Who We Back

Provides cultural, linguistic, and trauma-informed social services to immigrant and refugee families through adult education, youth enrichment, legal support, mental health counseling, and support enrolling in benefits and navigating critical services.

Supported through our Brooklyn Backs Brooklyn campaign to meet the moment, with a focus on protecting families.

Offers trauma-informed mentorship and healing programs that help Black and Latino young men in Bed-Stuy, Brownsville, and Bushwick build emotional resilience and leadership skills. Through summer camps, rites of passage groups, fatherhood workshops, and facilitated spaces for reflection and connection, The B.R.O. Experience Foundation supports young people in building coping skills, stronger relationships, and a sense of purpose.

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.

Serves as a trusted Sunset Park hub for culturally responsive services by pairing counseling and cultural programming with employment support, benefits access, emergency food services, and school-based youth and family programming for immigrant communities.

Supported through our Brooklyn Backs Brooklyn campaign to meet the moment, with a focus on protecting families.

Works towards housing justice and community empowerment through political organizing, youth engagement, and social services, especially for low-income immigrant communities of color.

Prepares young people to run restorative justice circles that address school conflicts before they escalate, teaching peer facilitation, mediation, and accountability; and builds youth voice to advocate for citywide education policies.

Provides a vital safety net in Coney Island by delivering reliable food pantry services for thousands of families each month, while also offering benefits navigation and afterschool support for children in a community with limited nearby services.

Supported through our Brooklyn Backs Brooklyn campaign to meet the moment, with a focus on protecting families.

Provides thousands of low-income families passes for unlimited free access to dozens of cultural institutions citywide—museums, history and science centers, zoos, and more—and hosts neighborhood “Culture Clubs,” where families can experience and create art, connecting with educators and artists.

Serves as an essential neighborhood anchor in Cypress Hills and East New York, connecting families to childcare, youth programming, food access, and health supports through community centers and place-based services that reduce gaps in the local safety net.

Supported through our Brooklyn Backs Brooklyn campaign to meet the moment, with a focus on protecting families.

Provides formerly incarcerated young people with four-month paid learning and skills-building fellowships that equip them with the tools to succeed in the food service industry and become leaders in their community.