The Robin Hood Foundation is a non-profit foundation based in New York, NY. The foundation focuses on finding, funding, and creating programs and schools that generate meaningful results for families in New York's poorest neighborhoods. Since its founding, Robin Hood has distributed more than $1.45 billion in grants and initiatives to hundreds of New York City-based soup kitchens, homeless shelters, schools, job training programs and other vital services which give New York's neediest citizens the tools they need to build better lives for themselves and their families. The foundation is governed by the board of directors.