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.
Mobilizes volunteers and faith communities to support immigrants facing detention and deportation through court accompaniment, legal clinics, rapid response to ICE activity, and community organizing.
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.
Builds collective power for immigrant communities by coordinating a statewide network of over 200 immigrant and refugee rights groups advancing campaigns for access to representation, expanded healthcare coverage, and lasting protections for Brooklyn residents facing rising enforcement and instability.
Supported through our Brooklyn Backs Brooklyn campaign to meet the moment, with a focus on protecting rights.
Supports justice-impacted Brooklynites rebuild their lives through reentry planning, housing and benefits navigation, employment support, and family reunification services, while advocating to reduce the barriers people face after incarceration.
Supported through our Brooklyn Backs Brooklyn campaign to meet the moment, with a focus on protecting rights.
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: MJR Love and PFLAG NYC
Neighborhoods: Brooklyn’s Community School District 13, including Brooklyn Heights, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and surrounding communities
The Teach Fabulous! Family Engagement Initiative will support the mental health and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ families, caregivers, and young people across District 13. Through workshops, caregiver support circles, and the development of culturally responsive resources, the initiative will help address isolation and strengthen support systems for Black and brown LGBTQ+ families. The project builds on existing work in schools to create safer, more inclusive environments for students and families.
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.
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
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.
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.