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March 2019

Grantee Spotlight: Brownsville Community Justice Center
March 28, 2019

We recently visited the Brownsville Community Justice Center (BCJC) to learn more about their inspiring work supported by our Invest in Youth grant program. 

Brooklyn Elders Fund: A New Permanent Fund to Care for Brooklyn’s Older Adults
March 27, 2019
Liane Stegmaier
Vice President of Communications and Strategy

We're pleased to announce the launch of the Brooklyn Elders Fund, a permanent fund seeded by $10 million to promote the care and welfare of older adults in Brooklyn. 

For Red Hook, Justice Center is Much More than a Court
March 26, 2019

Read BKLYNER's profile of 2019 Spark Prize winner Red Hook Community Justice Center

Foundation Signs on to "Hate Is Not Charitable" Campaign to Prevent Funding to Hate Groups
March 19, 2019
Damaris Dias
Manager of Donor Services

We are pleased to join together with the Amalgamated Foundation and its partners for the Hate is Not Charitable Campaign, an initiative to prevent funding groups that promote hatred.

The Countdown to Census 2020 Is On! Here’s the Latest In Our Fight to #MakeBrooklynCount
March 7, 2019
Liane Stegmaier
Vice President of Communications and Strategy

It’s been a busy few weeks as we approach the one-year countdown to Census 2020 — which has included an op-ed in the New York Daily News authored by our President and CEO Cecilia, the second meeting of the Brooklyn Complete Count Committee, and a trip to Albany to advocate for $40M in this year’s state budget.

Tell Albany: It’s Time to Make Brooklyn Count
March 4, 2019
Cecilia Clarke
President & CEO

Don't miss our NY Daily News op-ed on why New York needs to fund Census 2020 outreach now.

 
325+ Brooklynites Celebrate Nonprofit Leaders and Changemakers at 3rd Annual Spark Breakfast
March 1, 2019
Liane Stegmaier
Vice President of Communications and Strategy

Thanks to the more than 325 of you who joined us at BAM's Leperq Space for the third annual Spark Breakfast—our largest event yet—where we honored the top five social justice organizations of 2019 with our $100,000 Spark Prize, the only honor celebrating the most pioneering nonprofits advancing equity in Brooklyn.