Where support goes

Support residents. Protect home.

Bowery Lives Matter supports the people who live at the Sunshine Hotel and 125 Bowery, formerly known as the Providence. These residents have built lives, relationships, and community in homes that are too often treated as temporary or disposable.

The project began through listening, portrait-making, and conversations at the Sunshine Hotel. It continues by keeping residents visible, preserving their stories, and supporting their effort to remain rooted in the Bowery.

What your support does

This fund supports ten people: three at the Sunshine Hotel, 241–245 Bowery, and seven residents and former residents of 125 Bowery, the old Providence Hotel. Many are elderly or disabled.

Donations cover:

• Food and drinking water
• Clothing and laundry
• Hygiene supplies and clean bedding
• Pest treatment
• Necessary repairs, done safely by qualified people
• A housing attorney experienced in SRO cases. This is a major priority.

Inside the Sunshine

How the money is handled

Anna Barratt is the organizer and receives the funds. She posts updates on GoFundMe showing what the money paid for. Receipts, not faces. Residents stay anonymous unless they choose otherwise.

See the public records on the Sunshine buildings.