University Settlement partners with 40,000+ New Yorkers of all ages in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn every year to build on our collective strengths as we achieve healthy, stable, and remarkable lives. For nearly 140 years, we’ve fought poverty and systemic inequality by building highly effective social services in collaboration with our neighbors.

Established in 1886 as the first Settlement House in the United States, we bring the values of that movement into the 21st century by meeting New Yorkers where they live, listening deeply to all perspectives, and creating space for responsive collaboration.

There are multiple ways to contribute to University Settlement. You can make a secure gift on your runner's page, mail a check to 184 Eldridge Street, New York, NY 10002, contact your Donor Advised Fund, allocate IRA distributions, or transfer stocks gifts or securities.

Questions about our work or your donation? Email giving@universitysettlement.org