripped bare of children’s pictures and artwork.  It is one of the last days … Read More