About TSFF

People

Leadership matters. We partner with the most effective groups and individual leaders in our region

Organizations

We seed innovative ideas, embrace risk, and seek out partners who make a greater impact

Neighborhoods

We focus on solutions that begin at the neighborhood level, built on deep local understanding

Policy

We combine programs with policy, transforming successes on the ground into long-lasting change

Vanitha Venugopal

Program Director of Community Development and Investment

Vanitha Venugopal

Vanitha Venugopal, program director of community development and investment, has worked in the field for more than two decades, as an urban planner, facilities and policy analyst, and legislative aide. Most recently, she served as a senior program officer for community revitalization at the Surdna Foundation, a national family foundation based in New York City where she developed a portfolio of grants focused on transit-oriented development, energy efficiency retrofits in affordable housing, and building new voices for equity. She is a co-founding member of Chhaya CDC, which provides housing services to South Asians in New York City, and a former board member of Habitat for Humanity-NYC and Asian Americans for Equality. Vanitha holds a Master’s in Community and Regional Planning from Iowa State University, and a Bachelor’s of Architecture from the JNT University in India.