Bedford Stuyvesant

Global Kids

Description:
Renewal grant to support Global Kids in school and after school curriculum at High School for Global Citizenship. Programming includes college prep, gender-based programming and orientation for all incoming ninth graders.
Grant Amount: $20,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights
Neighborhoods Served: Flatbush
Population Served:
Ages Served: Youth (12-18)

First Quincy Thumb Garden

Description:
Support of free arts & crafts workshops at First Quincy Community Garden.
Grant Amount: $400
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages

Faculty Student Association at SUNY Downstate

Description:
Support of senior health education program.
Grant Amount: $500
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Neighborhoods Served: Brownsville
Neighborhoods Served: Bushwick
Neighborhoods Served: Canarsie
Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights
Neighborhoods Served: East Flatbush
Neighborhoods Served: East New York
Neighborhoods Served: Flatbush
Neighborhoods Served: Flatlands
Neighborhoods Served: Fort Greene
Neighborhoods Served: Kensington
Neighborhoods Served: Midwood
Neighborhoods Served: New Lots
Neighborhoods Served: Prospect Heights
Population Served:
Ages Served: Adults (24-65)

Exalt Youth

Description:
Support for innovative youth internship program which will serves 165 court-involved New York City youth, ages 15-19
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Neighborhoods Served: East New York
Neighborhoods Served: Flatbush
Population Served:
Ages Served: High School Students
Ages Served: Youth (12-18)
Ages Served: Young Adults (18-24)

Evidence Inc.

Description:
Support for Brooklyn-based touring dance company's annual Summer Dance Workshop Series at Medgar Evers College and its partnership with the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation's Youth Arts Academy.
Grant Amount: $5,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights
Neighborhoods Served: Fort Greene
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages
Ages Served: High School Students
Ages Served: Youth (12-18)

Dance Theatre Etcetera

Description:
Support for the Youth Engagement through the Arts program, which uses arts-based strategies to help chronically truant teens at three recently-opened public transfer high schools in Brooklyn stay in school and off the streets.
Grant Amount: $7,500
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Neighborhoods Served: Canarsie
Neighborhoods Served: Red Hook
Population Served:
Ages Served: High School Students
Ages Served: Adults (24-65)

Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn

Description:
Funding will support direct training and service activities for The Young Artists Program, pre-professional dancers aged 14-21, who routinely graduate to college conservatory programs and or paid professional jobs.
Grant Amount: $15,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights
Neighborhoods Served: Fort Hamilton
Population Served:
Ages Served: Youth (12-18)
Ages Served: Young Adults (18-24)

Coro New York Leadership Center

Description:
Support for Exploring Leadership, a civic leadership program for low income, Brooklyn public high school students. The program is a model for how civic education can lead to more engaged and economically self-sufficient youth.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Neighborhoods Served: Bushwick
Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights
Population Served:
Ages Served: High School Students

Consortium of Brooklyn Brownstone Civic Associations

Description:
Support to produce the annual postcard which publicizes BK Civic Association's spring and autumn house tours.
Grant Amount: $500
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Neighborhoods Served: Boerum Hill
Neighborhoods Served: Brooklyn Heights
Neighborhoods Served: Clinton Hill
Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights
Neighborhoods Served: Fort Greene
Neighborhoods Served: Park Slope
Neighborhoods Served: Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages

Community Roots Charter School

Description:
Support for afterschool program that includes a snack, one period of homework help and one period of enrichment across multiple disciplines including test preparation, music, dance, foreign language, fine arts, chess and physical fitness.
Grant Amount: $20,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Neighborhoods Served: Clinton Hill
Neighborhoods Served: Fort Greene
Population Served:
Ages Served: Elementary School Students