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Immigrant Youth

Welcome Asylum Seekers to NYC - Give By April 30th
March 16, 2023
Jenny Walski
Vice President of Donor Engagement (She/Her/Hers)

This Spring, we're mobilizing Brooklynites to aid the newest New Yorkers. Every dollar donated to our Immigrant Rights Fund now through April 30th will go to further support for asylum seekers.

$2.5M For Youth, Decided By Youth: An Investment in Brooklyn’s Future
December 15, 2021

We are proud to announce $2.5M in grants to 55 organizations through our Invest in Youth initiative in 2021, determined for the first time in partnership with our new council of youth advisors. 

Our Commitment to Immigrant Rights: How We Compare Nationally and What We’ve Learned along the Way
May 9, 2019

The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy published a striking report recently on funding for pro-immigrant movements by U.S. foundations.  Among their findings is that barely 1% of all money granted by the 1,000 largest U.S. foundations was intended to benefit immigrants and refugees

Grantee Spotlight: El Puente
July 28, 2017
Daniel-Joseph Cyan
Communications Intern

As a Brooklyn Youth Fellow, I got to see one side of grantmaking by helping in the process of creating, reviewing, and accepting applications for the Youth Voice Awards. Now as a Foundation intern, I get to see another important side of grantmaking: going on site visits to see our grantees programming firsthand, starting with El Puente in Bushwick.

New Grants Support Immigrant Families Facing Deportation
June 21, 2017
Liane Stegmaier
Chief of Staff (She/Her/Hers)

Today, we are proud to announce new grants through our Immigrant Rights Fund, a special initiative created by our donors in the weeks after the 2016 presidential election to build a boroughwide response to unjust government policy changes threatening Brooklyn’s immigrants and their families.

Grantee Spotlight: Black Alliance for Just Immigration
March 23, 2017

Through our Immigrant Rights Fund, we’re supporting BAJI’s comprehensive outreach to Black Muslim immigrants.

Grantee Spotlight: Arab American Association of New York
March 15, 2017

Through our Immigrant Rights Fund, we’re supporting AAANY’s advocacy and organizing in Brooklyn’s Muslim immigrant communities.

 

Immigrant Rights Panel Draws Hundreds to Brooklyn Museum
February 14, 2017
Liane Stegmaier
Chief of Staff (She/Her/Hers)

More than 500 people came out to the Brooklyn Museum last week in spite of nearly a foot of snow for "Defending Immigrant Rights: A Brooklyn Call to Action," which featured a critical conversation with local leaders working on the frontlines of the fight for immigrant rights.

 
A Lesson in Activism: Brooklyn Youth Fellows Rally for Immigrant Rights
January 17, 2017

My first national march on Washington, DC was as a teenager and it instilled in me a lifetime of activism.

Lessons from the Past: What Post-9/11 Advocacy Can Teach Us about Fighting for Brooklyn Immigrant Rights Today
January 12, 2017

In 2002, I moved to Brooklyn's Flatbush/Midwood neighborhood. As an immigrant and a recent resident of Brooklyn, this neighborhood—with its bustling Pakistani and Bangladeshi businesses and the sounds of Urdu and Bangla from families walking on the streets—felt like home. Being able to have the essential curry leaves and lentils a stone’s throw away from home, was an added bonus.

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