Fort Greene
Brooklyn Community Foundation Awarded National Innovation Fund Grant
January 25, 2013
The Convergence Partnership, a collaboration of eight of the nation’s leading funders and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has awarded $150,000 to the Brooklyn Community Foundation to support its work building healthier, more equitable communities.
Established in 2009 as the first and only charitable foundation for New York City’s largest borough, B
Breaking New Ground
January 25, 2013
January 25, 2013
This week, we’re thrilled to announce that the Foundation is one of just 13 in the country to receive a 2012 National Innovation Fund grant. The $150,000 award from the Convergence Partnership supports our work to build a network of healthy food and healthy living strategies in public housing communities in Brooklyn, specifically in Red Hook, Fort Greene, and Brownsville.
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 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.
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
Fort Greene
Population Served: Children
Youth
Ages Served: Children (5-12)
Youth (12-18)
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.
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
Fort Greene
Population Served: Children
Youth
Ages Served: Children (5-12)
Youth (12-18)
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 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
Fort Greene
Navy Yard
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: All Ages
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.
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
Crown Heights
Fort Greene
Population Served: Families
Adults
Ages Served: Aging, Elderly, Senior Citizens (65+)
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.
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
Crown Heights
Fort Greene
Population Served: Children
Youth
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 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.
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
Crown Heights
Fort Greene
Population Served: Educators and Teachers
Youth
Adults
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Arts for All Fund