Does your nonprofit provide local communities with: Narcan and Narcan Training; Overdose Prevention Kits; Fentanyl Testing Strips; and/or Substance Abuse/Misuse Services? Brooklyn Org is offering grants of up to $5,000 for one year to groups in Brooklyn that provide addiction and harm reduction services.
Brooklyn Org’s monthly nonprofit newsletter provides information on nonprofit resources, jobs, and funding; below you’ll find some highlights from this month’s edition. To share your resources and job listings for our next issue, please email us at press@brooklyn.org.
Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School’s innovative work study program is looking for community partners! In this program, students will attend classes four days a week and intern one full day a week–from September to June, during all four years of high school, and the revenue generated by the program is used to offset the cost of tuition. If your organization is interested in mentorship and youth workforce development, contact Alan Garcia, VP of Corporate Work Study, at agarcia@cristoreybrooklyn.org to learn more.
The Institute for Nonprofit Practice’s RISE Fellowship is a leadership development program where Fellows learn how mission-driven, social impact organizations function, develop essential leadership skills, and build a deep network to propel their careers. Nominations are open for candidates with five or fewer years of work experience in the social impact sector; the cohort will meet virtually from January to June 2024. Nominate a candidate here.
The following organizations are hiring for multiple positions this month:
For more listings, please see our full newsletter.
The Catalogue of Philanthropy
a catalog of capacity-building tools for small nonprofits including 80+ live webinars, workshops, panels, and an online resource library. Admission to the annual National Small Nonprofit Summit is also included.
Nonprofit New York
A public database of vetted vendors who can help you reduce costs and increase productivity by outsourcing back-office tasks.
Canva
Nonprofits can access all the premium features of Canva Pro – an online graphic design and visual communication platform – for up to 50 people in your organization, for free.
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
A free online resource that helps organizations design communication strategies to advance your organization’s policy, advocacy and programmatic goals.
PennPAC
Teams of University of Pennsylvania alumni-volunteers tap their business acumen to help nonprofits address key areas such as strategic growth planning and fundraising; marketing and communications, and more.
Building Movement Project
An automated race equity assessment process to help nonprofits develop the foundational capacities needed to foster more race equity in their workplaces.
NYS Nonprofit Equitable Economies Coalition
A survey to research procurement policies and practices in order to learn about best practices and/or challenges local nonprofits encounter around contracting BIPOC vendors.
East New York Community Land Trust
ENYCLT is working in coalition with organizations in East New York and Brownsville to create a community masterplan for 8 city-owned sites in the East Brooklyn Industrial Business Zone (IBZ).
Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) allows the use of designated meeting rooms at its neighborhood branches by community and nonprofit groups and organizations for meetings that are educational, cultural, or civic in nature.
