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The Cecilia Clarke Fund for Nonprofit Leaders

Cecilia Clarke (center) with Tené Howard (left), executive director of the Sadie Nash Leadership Project (SNLP), and Chitra Aiyar (right), former executive director of SNLP at the 2020 Spark Celebration.

To honor the extraordinary services of Cecilia Clarke, former President & CEO, Brooklyn Org is proud to host The Cecilia Clarke Fund for Nonprofit Leaders.

The Cecilia Clarke Fund for Nonprofit Leaders builds upon Cecilia’s passion for leadership development. One of her many accomplishments during her time at Brooklyn Org was the creation of robust capacity building programs for grassroots nonprofits, which include individual and group coaching sessions for leaders of color, fundraising and management workshops, and smaller cohorts for problem solving and idea sharing. Prior to her time at  Brooklyn Org (then Brooklyn Community Foundation), Cecilia founded the Sadie Nash Leadership Project, an award-winning nonprofit that supports the leadership development of young women and gender-expansive youth of color in New York City and Newark.

Annual grants from the Fund will provide capacity building resources, including coaching, training, and skill building, to support executives who face discrimination and barriers to success because of their race and gender.

Donate By Mail

Please make checks payable to “Brooklyn Org” – note The Cecilia Clarke Fund for Nonprofit Leaders in the memo section of the check. Mail checks to:

Brooklyn Org / The Cecilia Clarke Fund for Nonprofit Leaders
Attn: Donor Services
1000 Dean Street, Suite 307
Brooklyn, NY 11238

Additional Ways to Give

Please contact Donor Services at 718.480.7500 or email donorservices@brooklyn.org to discuss alternative methods of giving.