Winners were chosen by a committee of esteemed Brooklynites, including Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, Dr. Uche Blackstock and Maya Wiley, among others
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September 5, 2023
July 11, 2023
Brooklyn Community Foundation, the first and only public foundation solely dedicated to Brooklyn, today announced $1,485,000 in new funding from its Brooklyn Elders Fund to support 14 local nonprofits.
July 5, 2023
The Brooklyn Community Foundation, the first and only public foundation solely dedicated to Brooklyn, has appointed three new members to its Board of Directors: Timothy Simons, Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Forethrough Advisors, LLC., Shaheen Rushd, Former Litigation Attorney at Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman, and Vishal Sheth, Partner and Co-Head of Global FIG at Apollo.
June 29, 2023
Jocelynne Rainey, President and CEO of The Brooklyn Community Foundation, today issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision on race-based admissions policies in higher education.
April 10, 2023
(Brooklyn, N.Y.) — The Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation’s Social Justice Fund and Brooklyn Community Foundation announced today the launch of The Just Brooklyn Prize, a new $100,000 annual award to celebrate five outstanding BIPOC champions in the fight for racial justice in Brooklyn. Each winner of The Just Brooklyn Prize will receive $20,000 in recognition of their contributions to the pursuit of racial and social justice in the borough.
March 1, 2023
City Hall, NY – Today, Speaker Adrienne Adams was joined by her New York City Council colleagues, and several philanthropic foundations to announce a new public-private partnership to support the organizations assisting asylum seekers and communities in New York City.
February 27, 2023
Brooklyn Community Foundation, the first and only public foundation solely dedicated to Brooklyn, today announced that Liane Stegmaier has been promoted to Chief of Staff of the organization. In her new role, she will serve as a key strategic advisor to the Foundation’s President and CEO, Jocelynne Rainey, and will be responsible for the execution of the Foundation’s strategic plan.
January 13, 2023
Brooklyn Community Foundation, the first and only public foundation solely dedicated to Brooklyn, today announced a $500,000 investment in five outstanding nonprofits advancing racial justice in New York City’s largest borough through its 2023 Spark Prize.
December 14, 2022
(Brooklyn, N.Y., December 14, 2022) — Brooklyn Community Foundation announced that its Invest in Youth grantmaking initiative has distributed $2.5 million to 56 youth-serving organizations in 2022 serving communities of color in the borough.
December 13, 2022
NYC Kids RISE, Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative, and Brooklyn Community Foundation make $1.2 Million investment in students of communities with the city’s highest proportion of Black students.
