Brooklyn Org is proud to fund impactful work across our communities
Cultivates creative expression and leadership among Black youth and young people in historically underserved communities through spoken word and arts programming, mentorship, and scholarships that support personal and career growth.
Offers free concerts, music lessons, and interactive workshops and performances, including classes and live music at senior centers, that bring older adults and their caregivers together through shared musical experiences.
Sustains and activates “Brooklyn’s Backyard” through environmental stewardship, restoration, free public programming, and large-scale cultural events that bring Brooklyn communities together.
Supported through our Brooklyn Backs Brooklyn campaign, with matching grant funding to strengthen Brooklyn’s arts and cultural organizations.
Partners with artists, youth, writers, and their chosen communities to collaborate on art projects that use abolitionist decision-making frameworks in order to cultivate joy and promote community safety by combining creative expression with career support wraparound support services.
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.
Stages original theater and youth productions about East New York, centering BIPOC and LGBTQ+ voices through performances, festivals, and post-show community conversations.
Produces contemporary dance-theater and immersive performances that examine Indian and queer perspectives in the Asian American experience.
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.
Promotes community-led sustainability, resiliency, and climate justice through community organizing, education, leadership development, and cultural and artistic expression in Sunset Park.
Combines education, the arts, and a social justice lens to preserve, document, and inspire local community engagement with the cultural center and historical site of Weeksville, one of the largest free Black communities in pre-Civil War America.