Community Development Fund
Just Food
Description:
Renewal grant to support creation & expansion of 3-5 CSAs, 15 partnerships between emergency food providers & community gardens, & 8 community-based farmers markets. All activities address the need for fresh, affordable produce in low-income communities.
Renewal grant to support creation & expansion of 3-5 CSAs, 15 partnerships between emergency food providers & community gardens, & 8 community-based farmers markets. All activities address the need for fresh, affordable produce in low-income communities.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: All Ages
Heights and Hills
Description:
Heights and Hills continues to build a sustainable fundraising program through the development of executable plans to retain current donors and to acquire new support. Grant funding will be used to help cover the costs of a fundraising professional.
Heights and Hills continues to build a sustainable fundraising program through the development of executable plans to retain current donors and to acquire new support. Grant funding will be used to help cover the costs of a fundraising professional.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Crown Heights
Fort Greene
Population Served: Families
Adults
Ages Served: Aging, Elderly, Senior Citizens (65+)
Heights Hill Mental Health Service, CAB D/B/A Rainbow Heights Club
Description:
Support for Evening Meals Program, where low-income mental health consumers plan, shop for, prepare, serve and clean up after a hot meal served family style to those participating in the day's activities. This is often clients' only hot daily meal.
Support for Evening Meals Program, where low-income mental health consumers plan, shop for, prepare, serve and clean up after a hot meal served family style to those participating in the day's activities. This is often clients' only hot daily meal.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served: Developmentally Disabled
Adults
Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgendered
Ages Served: Adults (24-65)
Aging, Elderly, Senior Citizens (65+)
Housing + Solutions
Description:
General operating support to sustain and expand supportive services at 9 permanent and transitional group homes for homeless women in recovery and/or recently incarcerated, and their children.
General operating support to sustain and expand supportive services at 9 permanent and transitional group homes for homeless women in recovery and/or recently incarcerated, and their children.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Bushwick
East New York
Population Served: Alcohol, Drug, Substance Abusers
Families
Formerly Homeless
Ages Served: All Ages
iMentor
Description:
Renewal grant to support 38 students in 4 year mentoring relationships at Catherine McAuley High School. BCF provided seed funding to engage iMentor at this successful boarding school serving young women. All graduating students attend college.
Renewal grant to support 38 students in 4 year mentoring relationships at Catherine McAuley High School. BCF provided seed funding to engage iMentor at this successful boarding school serving young women. All graduating students attend college.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bensonhurst
Crown Heights
East Flatbush
Population Served: Youth
Ages Served: High School Students
Young Adults (18-24)
Irondale Ensemble Project
Description:
Support for subsidized theater rental and tech support to productions whose level of excellence, outreach to diverse audiences or national impact helps guarantee the reputation and sustainability of the Irondale Center, and provide increased revenue.
Support for subsidized theater rental and tech support to productions whose level of excellence, outreach to diverse audiences or national impact helps guarantee the reputation and sustainability of the Irondale Center, and provide increased revenue.
Grant Amount: $20,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served: Court Involved Youth
Families
Children
Youth
Adults
Ages Served: All Ages
Harmony Program
Description:
Support for daily afterschool and Saturday music / orchestral instruction at PS 152 which includes training and teacher stipends. Instructors are current students and alumni of Brooklyn College Conservatory.
Support for daily afterschool and Saturday music / orchestral instruction at PS 152 which includes training and teacher stipends. Instructors are current students and alumni of Brooklyn College Conservatory.
Grant Amount: $15,000
Neighborhoods Served: Midwood
Population Served: Educators and Teachers
Children
Adults
Ages Served: Higher Education Students
Hattie Carthan Community Garden
Description:
Grant to support six part advocacy training series for youth and adults interested in learning more about food justice and the food system in Bed Stuy; what is it, why should they care and how they can get involved.
Grant to support six part advocacy training series for youth and adults interested in learning more about food justice and the food system in Bed Stuy; what is it, why should they care and how they can get involved.
Grant Amount: $5,500
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: All Ages
Heart of Brooklyn Cultural Institutions Inc.
Description:
Local match to national IMLS grant to study the issues that both promote and deter six of Brooklyn's premier cultural institutions from meaningful, systemic community collaboration.
Local match to national IMLS grant to study the issues that both promote and deter six of Brooklyn's premier cultural institutions from meaningful, systemic community collaboration.
Grant Amount: $20,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: All Ages
Haiti Cultural Exchange
Description:
A general operating grant to fund all aspects of programming including: Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Literary Arts, Youth Development, Artist Development, Public Forums, Community Building, and Resources and Referrals.
A general operating grant to fund all aspects of programming including: Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Literary Arts, Youth Development, Artist Development, Public Forums, Community Building, and Resources and Referrals.
Grant Amount: $7,500
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served: Immigrants, Newcomers, Refugees
Children
Youth
Adults
Ages Served: All Ages