Community gardens not only beautify neighborhoods and provide avenues for recreation and camaraderie at the local level; they help communities grow.
BrooklynCommunityFoundation
Bushwick
New York Restoration Project
Description:
Support to fund small projects across 21 Brooklyn community gardens. Residents of low-income neighborhoods grow fruits, herbs, and vegetables in the gardens; funding will support small construction projects and workshops.
Support to fund small projects across 21 Brooklyn community gardens. Residents of low-income neighborhoods grow fruits, herbs, and vegetables in the gardens; funding will support small construction projects and workshops.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Bushwick
Fort Greene
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Green Communities Fund
Green Guerillas
Description:
Support for Harvest for Neighborhoods Campaign - a campaign to strengthen food-growing community gardens, increase the harvest in central Brooklyn, and bring garden leaders together.
Support for Harvest for Neighborhoods Campaign - a campaign to strengthen food-growing community gardens, increase the harvest in central Brooklyn, and bring garden leaders together.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Bushwick
East New York
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Green Communities Fund
Agenda for Children Tomorrow, Bushwick IMPACT
Description:
Support for the Early Childhood Program which targets families with children birth - age three who are at risk of educational failure. The Program promotes engaged and responsive parenting, family literacy and early learning through five key activities.
Support for the Early Childhood Program which targets families with children birth - age three who are at risk of educational failure. The Program promotes engaged and responsive parenting, family literacy and early learning through five key activities.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Bushwick
East New York
Population Served: Families
Immigrants, Newcomers, Refugees
Children
Ages Served: Infant/Children (0-5)
Maura Clarke - Ita Ford Center
Description:
Operating support for the ESL program and the Entrepreneurship program. MCIF sponsors two coops where woman and men create crafts to sell to community members. Partnership with BK Federal Credit Union allows members to have a bank account.
Operating support for the ESL program and the Entrepreneurship program. MCIF sponsors two coops where woman and men create crafts to sell to community members. Partnership with BK Federal Credit Union allows members to have a bank account.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Bushwick
Population Served: Immigrants, Newcomers, Refugees
Ages Served: Young Adults (18-24)
Adults (24-65)
Make the Road New York
Description:
Support for Education for Justice Initiative. It provides individual and group civics and organizing skill training to thousands, ESOL and computer training to thousands and after-school and college preparation to hundreds of young people each year.
Support for Education for Justice Initiative. It provides individual and group civics and organizing skill training to thousands, ESOL and computer training to thousands and after-school and college preparation to hundreds of young people each year.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bushwick
East New York
Williamsburg
Population Served: Immigrants, Newcomers, Refugees
Youth
Adults
Ages Served: Youth (12-18)
Young Adults (18-24)
Adults (24-65)
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.
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
Bushwick
Crown Heights
Population Served: Educators and Teachers
Youth
Ages Served: High School Students
Community Voices Heard
Description:
Operating support to develop tenant leaders in Brooklyn public housing developments. They will focus in particular, but not exclusively, on developing leaders at the Kingsborough Houses, Red Hook Houses and ENY Houses.
Operating support to develop tenant leaders in Brooklyn public housing developments. They will focus in particular, but not exclusively, on developing leaders at the Kingsborough Houses, Red Hook Houses and ENY Houses.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Brownsville
Bushwick
Ocean Hill
Population Served: Families
NYCHA Resident
Ages Served: Young Adults (18-24)
Adults (24-65)
Aging, Elderly, Senior Citizens (65+)
Churches United for Fair Housing
Description:
Operating support for comprehensive outreach and public education campaign about affordable housing in Bushwick, Williamsburg and Bedford Stuyvesant.
Operating support for comprehensive outreach and public education campaign about affordable housing in Bushwick, Williamsburg and Bedford Stuyvesant.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Bushwick
Williamsburg
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: All Ages
Ojo de Agua Arte Y Produccion
Description:
Support for Year 4 of the New Children/New York youth film workshop, which teaches Bushwick youth filmmaking and shows their films publicly.
Support for Year 4 of the New Children/New York youth film workshop, which teaches Bushwick youth filmmaking and shows their films publicly.
Grant Amount: $2,500
Neighborhoods Served: Bushwick
East Williamsburg
Population Served: Immigrants, Newcomers, Refugees
Youth
Ages Served: Youth (12-18)
Young Adults (18-24)
Fund: Arts for All Fund
Cora Inc.
Description:
Red Hook dance school requests support to help fund its in-school work at PS 15. and "pay what you can" onsite afterschool arts education programs for Pre-K to second graders.
Red Hook dance school requests support to help fund its in-school work at PS 15. and "pay what you can" onsite afterschool arts education programs for Pre-K to second graders.
Grant Amount: $5,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bushwick
Red Hook
Population Served: Immigrants, Newcomers, Refugees
Children
Ages Served: Preschool Students
Elementary School Students
Fund: Arts for All Fund
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