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Brooklyn Org By The Numbers: 2025 Year In Review

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With your partnership in 2025, Brooklyn Org strengthened communities across the borough, reaching more people, expanding our programs, and showing what it looks like when Brooklyn Backs Brooklyn. Your steadfast support enabled us to distribute over $20.65M to nonprofits in 2025 through our Donor Advised Funds and strategic grants—bringing our total to over $150M since 2009! 

We’re pleased to share highlights of our work from 2025 below, with a look at how we are supporting nonprofits through funding and capacity building programming, building our community of Donor Advised Fund holders, and connecting neighbors through events across the borough. Behind every number is a Brooklyn story, and none of this would be possible without the unmatched generosity, dedication, and leadership of Brooklynites like you.

$20.65M+ Distributed to nonprofits in 2025 through strategic grantmaking & BKO Donor Advised Funds

Our Brooklyn Org Donor Advised Fund Community

$17.39M Granted from BKO Donor Advised Funds

$8.5M+ From BKO Donor Advised Fund grants went to Brooklyn-based nonprofits

1,300+

Grants made from BKO Donor Advised Funds

41%

Of all BKO DAF grants supported Brooklyn-based nonprofits

71%

Of all BKO DAF grants supported NYC-based nonprofits

Top Areas Supported By Our Strategic Grantmaking In 2025

$3.26M

In strategic grants to Brooklyn nonprofits

90

Brooklyn nonprofits funded through donor-supported community-led grantmaking at Brooklyn Org

56

Community members served on Brooklyn Org grantmaking councils

Connecting Brooklyn Neighbors To Community Through Our Work

2,200+ Attendees joined us at major events

2,000+ Brooklynites reached through community cultural programs

700+ Nonprofit professionals participated in 40+ capacity building events

100+ BKO-supporting items sold at the BK Made store

Amplifying Local Nonprofits With Our Annual Brooklyn Gives Crowdfunding Campaign Around GivingTuesday

$1.3M+

Raised for local nonprofits on our Brooklyn Gives platform

3,730

Donors supported local organizations through our Brooklyn Gives platform

100

Brooklyn-serving nonprofits received donations through the Brooklyn Gives platform

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