How We Started

the new york city foundation for the south was established as a way for southerners living in new york city to support the people and places of the states we call home.

Our Mission

It is the foundation's mission to aid and reinforce efforts focused on food, education, housing, and health care to improve quality of life in the deep south.

Our Founding Board

gracie davis, co-founder & president - lafayette, louisiana

john dillon harris, co-founder & vice president - pontotoc, mississippi

hays dubberly, treasurer - jackson, mississippi

will karam, secretary - alexandria, louisiana

sara brown - montgomery, alabama

thomas crumley - new orleans, louisiana

kat echols - birmingham, alabama

hartwell furr - jackson, mississippi

kate hayes - clarksdale, mississippi

mary claire hayes - clarksdale, mississippi

dixon stone - vicksburg, mississippi