Downtown
Families United for Racial and Economic Equality
Description:
Support to organize low-income residents in Downtown BK and Fort Greene to win preservation of local businesses and community services, the creation of affordable housing and quality jobs, and access to healthy and affordable food.
Support to organize low-income residents in Downtown BK and Fort Greene to win preservation of local businesses and community services, the creation of affordable housing and quality jobs, and access to healthy and affordable food.
Grant Amount: $20,000
Neighborhoods Served: Downtown
Fort Greene
DUMBO/Fulton Ferry
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages
Myrtle Avenue Commercial Revitalization and Development Project Local Development Corporation
Description:
Support for the Myrtle Avenue - Healthy Food For All Initiative, which aims to create community-based solutions to the problem of food insecurity and lack of access to healthy, affordable food for public housing residents in Fort Greene.
Support for the Myrtle Avenue - Healthy Food For All Initiative, which aims to create community-based solutions to the problem of food insecurity and lack of access to healthy, affordable food for public housing residents in Fort Greene.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Clinton Hill
Downtown
Fort Greene
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund
iMentor
Description:
Renewal support for 36 mentees at Catherine McAuley High School (CMHS) during the 2009-10 school year. Young women participate in a structured mentorship program with professional women seeking to support the girls through high school and help them apply to college.
Renewal support for 36 mentees at Catherine McAuley High School (CMHS) during the 2009-10 school year. Young women participate in a structured mentorship program with professional women seeking to support the girls through high school and help them apply to college.
Grant Amount: $20,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bensonhurst
Crown Heights
Downtown
East Flatbush
Prospect Heights
Population Served:
Ages Served: High School Students
Fifth Avenue Committee
Description:
4-year funding for FAC's community development/affordable housing activities in South Brooklyn and beyond. Funds provide support for staff, housing management, planning and capital improvements at the FAC Center to facilitate program expansion.
4-year funding for FAC's community development/affordable housing activities in South Brooklyn and beyond. Funds provide support for staff, housing management, planning and capital improvements at the FAC Center to facilitate program expansion.
Grant Amount: $450,000
Neighborhoods Served: Downtown
Gowanus
Red Hook
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages
Brooklyn Bureau of Community Service
Description:
Support to improve tracking so BBCS can better demonstrate its impact on people's lives. The result will be a robust outcomes measurement plan which will help generate better, cost-efficient programs. Also, support for its Summer Matters program.
Support to improve tracking so BBCS can better demonstrate its impact on people's lives. The result will be a robust outcomes measurement plan which will help generate better, cost-efficient programs. Also, support for its Summer Matters program.
Grant Amount: $30,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Downtown
East New York
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund
Brooklyn Community Foundation Teams With Bank, Food Program
February 19, 2010
FULTON MALL -- A free tax preparation center has opened in Downtown Brooklyn to provide significant financial assistance to low-wage working families and individuals and to give a multi-million dollar boost to New York’s economy.