Brooklyn Org is proud to fund impactful work across our communities
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.
Celebrates contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora through exhibitions, public programs, education, and community events that connect art with social justice and neighborhood life.
Supported through our Brooklyn Backs Brooklyn campaign, with matching grant funding to strengthen Brooklyn’s arts and cultural organizations.
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.
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.
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.
Supported in part through our Brooklyn Energy Initiative, a partnership with the National Grid Foundation, focused on expanding pathways into energy careers.
Supports immigrants without legal representation through volunteer-led legal assistance, including application support, court preparation, and “Know Your Rights” clinics that help people understand their rights and respond to shifting immigration policies.