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BrooklynCommunityFoundation
Canarsie
Dance Theatre Etcetera
Description:
Support for the 2011-12 activities of the Arts for At Risk Youth: In-School and After-School program that serves 650 youth and helps them achieve academic success and connect to their communities through the arts.
Support for the 2011-12 activities of the Arts for At Risk Youth: In-School and After-School program that serves 650 youth and helps them achieve academic success and connect to their communities through the arts.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Canarsie
Red Hook
Population Served: Educators and Teachers
Youth
Adults
Ages Served: Youth (12-18)
Young Adults (18-24)
Adults (24-65)
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund
United Community Centers
Description:
Support for an internship program for youth ages 13-18 since 2000. ENY Farms engage 24 youth each year in an intensive, 9-month internship program in which the youth learn leadership development through operating urban gardens and farmers markets.
Support for an internship program for youth ages 13-18 since 2000. ENY Farms engage 24 youth each year in an intensive, 9-month internship program in which the youth learn leadership development through operating urban gardens and farmers markets.
Grant Amount: $35,000
Neighborhoods Served: Brownsville
Canarsie
East New York
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Green Communities Fund
Rabbit Hole Ensemble
Description:
Support of Theatre for Communities Project 2010. This project brings free access to theatre to approximately 300 low-income and formerly homeless children and family members throughout Brooklyn.
Support of Theatre for Communities Project 2010. This project brings free access to theatre to approximately 300 low-income and formerly homeless children and family members throughout Brooklyn.
Grant Amount: $500
Neighborhoods Served: Canarsie
Fort Greene
Greenpoint
Population Served:
Ages Served: Children (5-12)
Adults (24-65)
Aging, Elderly, Senior Citizens (65+)
Fund: Arts for All Fund
Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York
Description:
Renewal grant to provide immigration legal services in the heart of the Haitian community to help US citizens and lawful permanent residents reunite with family members in Haiti & assist Haitians stranded in the US apply for Temporary Protected Status.
Renewal grant to provide immigration legal services in the heart of the Haitian community to help US citizens and lawful permanent residents reunite with family members in Haiti & assist Haitians stranded in the US apply for Temporary Protected Status.
Grant Amount: $20,000
Neighborhoods Served: Canarsie
East Flatbush
Flatbush
Population Served:
Ages Served: Young Adults (18-24)
Adults (24-65)
Aging, Elderly, Senior Citizens (65+)
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund
Lutheran Social Services of Metropolitan New York
Description:
Support for legal services at the Haitian Family Support Center; a new initiative created by the First Church of the Bretheren to respond to the needs of Haitian immigrans impacted by the January 10, 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
Support for legal services at the Haitian Family Support Center; a new initiative created by the First Church of the Bretheren to respond to the needs of Haitian immigrans impacted by the January 10, 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
Grant Amount: $20,000
Neighborhoods Served: Canarsie
East Flatbush
Flatbush
Population Served:
Ages Served: Young Adults (18-24)
Adults (24-65)
Aging, Elderly, Senior Citizens (65+)
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund
Jewish Community Council of Canarsie
Description:
The Food Pantry Enrichment Program will increase the value of JCCC's current emergency food services by increasing the nutritional value of the food packages, the accessibility of the food pantry, and volunteer engagement.
The Food Pantry Enrichment Program will increase the value of JCCC's current emergency food services by increasing the nutritional value of the food packages, the accessibility of the food pantry, and volunteer engagement.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Canarsie
Mill Island
Starrett City
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund
Faculty Student Association at SUNY Downstate
Description:
Support of senior health education program.
Support of senior health education program.
Grant Amount: $500
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Brownsville
Bushwick
Canarsie
Crown Heights
East Flatbush
East New York
Flatbush
Flatlands
Fort Greene
Kensington
Midwood
New Lots
Prospect Heights
Population Served:
Ages Served: Adults (24-65)
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.
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
Canarsie
Red Hook
Population Served:
Ages Served: High School Students
Adults (24-65)
Brooklyn Defender Services
Description:
Support funds clinics held at the Haitian Centers Council. BDS partners with the volunteer bar to provide TPS and other immigration-related legal services. BDS has expertise in the field of criminal justice and maintains close partnership with the DA
Support funds clinics held at the Haitian Centers Council. BDS partners with the volunteer bar to provide TPS and other immigration-related legal services. BDS has expertise in the field of criminal justice and maintains close partnership with the DA
Grant Amount: $20,000
Neighborhoods Served: Canarsie
East Flatbush
Flatbush
Population Served:
Ages Served: Young Adults (18-24)
Adults (24-65)
Aging, Elderly, Senior Citizens (65+)
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund
brooklyn ballet
Description:
Dance residencies at 4 schools serving public housing projects in Brooklyn includes conservatory scholarships for gifted students.
Dance residencies at 4 schools serving public housing projects in Brooklyn includes conservatory scholarships for gifted students.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Canarsie
Vinegar Hill
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Arts for All Fund
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