Brooklyn Org is proud to fund impactful work across our communities
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.
Provides pro-bono translation services for displaced people to support them building a strong legal case for asylum, bridging gaps between social services agencies and refugees while creating employment opportunities by also hiring refugees as interpreters.
Provides culturally informed care for Black families through holistic health education, culturally attuned reproductive and mental health support, and traditional healing practices that address gaps in medical systems.
Advances community-led climate solutions through solar projects and hands-on workforce training in construction and environmental systems, creating pathways to careers in the green economy while building local power and reducing energy costs.
Supported in part through our Brooklyn Energy Initiative, a partnership with the National Grid Foundation, focused on expanding pathways into energy careers.
Organizes bus and subway riders to advocate for faster, more reliable, and affordable public transit, including campaigns to improve service and expand reduced-fare access for low-income Brooklynites.
Supports South Asian and Indo-Caribbean survivors of gender-based violence with crisis intervention, counseling, legal advocacy, housing support, and survivor-led services shaped by cultural understanding and language access, while advancing community organizing and policy change.
Connects low-income residents to careers in HVAC, construction, building operations, and electrical work through credentialed training, paid internships, and direct job placement with industry partners.
Supported through our Brooklyn Energy Initiative, a partnership with the National Grid Foundation, focused on expanding pathways into energy careers.
Conducts grassroots labor organizing to support the rights of street vendors—NYC’s smallest small businesses—using public education, business and leadership development, legislative advocacy, and direct legal support to expand vending as a viable, lawful employment option for immigrants and other entrepreneurs
Founded in Brooklyn in 2019, S.T.O.P. protects civil rights by confronting the expansion of discriminatory surveillance technologies, like facial recognition tools, that threaten privacy and deepen racial and religious profiling of overpoliced communities. As a leading advocacy organization and legal services provider, S.T.O.P pairs community-led digital safety trainings with litigation, research, and policy advocacy to equip communities across Brooklyn and beyond with tools to protect their rights and drive systemic change.