BK Reader: Nonprofits Supporting Brooklyn Immigrants Get Grant Funding

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Brooklyn Org on Tuesday said it will release $1.8 million in new grants to more than a dozen nonprofit organizations that are providing support to immigrant communities within the borough.

Of the 17 nonprofits receiving grants in this round, nine have an annual budget of less than $2 million, the organization said through a press release.

“Brooklyn Org grants are community-funded and community-decided,” said Dr. Jocelynne Rainey, president and chief executive officer of Brooklyn Org. “These organizations reflect the breadth of needs of Brooklyn communities in this moment, with a particular focus on serving our immigrant neighbors and essential workers, supporting older adults, and investing in neighborhood institutions.”

The 17 Brooklyn nonprofits receiving grants are:

• Age Friendly Central Brooklyn Inc

• United for Brownsville

• Cool Culture

• Documented

• Envision Freedom Fund

• Fort Greene Park Conservancy

• Griot Circle

• Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees

• Kindred Bakery BK

• Laundry Workers Center

• The Opportunity Hub

• Neighborhood Housing Services of Brooklyn

• Project Guardianship

• Street Vendor Project

• The Flossy Organization

• Weeksville Heritage Center

• Worker’s Justice Project

“This grant from Brooklyn Org comes at a critical time as we work to ensure Brooklyn’s Haitian community members know their rights and can defend themselves and their loved ones against increasing surveillance and deportation threats,” said Aline Gue, executive director of Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees. “With this funding, we can expand our community defense and digital organizing campaigns to support recent arrivals, including survivors of gender-based violence, with trauma-informed care that honors their dignity.”