Who We Back

This grant is part of the Neighborhood Collective Impact Project, which provides funding to address concerns raised during Brooklyn Org’s annual Listening Tours.

Nonprofit Partners: Liminal SP & Brownsville Community Justice Center

The Beyond Memorial project aims to reclaim public spaces associated with gun violence and community trauma by incorporating thoughtful solutions such as intentional lighting in place of NYPD light towers that cause sound and light pollution; hosting nighttime activations in under-utilized spaces to deter crime; and incorporating creative-environmental strategies to improve safety conditions at the Rockaway Ave. 3 train station.

This grant is part of the Neighborhood Collective Impact Project, which provides funding to address concerns raised during Brooklyn Org’s annual Listening Tours.

Nonprofit Partners: Naturally Occurring Cultural Districts NY, Inc., The Singing Winds, Casa Cultural, Bangladesh Institute of Performing Arts, Arts & Democracy and ArtBuilt

The Kensington Cultural Council will coordinate a series of multilingual public cultural events including family arts workshops, sewing circles, dance and ESL classes, storytelling, concerts, and forums reflecting the traditional cultures of immigrant families. To address a lack of community space, the group will carry out a planning process for a neighborhood cultural hub that includes office and studio space for local artists and cultural organizations; a large conference room for public workshops, meetings and forums; and storage for shared equipment.

Provides Black women with a land-based healing program, farm programs, crisis intervention and mental health services, reproductive health services, and retreats in upstate New York.

Combats income-based housing discrimination with tenant-led tech tools, direct advocacy, and data analysis that hold landlords accountable and promote the rights of low-income voucher holders.

Builds the collective power of migrants and other under-served residents through community leadership and organizing, including working with street vendors  — many of whom are immigrant women — to open and run a market in Sunset Park.

Provides immigrant women with holistic support and case management services, from safety planning to secure emergency housing and medical assistance, to ESL, Know Your Rights, financial literacy and  job training courses, and connection to vital resources for women without access to other social service agencies.

Connects foster youth with permanent families via family finding, parent training, youth trauma therapy, and more to ensure that they have safe and secure support systems that allow them to thrive.