Financial Aid Services

WISER [The Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement]
Works to provide low and moderate income women (aged 18 to 65) with basic financial information aimed at helping them take financial control over their lives and to increase awareness of the structural barriers that prevent women’s adequate participation in the nation’s retirement systems. 

Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project
A resource and advocacy center that provides programs and works with other community groups to promote financial justice to NYC’s low income communities and communities of color. Programs include Community Financial Literacy and Justice Course, Immigrant Financial Justice Network, and Community Reinvestment Workshop Series. 176 Grand Street, Suite 300,New York, NY, 10013.

212-680-5100     

NYC Financial Justice Hotline
The Hotline does NOT provide information on Bankruptcy, Debt Consolidation and Credit Counseling, Small Claims Court.  Tuesday 12PM- 3PM Wednesday, 12PM - 2PM Thursday, 2PM - 4PM Spanish Speaking Hotline open Thursdays from 2-4pm.

212- 925-4929

Foreclosure Prevention Hotline- South Brooklyn Legal Services

718- 246-3279

Bankruptcy

Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project, Inc.
Bankruptcy specific: For Brooklyn residents only-income eligibility. Offers referrals to pro bono bankruptcy attorneys. There is also a Consumer Debt Program offered, called CLARO, which meets on Thursday nights from 6pm to 8pm in Room 404 in Kings County Civil Court, 141 Livingston Street. Clients meet with an attorney who can advise and assist them, but no direct representation is offered.

General Help- Walk in help is also available Tues-Thurs, from 10am-4pm at the VLP office at 123 Remsen Street, Brooklyn Heights. The VLP has programs in family law, uncontested divorces, consumer debt, and a Senior Legal Education and Assistance Program for the elderly (advance medical directives, wills, etc.) 

718-624-3894

City Bar Justice Center Legal Hotline 
Offers a legal advice hotline, as well as a referral service for low-income residents. Specializes in matrimonial and family law, housing law, domestic violence, bankruptcy, and debt collection and benefits. The Legal Hotline is available to low-income New Yorkers.

Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm at  212-626-7383.                

Bankruptcy Assistance Project Legal Services for New York
Pro-bono legal advice and representation for qualifying low-income New Yorkers, also has bankruptcy assistance clinic.

646-442-3630

Manhattan Legal Services
Provides general legal services for a wide range of legal problems, pro-bono to qualifying low-income people.

Upper Manhattan – 212-348-7449
Lower Manhattan – 646-442-3100

Bankruptcy specific: Runs Bankruptcy Assistance Project Legal Services for New York, a Pro-bono bankruptcy assistance for qualifying low-income New Yorkers.

646-442-3630

Scholarships- Funding for Schools, Grants, Awards, etc.

American Association of University Women
Offers many scholarship sources.

800-326-2289

Women’s Sports Foundation
Dedicated to increasing opportunities for girls and women in sports and fitness through education, advocacy, recognition and grants. Email: wosport@aol.com

800- 227-3988 or 516- 542-4700

The Foundation Center
A library filled with information about grants and scholarships.

212- 620-4230

Professional Women In Construction
PWC Scholarship Program, in partnership with Columbia University's Master of Science in Construction Administration, fully funds the tuition and fees of the 3 year program. 

212-486-7745

Women’s Venture Fund
Microloans for women entrepreneurs.

212- 563-0499

Scholarships for LGBTQ YOUTH

The Point Foundation
Point Foundation provides financial support, mentoring, leadership training and hope to meritorious students who are marginalized due to sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Point Foundation, 1357 Broadway, Suite 401, New York, NY 10018Point Foundation

866-33-POINT (866-337-6468)

The League Foundation
The League Foundation offers three awards for LGBT high school seniors annually:
The Laurel Hester Memorial Scholarship (1 award annually)
The Matthew Shepard Memorial Scholarship (1 award annually)
The LEAGUE Foundation Scholarship (up to 5 awards annually)

703-691-5734

NYNEX Diversity Scholarship Awards
These awards help finance higher education for students from diverse cultural, ethnic, educational and special needs backgrounds. To be eligible, the candidate must reside in NYNEX service territory. The scholarship amount is $2,500.

800-537-4180.