Community Fund Grants
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| Organization | Year | Amount | Initiative | Program | Project Description | Neighborhoods |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation | 2015 | $40,000 | Invest in Youth | Invest in Youth Grant Program | Support for Future of Tomorrow, a youth organizing group seeking to address racial and educational justice in Cypress Hills, with a focus on campaigning to implement restorative justice practices at the Franklin K. Lane Educational Campus. | Cypress Hills |
| Dance Theatre Etcetera | 2015 | $25,000 | Invest in Youth | Invest in Youth Grant Program | Operating support for arts and media leadership programs based in Red Hook, for low-income young people of color, with a focus on overage/under-credited students and disconnected youth. | Red Hook |
| Domestic Workers United | 2015 | $5,000 | Brooklyn Accelerator | Incubator Project | DWU is an organization of Caribbean, Latina and African caregivers and housekeepers—concentrated in Crown Heights and Flatbush—that organizes to end exploitation and oppression for all workers whose labor is based primarily in homes and is not protected by most labor laws in New York City. DWU has adopted a model that centers on the development of strong, low-income immigrant women of color leaders who have the drive, training, and sensitivity to lead a movement for social change. | Crown Heights, Flatbush |
| Drive Change | 2015 | $35,000 | Invest in Youth | Invest in Youth Grant Program | Operating support for a unique food service employment model for formerly incarcerated youth. Drive Change aims to build a food truck commissary/garage in Central Brooklyn through which other food trucks will hire young people out of its program. | Bedford Stuyvesant, Bushwick |
| DRUM | 2015 | $30,000 | Invest in Youth | Invest in Youth Grant Program | Support for the expansion of programs that serve low-wage South Asian immigrant workers, youth, and families in Flatbush and Midwood organizing for social and economic justice--with a focus on building the leadership of undocumented women and girls. | Flatbush, Midwood |
| EcoStation:NY | 2015 | $20,000 | Invest in Youth | Invest in Youth Grant Program | Operating support for the Bushwick-based urban farming and food justice organization which provides educational and mentorship programs for high school students at the Bushwick Educational Campus. | Bushwick |
| El Puente | 2015 | $45,000 | Invest in Youth | Invest in Youth Grant Program | Operating support to help strengthen and expand the capacity to engage and empower youth in North Brooklyn to be leaders through campaigns and initiatives that focus on environmental justice, climate change, community safety, and racial/cultural equity in education, the arts, and wellness. | Williamsburg |
| exalt | 2015 | $40,000 | Invest in Youth | Invest in Youth Grant Program | Operating support to counteract the school-to-prison pipeline by elevating expectations of personal success for youth who have interfaced with the criminal justice system. | Boroughwide |
| Flanbwayan Haitian Literacy Project | 2015 | $20,000 | Invest in Youth | Invest in Youth Grant Program | Operating support to help transform the lives of Haitian newcomer youth in Crown Heights, East Flatbush and Canarsie through education and leadership development and raising awareness of immigrant education issues in the community and citywide. | East Flatbush, Canarsie, Crown Heights |
| Footsteps | 2015 | $25,000 | Invest in Youth | Invest in Youth Grant Program | Support for Youth Empowerment Program to help ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn youth access resources to assist them in their journeys beyond their communities, develop leadership skills, and connect with one another. | Crown Heights, Borough Park, Kensington, Flatbush |
| FUREE/Fifth Avenue Committee | 2015 | $20,000 | Invest in Youth | Invest in Youth Grant Program | Support for the overhaul and relaunch of FUREE-ous Youth!, a leadership and advocacy program for youth living in NYCHA Developments in Gowanus. | Boroughwide |
| Girls for Gender Equity | 2015 | $35,000 | Invest in Youth | Invest in Youth Grant Program | Operating Support for to advance advocacy strategies led by young people with a focus on young cis and trans women of color, gender fluid, and LGBTQI youth in the quest for justice and equity within the racial justice movement. | Boroughwide |
| Global Kids | 2015 | $10,000 | Neighborhood Strength | Crown Heights Grant Program | Global Kids’ mission is to educate and inspire underserved youth to become successful students, global citizens, and community leaders. Funds will be used for the Human Rights Activist Project in three Crown Heights public schools to empower youth to advocate for community and global issues through interactive workshops on community organizing, social action, digital and social media, policy, and root causes. | Crown Heights |
