PROGRAMS & INITIATIVES
WHDC’s priority is to support West Harlem-based community projects by deploying funds contributed by Columbia University pursuant to the CBA through its Grantmaking Program and other activities. WHDC’s strategy is to address the needs of the West Harlem community through collaborations and capacity enhancements of community-based organizations and institutions. Selected projects of organizations must be located in or provide services to the West Harlem community.
Kids & Teens
WHDC supported various scholarships for West Harlem kids and teens to attend summer enrichment camps and programs led by local West Harlem organizations.
West Harlem Arts Alliance
A new community service org, the West Harlem Arts Alliance will be a dynamic and accessible umbrella arts organization providing resources and critical linkages to make West Harlem an important, active and vibrant arts hub Uptown.
West Harlem Older Adult Alliance (WHOAA)
To learn more about WHOAA, including upcoming programs, please email William Hamer, Interim Coordinator, at hasharlem@gmail.com
Columbia University In-Kind Program
Discover how local nonprofits in Manhattan’s CB9 district can access in-kind event space at Columbia.
In the photos above, Kids & Teens: Mama Foundation for the Arts. West Harlem Arts Alliance: 3rd Annual West Harlem Summer Jazz Festival – location: St. Nicholas Park. WHOAA: Pictured (left to right) are Ron Bruno, Morningside Retirement and Health Services; Patricia Watler-Johnson, Riverview Towers; William Hamer, Harlem Advocates for Seniors; Francine Wearing, 3333 Senior Committee; and Carolyn Halpin-Healy, Arts & Minds. Missing from the photo are Deirdre McIntosh-Brown, Jarrell Peaker, Miriam Ortiz, Walter Alexander, Pat Lewis, Tina Ashley, Manuel Alls, Requithelia Allen, Patricia Caldwell, Richard Allman, and Valerie Nesmith. Columbia University In-Kind Program: Silicon Harlem.
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Photo credits to respective organizations unless otherwise noted (left to right, top to bottom): 16th Annual Multicultural Festival (Photographers: Leonard McKenzie and James Harper); Harlem Hafla at Riverbank State Park; Dances for a Variable Population (DVP) (Photographer: Meg Goldman); 3rd Annual West Harlem Summer Jazz Festival in Jackie Robinson Park (Photographer: Michael Palma Mir); CEC Toy Giveaway; Harlem Summer Nights; The new Annunciation Park Track and Field (Photographer: Malcolm Pickley: New York City Parks & Recreation); City College Career Fair; Centro Civico Cultural Dominicano (CCCD).