Please enjoy this short video about Momentum.

Welcome to the Momentum Project website!  Here you will find information that will give you a glimpse of our organization and the important work we carry out throughout New York City to benefit persons with HIV/AIDS. 

Twenty-one years ago, the Momentum Project began as an all-volunteer organization dedicated to feeding disenfranchised New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS.  Today, Momentum has grown into one of New York City’s largest HIV/AIDS organizations providing food, nutrition and health services at eight locations in four boroughs of the City.

What’s unique about the Momentum model is that our congregate meal and pantry service attracts the hardest-to-reach HIV populations, and that we provide all our services in a communal setting in our clients’ own neighborhoods.  We provide them a non-judgmental and trusting environment, building their confidence and ultimately bringing them into vital HIV care and prevention services.  Annually, our comprehensive team of nurses,   nutritionists,  social workers,

Momentum volunteers serving hot soup.

Momentum Nurse, Barbara Ellis examines a client.

chaplains and other specialists engage more than 3,000 individuals from low-income, HIV/AIDS populations during meals, and educate, counsel, and link them to primary healthcare, mental health and substance abuse treatment, housing and other crucial services.  Momentum works because of the pooling of public and private sector resources, our qualified staff, dedicated board of directors, caring volunteers and the trust of thousands of HIV/AIDS clients and their families.

We are grateful to our supporters that have come with us this far.  We hope that you will stay with us the distance as we continue to sustain health and foster hope for New York City’s most vulnerable citizens – men and women who are living with HIV/AIDS.

Dawn Bryan