Who We Back

Connects low-income residents to careers in HVAC, construction, building operations, and electrical work through credentialed training, paid internships, and direct job placement with industry partners.

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

Combines dance with technology and engineering education, empowering girls of color to pursue STEM careers through creative, hands-on learning experiences.

Supported through our Brooklyn Backs Brooklyn campaign, with matching grant funding to strengthen Brooklyn’s arts and cultural organizations.

Conducts grassroots labor organizing to support the rights of street vendors—NYC’s smallest small businesses—using public education, business and leadership development, legislative advocacy, and direct legal support to expand vending as a viable, lawful employment option for immigrants and other entrepreneurs

Fosters a supportive, compassionate alternative for canners — people who collect empty beverage containers to then redeem for five cents each — to access redemption services that create pathways for their financial, social, and environmental empowerment.

Promotes community-led sustainability, resiliency, and climate justice through community organizing, education, leadership development, and cultural and artistic expression in Sunset Park.

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 therapy, case management, court advocacy, and restorative justice circles as well as everyday needs like groceries, haircuts, and daily-living support in a trusted drop-in space for young men affected by gun violence and incarceration.

Trains young adults for careers in welding and advanced manufacturing through a paid, hands-on apprenticeship inside a professional fabrication shop.

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

Creates pathways to economic independence for women impacted by trauma and incarceration through digital literacy trainings, entrepreneurship programs, and career coaching.

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.