Older Adults
Older adults are vital to Brooklyn and deserve safe options to remain in their homes and neighborhoods
of older adults who live in Brooklyn are immigrants
The second largest population of older adults across the state is in Brooklyn – 15.6% of the borough
of food bank visitors in NYC are older adults
Our Approach
Even though Brooklyn has the second largest population of adults over the age of 65 out of any county in New York State, the needs of our borough’s elders are often overlooked. Brooklyn Org is dedicated to honoring older Brooklynites who have shaped our borough into what it is today by uplifting care-centered organizations who provide holistic health, social, and legal services to older adults while also preserving their self determination and decision making. Our commitment to supporting elders is seeded with $10 million from two field of interest funds—CABS Community Foundation and the Fund for the Health & Integrity of Seniors—held permanently at Brooklyn Org. The source of the funds are the result of two closed nursing homes, assets from which will now remain in and continue to serve older adults in Brooklyn.
Nonprofit Resources
Brooklyn Org provides holistic support and resources to nonprofits across the borough, from funding to capacity building, and more.
Who We Back
- Access Justice Brooklyn
- Asian American Federation
- BloomAgainBklyn
- Breaking Ground
- Bridge Street Development Corporation
- Brooklyn Community Pride Center
- CABS Health Network
- CaringKind
- Council of Peoples Organization
- The Doula Program
- Heights and Hills
- Project: Cultivate Green
- Release Aging People in Prison
- The YWCA of Brooklyn
Working In Partnership With
