Education and Youth Achievement Fund
Bonnie Youth Club
Description:
Using baseball to attract student athletes to "Support, Service and Success," funding supports various activities and counseling, to help the Bonnies place its participants in appropriate high schools and colleges.
Using baseball to attract student athletes to "Support, Service and Success," funding supports various activities and counseling, to help the Bonnies place its participants in appropriate high schools and colleges.
Grant Amount: $5,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served:
Ages Served: Children (5-12)
Youth (12-18)
Young Adults (18-24)
Boys Hope Girls Hope of New York, Inc.
Description:
Operating support for two unique Brooklyn-based boarding schools - Catherine McAuley and Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School. All students maintain a 85% average and 100% of graduates go to college.
Operating support for two unique Brooklyn-based boarding schools - Catherine McAuley and Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School. All students maintain a 85% average and 100% of graduates go to college.
Grant Amount: $50,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Brownsville
East Flatbush
Population Served:
Ages Served: Youth (12-18)
Beginning with Children Foundation
Description:
Support to establish a library at CPCS middle school, while purchasing new texts to expand BwCCS's middle school library collection
Support to establish a library at CPCS middle school, while purchasing new texts to expand BwCCS's middle school library collection
Grant Amount: $20,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Clinton Hill
Fort Greene
Greenpoint
Prospect Heights
Williamsburg
Population Served:
Ages Served: Elementary School Students
Middle School Students
Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health
Description:
Support for a college-level science education program serving 140 minority high school students which prepares them for careers in health, and provides science activities to 50 middle school students.
Support for a college-level science education program serving 140 minority high school students which prepares them for careers in health, and provides science activities to 50 middle school students.
Grant Amount: $15,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served:
Ages Served: Middle School Students
High School Students
Arab American Association of New York
Description:
Support for Arab American Family Education Initiative, which provides holistic academic support for youth while empowering parents with the skills to become active in their children
Support for Arab American Family Education Initiative, which provides holistic academic support for youth while empowering parents with the skills to become active in their children
Grant Amount: $15,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages
Arab American Association of New York
Description:
Support for organization's Arab American Family Education Initiative, which provides holistic academic support for youth while simultaneously empowering parents to become active in their children's education.
Support for organization's Arab American Family Education Initiative, which provides holistic academic support for youth while simultaneously empowering parents to become active in their children's education.
Grant Amount: $15,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bay Ridge
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages
Agenda for Children Tomorrow, Bushwick IMPACT
Description:
Support for an Early Childhood Program which targets families with children birth - age 3 who are at risk of educational failure. The Program promotes engaged and responsive parenting, family literacy and early learning.
Support for an Early Childhood Program which targets families with children birth - age 3 who are at risk of educational failure. The Program promotes engaged and responsive parenting, family literacy and early learning.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Bushwick
East New York
Population Served:
Ages Served: Infant/Children (0-5)
Achievement First
Description:
Continued support for the middle school expansion and the launch an elementary academy and a high school component in the fall of 2010.
Continued support for the middle school expansion and the launch an elementary academy and a high school component in the fall of 2010.
Grant Amount: $15,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Fort Greene
Population Served:
Ages Served: Elementary School Students
Middle School Students
High School Students
826NYC
Description:
Support for 826NYC's free one-on-one After-School Tutoring provides students with individualized attention for homework and other projects. This program helps students earn better grades, boost their confidence and become engaged learners.
Support for 826NYC's free one-on-one After-School Tutoring provides students with individualized attention for homework and other projects. This program helps students earn better grades, boost their confidence and become engaged learners.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Gowanus
Park Slope
Williamsburg
Population Served:
Ages Served: Children (5-12)
Youth (12-18)
2011 Applications for Funding Open through 1/31/11
January 1, 2011
Brooklyn Community Foundation is accepting Letters of Inquiry for new and renewed funding requests through January 31, 2011. Please review our guidelines and procedures prior to beginning your online application. The next window in which to submit Letters of Inquiry will take place in July 2011.