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Girls for Gender Equity

Girls for Gender Equity

Ensures that NYC youth have a safe place to achieve academic excellence, be community leaders, and maintain healthy lifestyles, and strives to eliminate sex discrimination through community organizing.

  • Total Awarded $350,000
  • Award Years 2021–2026
Green City Force

Green City Force

Engages young adults from public housing in service and training programs focused on sustainability, clean energy, and environmental justice, preparing them for careers in the green economy.

Supported through our Brooklyn Energy Initiative, a partnership with the National Grid Foundation, focused on expanding pathways into energy careers.

  • Total Awarded $185,000
  • Award Years 2021–2027

The HOPE Program

Provides comprehensive job training, career readiness, and employment placement services for New Yorkers facing barriers to work, with growing pathways into energy and infrastructure sectors.

Supported through our Brooklyn Energy Initiative, a partnership with the National Grid Foundation, focused on expanding pathways into energy careers.

  • Total Awarded $50,000
  • Award Years 2026–2027

Imani’s Safehouse

Supports women and girls impacted by violence and incarceration through housing and benefits navigation, direct aid, and survivor-informed policy advocacy.

  • Total Awarded $5,000
  • Award Years 2026–2027

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

Jews for Racial and Economic Justice

Organizes Jewish communities to advocate for housing justice, migrant rights, caregiver support, and to challenge systemic racism through grassroots campaigns, political education, direct action, and strategic partnerships.

  • Total Awarded $90,000
  • Award Years 2024–2026

LiveOn NY

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.

  • Total Awarded $85,000
  • Award Years 2024–2026

Loving You Into Freedom

Supports individuals and families impacted by incarceration through reentry coaching, family reunification services, mentorship programs for youth, and legal and workforce resources that promote healing and long-term stability.

  • Total Awarded $2,500
  • Award Years 2026–2027

The Marcy Lab School

Trains low-income young adults for high-paying careers in tech through an alternative education model focused on software engineering and data analytics, with expanding opportunities tied to energy and infrastructure innovation.

Supported through our Brooklyn Energy Initiative, a partnership with the National Grid Foundation, focused on expanding pathways into energy careers.

  • Total Awarded $50,000
  • Award Years 2026–2027

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