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Best of Brooklyn, Inc.

Description:
Support for the annul Brooklynn Book Festival's Youth Stoop Component of readings by YA authors, on site youth writing workshops, displays by YA publishers, as well as its borough-wide creative writing compeitition for teens.
Grant Amount: $5,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served: Youth
Ages Served: Youth (12-18)
Fund: Arts for All Fund

Brooklyn Children's Museum

Description:
Operating support that will also be used to challenge the Museum's community to increase its particiaption in BCM's social media outlets.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served: Educators and Teachers
Population Served: Families
Population Served: Children
Ages Served: Infant/Children (0-5)
Ages Served: Children (5-12)
Ages Served: Youth (12-18)
Fund: Arts for All Fund

New York Transit Museum

Description:
Support for activities including permanent and temporary exhibitions, related education programs for school groups, activities for older adults and youths with learning disabilities, and administrative and curatorial expenses.
Grant Amount: $5,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served: Educators and Teachers
Population Served: Families
Population Served: Adults
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Arts for All Fund

Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts

Description:
General operating support for the largest performing arts center serving south and central Brooklyn.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Arts for All Fund

St. Ann's Warehouse, Inc.

Description:
Support for US premier of Young@Heart and St. Anns' use of this production to engage a wider local audience by offering discounted group tickets to Brooklyn CBOs.
Grant Amount: $15,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Arts for All Fund

Dancewave, Inc.

Description:
Support for youth dance company to hire a part-time Executive Assistant to assist with outreach / recruitman, and D-Wave in Motion, company's arts-in-education program. This new position will allow Dancewave to reach out to more young people in underserved school districts.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served: Children
Population Served: Youth
Ages Served: Preschool Students
Ages Served: Elementary School Students
Ages Served: Middle School Students
Ages Served: High School Students
Ages Served: Children (5-12)
Ages Served: Youth (12-18)
Fund: Arts for All Fund

Annabella Gonzalez Dance Theater, Inc.

Description:
Support of AGDT's multi style dance residency at P.S. 48 in Bensonhurst.
Grant Amount: $500
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Arts for All Fund

Brooklyn Youth Chorus

Description:
Support for Chorus' financial aid program, which gives children from underserved backgrounds access to BYCA's music education, and allows BYCA's performances to represent a rich tapestry of diverse Brooklyn voices.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served: Children
Population Served: Youth
Ages Served: Children (5-12)
Ages Served: Youth (12-18)
Ages Served: Young Adults (18-24)
Fund: Arts for All Fund

STREB/Ringside Inc.

Description:
Support for Williamsburg-based dance company's community exchange programs including SLAM INCLUSIVE, ACTION CLUB, the Emerging Artist Commissioning Program and education programs for youth.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Arts for All Fund

Brave New World Theatre Inc.

Description:
Support for free, site specific production of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" on the Coney Island Boardwalk by Brooklyn-based theater company.
Grant Amount: $3,000
Neighborhoods Served: Boroughwide
Population Served: Alcohol, Drug, Substance Abusers
Ages Served: Preschool Students
Fund: Arts for All Fund

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