Crown Heights

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)
Fund: Community Development Fund

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)
Fund: Arts for All Fund

Discalced, Inc. (dba Mark Morris Dance Group)

Description:
Support for MMDG's community outreach programs, including in-school Dance, Music and Literacy Project, Dance for Parkinsons, NYC Housing Authority Partnership, Subsidized Studio Rental Program and The School at the Mark Morris Dance Center.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights
Neighborhoods Served: Fort Greene
Neighborhoods Served: Williamsburg
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Arts for All Fund

Diaspora Community Services

Description:
Renewal grant to support the HAEP Outreach Coordinator.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights
Neighborhoods Served: East Flatbush
Neighborhoods Served: East New York
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund

Diaspora Community Services

Description:
Diaspora will hire a full time outreach coordinator who will help immigrants impacted by the earthquake access supportive services.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights
Neighborhoods Served: East Flatbush
Neighborhoods Served: East New York
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund

Diaspora Community Services

Description:
Grant to support ESL classes for adult Haitian immigrants seeking improve language skills and employment prospects.
Grant Amount: $12,500
Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights
Neighborhoods Served: East Flatbush
Neighborhoods Served: East New York
Population Served:
Ages Served: Young Adults (18-24)
Ages Served: Adults (24-65)
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund

Diaspora Community Services

Description:
Support to hire an Outreach Coordinator to respond to the complex needs of Brooklyn's large Haitian community by providing one-stop, culturally- and linguistically-competent services to Haitian immigrants.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights
Neighborhoods Served: East Flatbush
Neighborhoods Served: Flatbush
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund

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)
Fund: Arts for All Fund

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
Fund: Education and Youth Achievement Fund

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
Fund: Community Development Fund