Community Services
Community based organizations play a critical role in supporting neighborhood needs through advocacy, service, education, sports, the arts, and more. Washington Heights and Inwood are home to scores of groups dedicated to enhancing the lives of local residents.
Learn more about the organizations working tirelessly on behalf of Washington Heights and Inwood residents.
Arts
- Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Jazz Power Initiative(link is external and opens in a new window)
- New York Public Library - Fort Washington Branch (link is external and opens in a new window)
- Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance(link is external and opens in a new window)
- People’s Theatre Project(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Seven Stories Institute (Word Up Books)(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Washington Heights Community Conservatory of Fine Arts(link is external and opens in a new window)
Business & Workers
- 125th Street Business Improvement District (link is external and opens in a new window)
- The Chamber of Commerce of Washington Heights & Inwood(link is external and opens in a new window)(link is external and opens in a new window)
- New York Women’s Chamber of Commerce(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Unite Here Local 100(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Washington Heights BID(link is external and opens in a new window)
Food
- City Harvest(link is external and opens in a new window)
- La Puerta Estrecha Food Pantry(link is external and opens in a new window)
- God’s Love We Deliver(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Washington Heights Ecumenical Food Pantry(link is external and opens in a new window)
- West Side Campaign Against Hunger(link is external and opens in a new window)
Homelessness
Immigrant Support
Parks & Recreation
- City Life Is Moving Bodies (CLIMB)(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Conservancy North(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Fort Tryon Park Trust(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Friends of Inwood Hill Park(link is external and opens in a new window)
- New York Restoration Project(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Riverside Park Conservancy(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Volunteers for Isham Park(link is external and opens in a new window)
Seniors
- ARC XVI Fort Washington(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Dyckman Senior Center(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Isabella Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Riverstone Senior Life Services(link is external and opens in a new window)
Social Services
- Catholic Charities(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Community Association of Progressive Dominicans(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Community League of the Heights (link is external and opens in a new window)
- Dominican Women's Development Center(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Inwood Community Services, Inc. (link is external and opens in a new window)
- Metropolitan Council on Housing(link is external and opens in a new window)
- New York Cares(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Northern Manhattan Improvement Corporation(link is external and opens in a new window)
- P.A.L.A.N.T.E. Harlem (link is external and opens in a new window)
- Part of the Solution (POTS)(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Salvation Army(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Washington Heights CORNER Project(link is external and opens in a new window)
- WE ACT for Environmental Justice(link is external and opens in a new window)
- YM & YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood(link is external and opens in a new window)
Youth
- Behind the Book(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Children's Arts and Sciences Workshops, Inc.(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Fort George Community Enrichment Center, Inc. (link is external and opens in a new window)
- Fresh Youth Initiatives (link is external and opens in a new window)
- Nido de Esperanza(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Operation Exodus(link is external and opens in a new window)
- School in the Square(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Uplift NYC(link is external and opens in a new window)
Other
- The Armory Foundation (link is external and opens in a new window)
- Community Board 12(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Morris Jumel Mansion(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Moving Forward Unidos(link is external and opens in a new window)
- Washington Heights and Inwood Development Corporation (link is external and opens in a new window)