| Good Shepherd Services | 2015 | $100,000 | Invest in Youth | Brooklyn Restorative Justice Project | Good Shepherd Services (GSS) will provide restorative justice practices and coordination at the School for Democracy and Leadership in East Flatbush. GSS is a leading New York City youth and family development agency with over 85 programs serving more than 30,000 children, youth, and families in under-resourced communities. | East Flatbush |
| Green City Force | 2015 | $35,000 | Invest in Youth | Invest in Youth Grant Program | Support for the implementation of two major "green jobs" workforce initiatives in Brooklyn: a partnership with the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice to recruit and train young adults from NYCHA Developments with the highest crime rates and the build-out of two urban farms on NYCHA developments in Brooklyn. | Crown Heights, Borough Park, Kensington, Flatbush, Williamsburg |
| Groundswell Community Mural Project | 2015 | $30,000 | Invest in Youth | Invest in Youth Grant Program | Operating support for the organization's unique mission to bring together youth, artists, and community partners' through a collective impact model that uses public art as a tool for social change. | Boroughwide |
| Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy | 2015 | $30,000 | Invest in Youth | Invest in Youth Grant Program | Operating support to advance programs through which Central Brooklyn youth deepen their cultural identity, build assets, save money for college, develop artistic, personal and leadership skills, and advocate for solutions to pressing social justice issues. | Flatbush, East Flatbush, Bedford Stuyvesant, Canarsie, Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, Brownsville |
| JustLeadership USA | 2015 | $25,000 | Invest in Youth | Invest in Youth Grant Program | Support for the Campaign to #CloseRikers, a comprehensive multiyear effort to close Rikers Island, which includes the immediate removal of all 16 and 17-year-olds. | Boroughwide |
| Make the Road New York | 2015 | $35,000 | Invest in Youth | Invest in Youth Grant Program | Operating support to advance organizing to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline, foster restorative justice in schools, implement and expand community schools, and bring about reforms for greater police accountability and transparency. | Bushwick |
| Mixteca | 2015 | $20,000 | Invest in Youth | Invest in Youth Grant Program | Operating support to help the Mexican and Latin-American immigrant organization expand to balance critical service provision with immigrant advocacy work, community building and organizing, and skills-building programs. | Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Coney Island, Bensonhurst, Park Slope, Red Hook |
| New York Peace Institute | 2015 | $100,000 | Invest in Youth | Brooklyn Restorative Justice Project | New York Peace Institute will provide restorative justice practices and coordination at the Rachel Carson High School for Coastal Studies in Coney Island. New York Peace Institute is one of the nation’s largest community mediation services, with expertise in special education mediation. They have previously partnered with the Department of Probation, the New York City Department of Education, NYPD and the Brooklyn District Attorney’s offices. | Coney Island |
| NYC Coalition for Educational Justice | 2015 | $10,000 | Neighborhood Strength | Crown Heights Grant Program | NYC Coalition for Educational Justice is a parent-led movement that seeks to affect policy change and create a more equitable educational system. Funds will support local parent engagement around the Department of Education's Community Schools Initiative, which will bring over a million dollars in new resources to three Crown Heights schools. | Crown Heights |
| Partnership with Children | 2015 | $100,000 | Invest in Youth | Brooklyn Restorative Justice Project | Partnership with Children will provide restorative justice practices and coordination at Ebbets Field Middle School in Crown Heights. Partnership with Children provides critical social and emotional support for the hardest-to-reach students and engages families in the school community so they can succeed in school, society and life. They have social workers in 32 public schools in all five boroughs and manage all community resources and support services in 12 community schools. | Crown Heights |
| Polish American Community Services | 2015 | $20,000 | Invest in Youth | Invest in Youth Grant Program | Support for Immigration Options for Victims of Domestic Violence, which aims to increase awareness of resources for victims of domestic violence and to provide free legal services for immigrants in Greenpoint. | Greenpoint |
