Brooklyn Org is proud to fund impactful work across our communities
Expands Mama Joy Abolitionist Walking Tours to celebrate Downtown Brooklyn’s Black liberation history and advances plans to establish an Abolitionist Heritage Center.
This grant was made in partnership with CitizensNYC.
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.
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.
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.
Distributes fresh, regional produce to NYCHA residents through biweekly volunteer-run markets that promote food equity, support local farms, and build community.
This grant was made in partnership with CitizensNYC.
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.
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.
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.
Supports young people who are at risk or living with HIV/AIDS by providing a unique health and mental health program to remove the barriers that often prevent youth from accessing health care.
Provides services that address the needs of older adults as they age to improve their health, well-being, financial security, and physical safety, and to prevent social isolation.