The Fortune Society is a New York City-based non-profit organization that provides support to the formerly incarcerated. Some of the services offered include help with finding housing and jobs, adjusting to civilian life, and educational opportunities..
Founder David Rothenberg recalls one of our first Alternative to Incarceration (ATI) participants: a young man sent to Fortune by a judge instead of prison after he was arraigned for gang activity.
Become a part of Fortune, and join us in our work to support successful community reentry and promote the creation of a fair, humane, and truly rehabilitative
How do I contact the Fortune Society?
Call the 24/7 HOPEline at 1-877-8-HOPENY or Text HOPENY (467369)
The Fortune Society provides the following housing programs: For more information about this program, visit The Fortune Society
How do I get to the Fortune Society in Queensboro?
You can also take the 7, N, or W trains to Queensboro Plaza
We are located in a large brown brick building just past the construction site
There are two entrances with the “29-76” address on it
Ours is the one at the far end of the building
You will see a blue and white sign on the building that says “The Fortune Society
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What does the Fortune Society do?
At the Fortune Society, we live our mission and try to draw from the population that we serve
This is reflected by the approximately half of our staff who have criminal justice histories or report that they are persons in recovery and over 80% of our staff who are from communities of color
Fortune society careers
British occultist and author (1890–1946)
Dion Fortune was a British occultist, ceremonial magician, novelist and author. She was a co-founder of the Fraternity of the Inner Light, an occult organisation that promoted philosophies which she claimed had been taught to her by spiritual entities known as the Ascended Masters. A prolific writer, she produced a large number of articles and books on her occult ideas and also authored seven novels, several of which expound occult themes.
The Fortune Society is a New York City-based non-profit organization that provides support to the formerly incarcerated. Some of the services offered include help with finding housing and jobs, adjusting to civilian life, and educational opportunities. It was founded by David Rothenberg in 1967 as a result of his experience at Riker's Island while researching for the play Fortune and Men's Eyes.
British actor
Jacob Fortune-Lloyd is an English actor. He has played the role of Francis Weston in the BBC series Wolf Hall (2015), Francesco Salviati in Medici (2018), Townes in the Netflix chess period drama The Queen's Gambit (2020), and Grigory Petrov in The Great (2023). In film has appeared in Crooked House (2017), Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), See How They Run (2021) and Bodies (2023).
Robert Fortune was a Scottish botanist
Scottish botanist, plant hunter and traveller
Robert Fortune was a Scottish botanist, plant hunter and traveller, best known for introducing around 250 new ornamental plants, mainly from China, but also Japan, into the gardens of Britain, Australia, and the USA. He also played a role in the development of the tea industry in India in the 19th century.
The Fortune Cookie is a 1966 American black comedy
1966 film by Billy Wilder
The Fortune Cookie is a 1966 American black comedy film directed, produced and co-written by Billy Wilder. It was the first film in which Jack Lemmon collaborated with Walter Matthau. Matthau won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance.
Thomas Fortune Ryan was an American tobacco
American businessman and philanthropist
Thomas Fortune Ryan was an American tobacco, insurance and transportation magnate. Although he lived in New York City for much of his adult career, Ryan was perhaps the greatest benefactor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond in the decades before the Great Depression. In addition to paying for schools, hospitals and other charitable works, Ryan's donations paid for the construction of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Richmond, Virginia. Ryan also made significant donations to Catholic institutions in New York City and Washington, D.C.
Timothy Thomas Fortune was an American orator
African American orator, civil rights leader, journalist, writer, editor and publisher
Timothy Thomas Fortune was an American orator, civil rights leader, journalist, writer, editor and publisher. He was the highly influential editor of the nation's leading black newspaper The New York Age and was the leading economist in the black community. He was a long-time adviser to Booker T. Washington and was the editor of Washington's first autobiography, The Story of My Life and Work. Fortune's philosophy of militant agitation on behalf of the rights of black people laid one of the foundations of the Civil Rights Movement.