| Progress Playbook | 2015 | $5,000 | Neighborhood Strength | Crown Heights Grant Program | Progress Playbook designs customized learning experiences for entrepreneurs so that they can accomplish their business goals. A $5,000 grant will provide 10 Crown Heights youth with a three-month entrepreneur training program, through which each will develop a comprehensive business plan. Three plans selected by community members will receive financial and technical assistance to launch or expand their business within Crown Heights. | Crown Heights |
| Red Hook Initiative | 2015 | $40,000 | Invest in Youth | Invest in Youth Grant Program | Support for Red Hook Youth Leaders Program, a 4-year program that provides job readiness and leadership training, part-time employment, academic support, and services to assist young people toward high school graduation, college, and/or meaningful employment. | Red Hook |
| Sadie Nash Leadership Project | 2015 | $25,000 | Invest in Youth | Invest in Youth Grant Program | Support for the Brooklyn Summer Institute and partnership classes in schools to strengthen, empower, and equip low-income young women from Central Brooklyn and Coney Island to be agents of change in their own lives and their communities. | Bedford Stuyvesant, Coney Island, Crown Heights, East New York |
| Simone Leigh | 2015 | $5,000 | Neighborhood Strength | Crown Heights Grant Program | Resident Simone Leigh is receiving a $5,000 grant to support an innovative series of drumming classes and workshops for black women and girls in Crown Heights, which seeks to build bridges across cultures and communities and provide a nurturing environment where participants can relax, learn new skills, exercise, and connect in a non-competitive way. | Crown Heights |
| Sweet River Consulting | 2015 | $100,000 | Invest in Youth | Brooklyn Restorative Justice Project | Sweet River Consulting will provide restorative justice practices and coordination at Science Skills Center High School in Downtown Brooklyn. The founders of Sweet River Consulting have over 10 years’ experience implementing school-wide restorative justice policies and programs, and providing youth programming and leadership development. Sweet River Consulting is supported by the Center for Nu Leadership, a criminal justice advocacy organization in Central Brooklyn. | Downtown |
| Teachers Unite | 2015 | $20,000 | Invest in Youth | Invest in Youth Grant Program | Support for the Youth-led Transformative Justice initiative to organize alternatives to suspension in up to five public schools in under-resourced and over-policed Brooklyn communities. | Brownsville, East New York, Bushwick, Gravesend, Sheepshead Bay, Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, East Williamsburg, Sunset Park |
| The Laundromat Project | 2015 | $20,000 | Invest in Youth | Invest in Youth Grant Program | Support for the People's POWER Lab, a new youth-focused out-of-school initiative that engages young people of color in Central Brooklyn in creative expression, community activism, and leadership development training. | Bedford Stuyvesant |
| The Precedential Group | 2015 | $5,000 | Brooklyn Accelerator | Incubator Project | The Precedential Group, founded by Marlon Peterson in 2014, is an organization working to establish “Child Safe Zones” to reduce gun violence in Brooklyn neighborhoods by engaging young people, local police, schools, and residents. Marlon Peterson has led, advised, and supported several criminal justice reform organizations including Fortune Society, Crown Heights Mediation Center, and New Yorkers Against Gun Violence. Marlon recently received the Soros Fellowship Award from Open Society Foundation. For more information: marlonpeterson.com | Crown Heights, Brownsville, East New York |
| The Youth Farm | 2015 | $10,000 | Neighborhood Strength | Crown Heights Grant Program | The Youth Farm is a one-acre farm on the Wingate Campus that grows approximately 15,000 pounds of fresh, culturally relevant crops for the Crown Heights community each year. Funds will support a year-round youth program, an advanced organic farming training program for adults, and a paid summer youth employment program. | Crown Heights |
| Theatre of the Oppressed NYC | 2015 | $25,000 | Invest in Youth | Invest in Youth Grant Program | Support for the Youth Justice Troupes Program, which comprises four Brooklyn-based theatre troupes and engages court-involved youth as actors and playwrights in a comprehensive theatre-for-social justice program. | Boroughwide |
| Turning Point Brooklyn | 2015 | $25,000 | Invest in Youth | Invest in Youth Grant Program | Operating support for the development and empowerment of youth and immigrant families in Sunset Park through classroom instruction, case management services, and extracurricular activities focused on building advocacy and leadership skills and mentoring relationships, as well as its shelter for young women. | Sunset Park |