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You know, WNYC isn't the only organization celebrating its 100th birthday in New York City this year.

One of our fellow centenarians is the New York

Community Trust, a nonprofit that's been supporting doing good since 1924 to find out more about

their work and what it shows about the city's history and what comes next. And they have

something that you can vote on, which is one of the reasons that we're

doing this, that might determine where some of their grant money goes next.

I'm joined by Amy Freytag, the president of the trust.

Welcome to WNYC.

Congratulations on your organization's longevity.

Oh, thank you, Brian.

What a treat to be with you this morning. Thank you so much.

And I will say by way of full disclosure that the New York Community Trust has a time-supported WNYC.

But let's start with just an explanation of how the New York Community Trust works. Is it a way for

people to leave an endowment to a cause they support?

So individuals leave money through the trust to things that they would like to see it go to?

Absolutely.

So look, it's one of the greatest sort of institutions of New York.

I say that with all deference to the wonderful friends we have at WNYC, but the New York Community Trust is this sort of institutions of New York. I say that with all deference to the wonderful friends we have at WNYC,

but the New York Community Trust is this sort of extraordinary gathering of

generations of generous New Yorkers. We have

both hundreds of bequests that have been left to the betterment of New York and then

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