Goddard Riverside
@goddardriverside.bsky.social
Nonprofit organization based in New York City. We work within a social justice framework to create a fair and just society where all people have the opportunity to make choices that lead to better lives for themselves and their families.
Excited to join @governor.ny.gov and Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, Speaker Menin and other elected officials, providers and advocates for the Governor's announcement of a historic statewide budget proposal toward universal childcare!
January 8, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Excited to join @governor.ny.gov and Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, Speaker Menin and other elected officials, providers and advocates for the Governor's announcement of a historic statewide budget proposal toward universal childcare!
Our Director of External Affairs, @wperiyasamy.bsky.social and Innovation and Justice intern Nia are delighted to be at City Hall today for the election of a new Speaker. Congrats to our longtime friend Julie Menin, who represents some of our Upper East Side programs at @isaacscenternyc.bsky.social!
January 7, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Our Director of External Affairs, @wperiyasamy.bsky.social and Innovation and Justice intern Nia are delighted to be at City Hall today for the election of a new Speaker. Congrats to our longtime friend Julie Menin, who represents some of our Upper East Side programs at @isaacscenternyc.bsky.social!
Happy New Year from everyone at Goddard Riverside! May this year be full of joy and community for all of us!
January 1, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Happy New Year from everyone at Goddard Riverside! May this year be full of joy and community for all of us!
Thanks to @elizabethkim.bsky.social of @gothamist.com
for stopping by our Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center! We look forward to working with the new administration to ensure all New Yorkers can thrive.
gothamist.com/news/the-upp...
for stopping by our Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center! We look forward to working with the new administration to ensure all New Yorkers can thrive.
gothamist.com/news/the-upp...
The Upper East Siders who can’t wait to meet Zohran Mamdani
While the Upper East Side is thought of as one of the city’s wealthiest neighborhoods, there are still plenty of residents who embrace the democratic socialist.
gothamist.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Thanks to @elizabethkim.bsky.social of @gothamist.com
for stopping by our Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center! We look forward to working with the new administration to ensure all New Yorkers can thrive.
gothamist.com/news/the-upp...
for stopping by our Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center! We look forward to working with the new administration to ensure all New Yorkers can thrive.
gothamist.com/news/the-upp...
We are concluding our Days of Compassion with Leila, participant of our recently opened Manhattanville Resource Center. With the office right within her development, Leila has tapped into what it means to bring her community together.
You can check out this, and all our stories, at: buff.ly/0wQhKJ4
You can check out this, and all our stories, at: buff.ly/0wQhKJ4
December 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We are concluding our Days of Compassion with Leila, participant of our recently opened Manhattanville Resource Center. With the office right within her development, Leila has tapped into what it means to bring her community together.
You can check out this, and all our stories, at: buff.ly/0wQhKJ4
You can check out this, and all our stories, at: buff.ly/0wQhKJ4
Our Days of Compassion continue as we highlight the importance of helping. Meet Ian, one of the people working closely with our ACT mobile mental health team.
Check back each day for new stories: Goddard.org/daysofcompassion
Check back each day for new stories: Goddard.org/daysofcompassion
December 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Our Days of Compassion continue as we highlight the importance of helping. Meet Ian, one of the people working closely with our ACT mobile mental health team.
Check back each day for new stories: Goddard.org/daysofcompassion
Check back each day for new stories: Goddard.org/daysofcompassion
It’s Day 4 of our Days of Compassion Week—a time to highlight the rippling effects of kindness. Meet Kenya, who is now thriving and seeks to make the world a better place for her community.
Check back each day for new stories: Goddard.org/daysofcompassion
Check back each day for new stories: Goddard.org/daysofcompassion
December 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It’s Day 4 of our Days of Compassion Week—a time to highlight the rippling effects of kindness. Meet Kenya, who is now thriving and seeks to make the world a better place for her community.
Check back each day for new stories: Goddard.org/daysofcompassion
Check back each day for new stories: Goddard.org/daysofcompassion
Our Days of Compassion continues as we celebrate members of our community who are doing great things. Meet Odalys, whose scholarship and training in our Culinary Arts program has helped open new doors for her.
Check back each day for new stories: Goddard.org/daysofcompassion
Check back each day for new stories: Goddard.org/daysofcompassion
December 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Our Days of Compassion continues as we celebrate members of our community who are doing great things. Meet Odalys, whose scholarship and training in our Culinary Arts program has helped open new doors for her.
Check back each day for new stories: Goddard.org/daysofcompassion
Check back each day for new stories: Goddard.org/daysofcompassion
We are ending the year with a Week of Compassion to celebrate how small acts of compassion can make a world of difference. Meet Kathleen, who found the specialist she needed through the Isaacs Center.
