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University Settlement Society of New York

Description:
Grant to support academic and enrichment programming for 80 middle school youth at the Ingersoll Community Center. USS operates center as part of the DYCD Cornerstone Program.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Fort Greene
Population Served: Youth
Ages Served: Middle School Students
Fund: Green Communities Fund

Partnership with Children, Inc.

Description:
Renewal grant to support Open Heart Open Mind; a school-based, direct service program designed to promote social and emotional learning for at risk middle school students. Program serves 200 students via peer mediation, school newspaper, and a book club.
Grant Amount: $40,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Neighborhoods Served: Fort Greene
Population Served: Children
Population Served: Youth
Ages Served: Children (5-12)
Ages Served: Youth (12-18)
Fund: Education and Youth Achievement Fund

Partnership with Children, Inc.

Description:
Renewal grant to support Open Heart Open Mind; a school-based, direct service program designed to promote social and emotional learning for at risk middle school students. Program serves 200 students via peer mediation, school newspaper, and a book club.
Grant Amount: $40,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Neighborhoods Served: Fort Greene
Population Served: Children
Population Served: Youth
Ages Served: Children (5-12)
Ages Served: Youth (12-18)
Fund: Education and Youth Achievement Fund

Myrtle Avenue Commercial Revitalization and Development Project Local Development Corporation

Description:
Grant to support community planning initiative to engage NYCHA residents and the broader community to revision Park Avenue and the area under the BQE. Residents have begun to address key safety issues & the need to improve access to public transportation.
Grant Amount: $30,000
Neighborhoods Served: Clinton Hill
Neighborhoods Served: Fort Greene
Neighborhoods Served: Navy Yard
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Education and Youth Achievement Fund

Heights and Hills

Description:
Heights and Hills continues to build a sustainable fundraising program through the development of executable plans to retain current donors and to acquire new support. Grant funding will be used to help cover the costs of a fundraising professional.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights
Neighborhoods Served: Fort Greene
Population Served: Families
Population Served: Adults
Ages Served: Aging, Elderly, Senior Citizens (65+)
Fund: Community Development Fund

Evidence Inc.

Description:
Evidence requests support for its annual Summer Dance Workshop Series at Medgar Evers College (MEC) Preparatory School and its dance education partnership with Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation's Youth Arts Academy in 2011.
Grant Amount: $5,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights
Neighborhoods Served: Fort Greene
Population Served: Children
Population Served: Youth
Population Served: Adults
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund

Brooklyn Friends School

Description:
Grant to support academic enrichment program for 60 public school students. Program addresses summer learning loss and seeks to close the achievement gap for students K-3. Youth also learn how to swim and take art classes.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Fort Greene
Population Served: Children
Ages Served: Elementary School Students
Fund: Arts for All Fund

651 ARTS

Description:
Support to engage artists from Brooklyn and beyond to take part in a series of public performances, events, and residencies with the goal of providing unique artist engagement opportunities for adult and student audiences.
Grant Amount: $10,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights
Neighborhoods Served: Fort Greene
Population Served: Educators and Teachers
Population Served: Youth
Population Served: Adults
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Arts for All Fund

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.
Grant Amount: $20,000
Neighborhoods Served: Downtown
Neighborhoods Served: Fort Greene
Neighborhoods Served: DUMBO/Fulton Ferry
Population Served:
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Community Development 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.
Grant Amount: $500
Neighborhoods Served: Canarsie
Neighborhoods Served: Fort Greene
Neighborhoods Served: Greenpoint
Population Served:
Ages Served: Children (5-12)
Ages Served: Adults (24-65)
Ages Served: Aging, Elderly, Senior Citizens (65+)
Fund: Arts for All Fund

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Helping Build in Brooklyn

Habitat for Humanity is known throughout the world for recruiting volunteers to build homes for low-income people. However, this model faces challenges in an urban setting like Brooklyn, where open land is scarce and expensive. 

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