Who We Back

Organizes low-wage immigrant workers in food service, laundry, and warehouse jobs to fight wage theft, unsafe housing, and workplace exploitation.

Trains low-income young adults for high-paying careers in tech through an alternative education model focused on software engineering and data analytics, with expanding opportunities tied to energy and infrastructure innovation.

Supported through our Brooklyn Energy Initiative, a partnership with the National Grid Foundation, focused on expanding pathways into energy careers.

Provides Mexican and Latin American immigrants with a wide range of services spanning migrant rights, economic justice, mental health, and health and wellness, and encourages community organizing and civic engagement to help immigrants establish sustainable themselves socially and economically.

Equips Brooklyn residents with policy and community education programs, leadership training, and financial services to tackle housing, economic, and environmental injustices across Flatbush, East New York, Brownsville, and beyond.

Runs a community center that connects residents of the Starrett City and East New York area to career prep, benefits counseling, and wellness services, alongside community meals and food grown on-site in its Learning Garden.

Introduces K-12 students to Passive House energy-efficient building design through hands-on STEAM workshops that combine science, climate action, and creative learning.

Celebrates the heritage of Midwood Street by planting roses and barrel planters that beautify the block, deepen neighborhood pride, and honor the area’s rich architectural and cultural history.

This grant was made in partnership with CitizensNYC.

Connects Red Hook youth, young adults, and families to pathways for stability through workforce development, community building programs, afterschool activities, benefits case management, and leadership development opportunities, including pathways into emerging industries.

Supported through our Brooklyn Backs Brooklyn campaign to meet the moment, with a focus on protecting families, and through our Brooklyn Energy Initiative, a partnership with the National Grid Foundation, focused on expanding pathways into energy careers.

Provides pro-bono translation services for displaced people  to support them building a strong legal case for asylum, bridging gaps between social services agencies and refugees while creating employment opportunities by also hiring refugees as interpreters.

Advances community-led climate solutions through solar projects and hands-on workforce training in construction and environmental systems, creating pathways to careers in the green economy while building local power and reducing energy costs.