Check back each day for new stories: Goddard.org/daysofcompassion
Check back each day for new stories: Goddard.org/daysofcompassion
December 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We are ending the year with a Week of Compassion to celebrate how small acts of compassion can make a world of difference. Meet Kathleen, who found the specialist she needed through the Isaacs Center.
Check back each day for new stories: Goddard.org/daysofcompassion
Check back each day for new stories: Goddard.org/daysofcompassion
With 2025 wrapping up, we are celebrating the people in our community whose stories reflect the compassion and work we do every day of the year.
Day 1: Meet Petiri, who grew up going to our West Side Beacon After School!
Check back each day for new stories: Goddard.org/daysofcompassion
Day 1: Meet Petiri, who grew up going to our West Side Beacon After School!
Check back each day for new stories: Goddard.org/daysofcompassion
December 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
With 2025 wrapping up, we are celebrating the people in our community whose stories reflect the compassion and work we do every day of the year.
Day 1: Meet Petiri, who grew up going to our West Side Beacon After School!
Check back each day for new stories: Goddard.org/daysofcompassion
Day 1: Meet Petiri, who grew up going to our West Side Beacon After School!
Check back each day for new stories: Goddard.org/daysofcompassion
Wishing you warmth, joy, and peace. We're so grateful that you're part of our community. Thank you for making our holidays bright.
From Goddard Riverside and the Isaacs Center: happy holidays and a wonderful new year! ❄️ ❄️ ☃️
From Goddard Riverside and the Isaacs Center: happy holidays and a wonderful new year! ❄️ ❄️ ☃️
December 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Wishing you warmth, joy, and peace. We're so grateful that you're part of our community. Thank you for making our holidays bright.
From Goddard Riverside and the Isaacs Center: happy holidays and a wonderful new year! ❄️ ❄️ ☃️
From Goddard Riverside and the Isaacs Center: happy holidays and a wonderful new year! ❄️ ❄️ ☃️
We're thrilled that our president, Rod Jones, has been named a Nonprofit Power Player for the second year in a row! Thanks @cityandstateny.bsky.social and PoliticsNY. Read more about Rod in this short interview. politicsny.com/power-lists/...
December 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
We're thrilled that our president, Rod Jones, has been named a Nonprofit Power Player for the second year in a row! Thanks @cityandstateny.bsky.social and PoliticsNY. Read more about Rod in this short interview. politicsny.com/power-lists/...
Make a difference for a student. Our Star Learning Center is looking for virtual volunteers to help our 2nd - 12th graders thrive in their classes.
Join our community by scanning the QR code or visiting: goddard.org/volunteer-at-star-learning-center
Join our community by scanning the QR code or visiting: goddard.org/volunteer-at-star-learning-center
December 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Make a difference for a student. Our Star Learning Center is looking for virtual volunteers to help our 2nd - 12th graders thrive in their classes.
Join our community by scanning the QR code or visiting: goddard.org/volunteer-at-star-learning-center
Join our community by scanning the QR code or visiting: goddard.org/volunteer-at-star-learning-center
¡Acompáñenos a nuestra cena navideña! Goddard Riverside estará sirviendo comida para el público de 12 a 3 PM el Jueves 25 de diciembre en la 593 Columbus Ave (entre la calle 88 y la avenida Columbus). Todos están invitados a comer y pasar tiempo como comunidad.
December 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
¡Acompáñenos a nuestra cena navideña! Goddard Riverside estará sirviendo comida para el público de 12 a 3 PM el Jueves 25 de diciembre en la 593 Columbus Ave (entre la calle 88 y la avenida Columbus). Todos están invitados a comer y pasar tiempo como comunidad.
Join us for a Christmas dinner at Goddard Riverside! We will be serving meals from 12 PM - 3 PM on Thursday, December 25 at 593 Columbus Ave (between 88th St and Columbus Ave). Everyone is welcome to come eat a meal and gather as a community.
December 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Join us for a Christmas dinner at Goddard Riverside! We will be serving meals from 12 PM - 3 PM on Thursday, December 25 at 593 Columbus Ave (between 88th St and Columbus Ave). Everyone is welcome to come eat a meal and gather as a community.
We loved hosting these @fordham.edu students, and our young people and older adult members really enjoyed the performance! now.fordham.edu/campus-and-c...
