Who We Back

Provides access to and ownership of books, builds community, and creates a passion for learning in Brooklyn, aiming to increase the number of 100+ book homes for kids 0-18 in NYC. Bringing neighbors together through free events and literacy-based community programming, they partner with volunteers who bring books to places where they live, work, and play. Brooklyn Book Bodega collaborates with local educators, city officials, and community-based organizations to ensure that literacy is layered into social and family services.

Advances lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer liberation by celebrating, commemorating, and convening LGBTQ+ Brooklyn through socially conscious and culturally responsive programs, partnerships, and advocacy.

Increases access to healthy food, nutritional education, and career and personal development opportunities, and provides free, culinary vocational training to Brownsville residents through its culinary training program. The Center’s multi-week culinary workshops provide neighborhood youth with the opportunity to learn culinary skills alongside industry professionals. And it provides a safe, comfortable space where neighbors can access fresh, healthy, affordable, culturally relevant foods.

Provides grassroots housing advocacy to defend low-income residents from displacement and promote equitable development in Bushwick, a rapidly gentrifying community.

Provides personal care, home health, and housekeeping services through a care management approach to older adults and residents with disabilities in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Delivers and promotes comprehensive care and support services for individuals and families affected by Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, and advances research to eliminate Alzheimer’s disease.

Builds domestic worker and nanny coalitions in Park Slope and Carroll Gardens to advocate for fair wages and labor rights, providing trainings and certifications and strengthening worker protections with community-led solutions.

Supports justice-involved individuals with reentering their communities through workforce programs, advocacy, and public policy development in pursuit of civil and human rights.

Provides legal advocacy, conducts community education campaigns, facilitates research, and builds organizing capacity on behalf of Black New Yorkers and other marginalized groups.

Champions policies and programs that lift children out of poverty, protect them from abuse and neglect, and ensure their access to healthcare and quality education.