Brooklyn Org Neighborhood Collective Impact Project Application Clinic
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Neighborhood Collective Impact Projects
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Building on Brooklyn Org’s Neighborhood Listening Tours, we are now accepting proposals for Neighborhood Collective Impact projects that address trending neighborhood concerns and strengthen the capacity of local nonprofits through collaboration.
Applications are due Friday, April 4th.
Since 2022, we have visited every part of Brooklyn through our annual Neighborhood Listening Tours to hold conversations with local leaders and residents on the opportunities and challenges facing our communities. In 2024, we launched the Neighborhood Collective Impact opportunity to provide up to $25,000 each for local nonprofits to address these concerns and build collaboration.
This year, we are again seeking proposals for collective impact projects that work on identified issues. We especially invite proposals for projects that will promote community engagement, local voices, and voter participation in the 2025 municipal election. Brooklyn Org will select three proposals for project-based funding, of up to $25,000 per partnership.
Proposals should include at least two community-based nonprofits organizations partnering together to solve a local need in their neighborhood via direct services, training, base-building, or community-wide activities. Projects should advance racial justice and provide critical resources to BIPOC communities and residents who have been historically disempowered and discriminated against across Brooklyn.
One organization must be identified as the lead and be eligible to receive our grant as either a 501c3 or working under a fiscal sponsor. Lead organizations will be the lead contact for the grant, receive grant monies, and will be responsible for all grant reporting. MOUs between project partners are highly encouraged.
In reviewing proposals, we give preference to projects that:
- Are new.
- The largest budget of any participating organization does not exceed $2m.
- Focus on an underinvested neighborhood in Brooklyn.
- At least one of the applying organizations in the partnership has a physical presence in the neighborhood.
- Nonprofits that were created in direct response to a need in Brooklyn.
- A proposed project that engages additional community stakeholders as part of the planning process.
- A proposed project that addresses trending concerns in Brooklyn informed by our recent Listening Tours and other community engagement activities:
To be eligible to apply, the lead organization must:
- Be incorporated as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization or be working under the auspices of an authorized fiscal sponsor.
- Have a minimum annual budget of $100,000. Grant awards will not exceed 20% of the applying organization’s annual budget.
No phone calls please. For any questions, please email programs@brooklyn.org
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