Brooklyn Org is proud to fund impactful work across our communities
Mobilizes a membership network of over 100 aging and senior service organizations to strengthen services older New Yorkers rely on—from senior centers and home-delivered meals to caregiver support and affordable housing—while advocating for city and state funding that helps Brooklyn elders age equitably and with dignity.
Supported through our Brooklyn Backs Brooklyn campaign to meet the moment, with a focus on protecting rights.
Creates and preserves affordable housing through homeownership education, financial assistance, foreclosure/eviction prevention counseling and support, and property management services for residents in underserved neighborhoods including East Flatbush and Canarsie.
This grant is part of the Neighborhood Collective Impact Project, which provides funding for local nonprofit collaborations addressing concerns raised through Brooklyn Org’s annual Listening Tours and 2025 People’s Pulse survey.
Nonprofit Partners: Magnolia Tree Earth Center and Liminal
Neighborhoods: Bedford Stuyvesant
The Bed-Stuy University is a collaborative project by Magnolia Tree Earth Center and Liminal that envisions a neighborhood-based platform for skill-building, housing stabilization, and cultural preservation. Responding to rising costs and displacement in Bed-Stuy, the project positions the Magnolia Tree Earth Center as the hub for this community-driven “university.” During this incubation phase, the initiative will engage youth and residents in developing foundational skills in spatial design, construction, real estate literacy, and experiential marketing, while building a network of residents, homeowners, and local businesses.
Supports South Asian and Indo-Caribbean survivors of gender-based violence with crisis intervention, counseling, legal advocacy, housing support, and survivor-led services shaped by cultural understanding and language access, while advancing community organizing and policy change.
Founded in Brooklyn in 2019, S.T.O.P. protects civil rights by confronting the expansion of discriminatory surveillance technologies, like facial recognition tools, that threaten privacy and deepen racial and religious profiling of overpoliced communities. As a leading advocacy organization and legal services provider, S.T.O.P pairs community-led digital safety trainings with litigation, research, and policy advocacy to equip communities across Brooklyn and beyond with tools to protect their rights and drive systemic change.
Supports families across Brownsville through affordable housing development and early childhood programming, using public data and insights from local residents and businesses to improve the overall quality of life in the neighborhood.
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 tenant power in Brownsville and East Brooklyn by organizing residents into tenant associations, supporting eviction defense, and advancing pathways to community homeownership that helps tenants fight displacement, secure repairs, and remain in their homes.