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Hook Arts Media

Connects young people in transfer high schools and Red Hook community programs to arts, media, and technology training that builds creative skills, digital literacy, and pathways to college and careers.

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

  • Total Awarded $10,000
  • Award Years 2026–2026

Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy

Serves as a cultural hub for Black families in Central Brooklyn through Africana-centered arts education, rites of passage programming, and holistic youth development rooted in the traditions of the African diaspora.

  • Total Awarded $180,000
  • Award Years 2021–2027

Immigrant Children Advocates' Relief Effort (ICARE)

Connects unaccompanied immigrant children to legal and social services through a citywide referral network while leading rapid-response advocacy, policy monitoring, and court support that safeguard young people facing deportation.

  • Total Awarded $135,000
  • Award Years 2025–2028

Kings Against Violence Initiative (KAVI)

Addresses violence as a public health issue through hospital, school, and community-based programs, including bedside intervention for survivors of violence, restorative justice programs in schools, and youth leadership initiatives that help young people heal from trauma and lead community safety efforts.

  • Total Awarded $280,000
  • Award Years 2021–2027

Mindfulness & S.T.E.A.M. Lab

Cultivates joyful, healing-centered learning environments for BIPOC and immigrant youth in NYC public school through programs integrating mindfulness, social-emotional learning, wellness education, and hands-on STEAM education.

  • Total Awarded $7,500
  • Award Years 2026–2027
Neighbors in Action

Neighbors in Action

Provides Bedford Stuyvesant and Crown Heights community members with a hub where they can seek resolutions for interpersonal conflict and be connected with resources that promote safety, healing, and wellness, with programs that range from anti-gun violence work to youth services.

  • Total Awarded $105,000
  • Award Years 2023–2026

The NY Birth Control Access Project

Equips young people to expand access to birth control and reproductive options in Brooklyn and statewide through legislative training, work on college campuses, and paid professional development that prepares them for public service careers.

  • Total Awarded $45,000
  • Award Years 2025–2026

Octavia Project

Equips girls and gender-expansive youth of color with opportunities to explore STEM, art, and writing through summer camps, afterschool programs, and workshops rooted in Afrofuturism and creative expression.

  • Total Awarded $108,000
  • Award Years 2026–2029

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