CITYMEALS ON WHEELS
Board Co-President
Since its founding in 1981, Citymeals has become woven into the fabric of the city and delivered over 70 million weekend, holiday and emergency meals. Today, Citymeals is the largest nonprofit meals on wheels program in the country.
There are nearly 1.8 million New Yorkers over the age of 60 today. Increasingly, they are women, immigrants and people living alone with limited social support and trying to manage at the poverty line. Among older adults, food insecurity has emerged as a crisis, but little was known about how New York City's food programs are meeting their diverse needs. Citymeals' findings show that hunger is a solvable problem and the potential of programs like ours to provide anti-hunger solutions at scale. With this knowledge, Citymeals is committed to ending elder hunger in New York City by 2040.
For over 25 years, Chef Boulud has hosted the annual Sunday Supper fundraising event at Restaurant DANIEL, inviting notable culinary talents to join him in the kitchen to prepare and serve a sumptuous and inventive multi-course menu. Over the years, Sunday Supper at Restaurant DANIEL has raised more than $20 million to fund home-delivered meals for vulnerable, older New Yorkers who can no longer shop or cook for themselves.
MENT'OR
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Ment’or is a leading 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization devoted to inspiring culinary excellence in young professionals and preserving the traditions and quality of cuisine in America.
Our aim is to build a sustainable community of young American professionals that are knowledgeable and confident in their career pursuits and will be life-long ambassadors of quality and excellence in the world of gastronomy. The organization is dedicated to making the careers of serious young individuals more meaningful and successful by offering them unique educational opportunities, internships, and access to a Culinary Council of established mentors.
Our programs and services are focused on:
- Offering Grants as continuing educational opportunities for culinary professionals looking to expand their culinary education and skill set
- Identifying and promoting young chefs through the “Young Chef & Commis Competitions”
- Selecting and training the most promising young chefs to represent USA at the world’s most prestigious culinary competition, The Bocuse d’Or
- Supporting the culinary community and the individuals who are at the backbone of the restaurants we love through the Ment’or Giving Fund
FOOD1ST
Co-Founder
SL Green and Daniel Boulud established Food1st, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with the objective of alleviating the ongoing food shortage in New York City that became particularly critical during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the support of SL Green's tenants, neighbors, and friends in providing support for this much needed initiative, Food1st has been able to deliver over one million meals to over 360 locations throughout New York City, while also providing employment for hospitality workers during a period of economic uncertainty.