Students Learn About Theater as a Tool for Social Justice
A Fordham course shows students how to view theater through a social justice lens and become socially engaged artists in their communities.
now.fordham.edu
December 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
We loved hosting these @fordham.edu students, and our young people and older adult members really enjoyed the performance! now.fordham.edu/campus-and-c...
Thanks @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social and @hscny.bsky.social for standing up for nonprofits! Reforms like these are crucial to our financial stability. www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025...
Opinion: City leaders must continue the work to protect and strengthen NYC’s nonprofits
For years, nonprofits have suffered from a complex municipal contracting and payment system that has made their work unnecessarily difficult.
www.cityandstateny.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Thanks @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social and @hscny.bsky.social for standing up for nonprofits! Reforms like these are crucial to our financial stability. www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2025...
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Glad to be w/ @goddardriverside.bsky.social alongside @neweconomyproject.bsky.social & other incredible tenant leaders & community groups on this hopefully last push for COPA passage. More via lead sponsor @sandynurse.bsky.social & David Jones, @cssnyorg.bsky.social : citylimits.org/opinion-new-...
Opinion: New York’s Opportunity for Community Ownership - City Limits
"Passing the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) in 2025 would send a clear message: city policies must shift power back to tenants and communities, not bolster investors trying to price them...
citylimits.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Glad to be w/ @goddardriverside.bsky.social alongside @neweconomyproject.bsky.social & other incredible tenant leaders & community groups on this hopefully last push for COPA passage. More via lead sponsor @sandynurse.bsky.social & David Jones, @cssnyorg.bsky.social : citylimits.org/opinion-new-...
#Nonprofit holiday wish list 🎁
✔ Support workers
✔ Strengthen communities
✔ Fix the nonprofit contracting system
@governor.ny.gov, your signature on S.7001 / A.7616 can help make that all real! Sign today!
#StandWithNonprofits
✔ Support workers
✔ Strengthen communities
✔ Fix the nonprofit contracting system
@governor.ny.gov, your signature on S.7001 / A.7616 can help make that all real! Sign today!
#StandWithNonprofits
December 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
#Nonprofit holiday wish list 🎁
✔ Support workers
✔ Strengthen communities
✔ Fix the nonprofit contracting system
@governor.ny.gov, your signature on S.7001 / A.7616 can help make that all real! Sign today!
#StandWithNonprofits
✔ Support workers
✔ Strengthen communities
✔ Fix the nonprofit contracting system
@governor.ny.gov, your signature on S.7001 / A.7616 can help make that all real! Sign today!
#StandWithNonprofits
We're proud to be at the COPA rally with fellow housing advocates today! The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act would give community land trusts and affordable housing providers (ideally alongside tenants) the first right to buy certain buildings being put up for sale. #TenantPower
December 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
We're proud to be at the COPA rally with fellow housing advocates today! The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act would give community land trusts and affordable housing providers (ideally alongside tenants) the first right to buy certain buildings being put up for sale. #TenantPower
We're doing great on our #TurkeyTuesday goal but we're not there yet—can you help us get across the finish line?
December 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
We're doing great on our #TurkeyTuesday goal but we're not there yet—can you help us get across the finish line?
Give to support our Holiday Meals for the community—and our hunger-fighting programs all year round! goddard.org/holiday/?utm...
December 2, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Give to support our Holiday Meals for the community—and our hunger-fighting programs all year round! goddard.org/holiday/?utm...
Another Thanksgiving 🦃 has come and gone, we had nearly 100 turkeys, almost 1000 cookies, and dozens of volunteers who made it possible to feed hundreds of people today. Thank you to everyone who made it happen! ❤️❤️ ❤️
December 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Another Thanksgiving 🦃 has come and gone, we had nearly 100 turkeys, almost 1000 cookies, and dozens of volunteers who made it possible to feed hundreds of people today. Thank you to everyone who made it happen! ❤️❤️ ❤️
Every Thanksgiving, we give out a piece of knitwear graciously donated to us. Thank you so much to all the organizations who contributed to this event. Know that every thread will go to keeping people warm these holidays.
November 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Every Thanksgiving, we give out a piece of knitwear graciously donated to us. Thank you so much to all the organizations who contributed to this event. Know that every thread will go to keeping people warm these holidays.
Help with heating bills "is available for New Yorkers who own or rent their homes, including for people who pay for their heat as part of their rent." gothamist.com/news/help-wi...
Help with NY residents' energy bills finally coming in December, after shutdown delays
Here's how you can get help avoiding a utility shutoff or getting your power back on.
gothamist.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Help with heating bills "is available for New Yorkers who own or rent their homes, including for people who pay for their heat as part of their rent." gothamist.com/news/help-wi...