Who We Back

Provides emergency shelter, advocacy, and mental health and housing support for survivors of domestic violence from Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian communities in Brooklyn. The center delivers culturally sensitive survivor-led care using a model built on community trust, partnerships with local mosques and organizers, and pathways that help families move from crisis to safety, healing, and leadership.

Equips Central Asian immigrants with legal support, education and workforce training, youth programs, and social services that ease their transition to life in the United States.

Provides a vital safety net in Coney Island by delivering reliable food pantry services for thousands of families each month, while also offering benefits navigation and afterschool support for children in a community with limited nearby services.

Supported through our Brooklyn Backs Brooklyn campaign to meet the moment, with a focus on protecting families.

Supports South Brooklyn’s immigrant, South Asian, and Muslim families with case management that connects neighbors to benefits, emergency food, and mental health services, alongside immigration legal support and ESL and citizenship classes.

Supported through our Brooklyn Backs Brooklyn campaign to meet the moment, with a focus on protecting families.

Creates a joyful, inclusive Queer Prom where LGBTQ+ people of all ages can safely dance, celebrate, and connect in a space that affirms their identities.

This grant was made in partnership with CitizensNYC.

Supports Haitian immigrants and refugees via legal and social services referrals, case management, language classes, Know Your Rights trainings, leadership opportunities, and organizing to build connections and community.

Provides young people in under-resourced communities with mental health and sports programs, creative arts and career training initiatives, and neighborhood festivals and resource giveaways that foster positive pathways.

Provides nutritious meals, wellness programming, cultural activities, and civic engagement events at older adult centers while advocating for language access, healthcare, and housing older adults in South Brooklyn.

Harnesses trauma-informed strength training to help survivors of gender-based violence rebuild physical health, reclaim agency over their bodies, and connect with a supportive community through guided weightlifting.

Builds community in South Brooklyn through inclusive bike rides, free bike tune-ups and safety gear, and neighborhood events that connect cyclists while promoting safer, greener streets.