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Age Friendly Central Brooklyn

Supports healthy aging and addresses isolation among older adults in Central Brooklyn, including a large community of Black elders, with cultural and social outings, scam-prevention and health education workshops, advocating for safe public transit options, and physical fitness activities like dance and yoga.

 

  • Total Awarded $67,500
  • Award Years 2025–2028
Drive Change

Drive Change

Provides formerly incarcerated young people with four-month paid learning and skills-building fellowships that equip them with the tools to succeed in the food service industry and become leaders in their community.

  • Total Awarded $150,000
  • Award Years 2022–2026
Good Call

Good Call

Works to leverage technology to address the challenges faced by low-income New Yorkers in the criminal justice system. Born from extensive research and collaboration with communities heavily affected by policing, especially in Brooklyn, Good Call has become a pivotal resource. They have provided access to early legal intervention for more than 10,000 individuals from marginalized communities facing excessive and unnecessary arrests and unfair treatment by the criminal justice system, dramatically impacting the trajectory of their cases and disrupting the cycle of mass incarceration.

  • Total Awarded $145,000
  • Award Years 2022–2025

GRIOT Circle

Builds community for LGBTQ+ older adults of color with a welcoming space, culturally sensitive services, and member-centered programs that address physical and mental health, create opportunities to socialize, and provide life-affirming caregiving assistance.

  • Total Awarded $180,000
  • Award Years 2023–2028

GrowHouse NYC

Builds Black people’s capacity to become developers of their communities through collective ownership of their artistic production, neighborhood real estate and land, businesses, and cultural institutions.

  • Total Awarded $135,000
  • Award Years 2022–2025

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