About Us
Bigvision is a New York City nonprofit dedicated to building a real community for people in recovery, one built around connection, creativity, and the fullness of a substance-free life. Turns out joy is part of the work too. We were founded in 2015 in memory of Isaac Goldberg Volkmar, who struggled to find a peer community to support his recovery and lost his life to an accidental overdose in 2014. That absence became our purpose. Read his story →
In April 2024, we opened our brick and mortar location, bringing that belief into a permanent home in Midtown Manhattan. A decade in, it turns out a lot of people were looking for exactly this. Our programming is organized around three areas of life we believe matter most.
Arts Creative expression has always been central to how people heal and connect, and honestly? It's also just a really good time. Through the Recovery Arts Project and ongoing arts programming, we've built one of New York City's most distinctive substance-free creative communities. A space where people in recovery can make things, share things, and find each other in the process. Come for the class. Stay for the people.
Sports & Fitness Movement builds community fast, and competition makes it interesting. Our annual 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament is one of the most recognized sober events in the recovery community, drawing players, spectators, donors, and press from across the city. Show up, get moving, or get still. Both count here. The scoreboard is optional. Showing up is everything.
Education Recovery is a lifelong practice, and understanding it shouldn't stop at the people living it. Our educational programming supports people at every stage of their journey, from navigating early sobriety to building careers, routines, and relationships that hold. And it reaches outward: to families, workplaces, and a broader public still learning what addiction really looks like and what meaningful support actually requires.