Brooklyn Org is proud to fund impactful work across our communities
Advances health equity in Brooklyn through community education, research, and workforce training, including a barbershop and salon initiative that connects residents to trusted health information while building pathways into healthcare careers.
Expands economic opportunity in Central Brooklyn through workforce development, financial empowerment, and community-based programming, connecting residents to careers in growing industries including energy.
Supported through our Brooklyn Energy Initiative, a partnership with the National Grid Foundation, focused on expanding pathways into energy careers.
Develops action-focused research and policy advocacy that centers the experience of BIPOC communities to help shape public discourse around public education, the environment, immigration, and economics.
Supports Black trans femme artists in Brooklyn through community-led programming, event production, and mutual aid that meet both creative and material needs. By offering residencies, emergency grants, free studio space, and public platforms for performance and storytelling—from ballroom events to a hit YouTube series—BTFA invests directly in artists and the sustainability of their creative lives.
Supports veterans with housing assistance, financial coaching, food access, and help navigating complex government benefits, ensuring Black veterans and veteran families of all backgrounds across Brooklyn receive comprehensive and dignified care.
Expands food access through a city-wide pantry network, home grocery delivery, and community farms that double as job training sites, supporting low-income families and communities disproportionately impacted by food insecurity.
Builds domestic worker and nanny coalitions in Park Slope and Carroll Gardens to advocate for fair wages and labor rights, providing trainings and certifications and strengthening worker protections with community-led solutions and affordable housing.
Equips Central Asian immigrants with legal support, education and workforce training, youth programs, and social services that ease their transition to life in the United States.
Works towards housing justice and community empowerment through political organizing, youth engagement, and social services, especially for low-income immigrant communities of color.
Publishes community-led journalism for and about immigrants across New York City to advocate for immigrant rights through policy change, demands for accountability, and research.