Brooklyn Org invites applications from organizations serving Brooklyn

Brooklyn Org(formerly Brooklyn Community Foundation) is a network of changemakers who believe that Brooklyn, New York, can be a beacon of change for the rest of America.The organization invites applications from local organizations. Brooklyn Org provides multi-year, general operating support of up to $45,000 per year, for up to three years in support of organizations that advance racial justice and provide critical resources to BIPOC and other groups who have been historically disempowered and discriminated against across Brooklyn.Brooklyn Org funds organizations that strengthen communities via quality direct services, programming, and training; connect to government-managed benefits or services via culturally and linguistically responsive case management; and increase rights via advocacy, coalition-building, and base-building that position community members as leaders.The organization gives preference to organizations that respond to inequities based on race, understand how multiple

systemic oppressions impact the lives of the people with whom they work, work at the community level, were created in direct response to a need in Brooklyn, emphasize systemic solutions for the issues they are working on (required of all organizations with budgets of more than $2 million), and address trending concerns in Brooklyn informed by community engagement work.To be eligible, applicants must be incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or be working under the auspices of an authorized fiscal sponsor, have a minimum annual budget of $100,000, and have a regular physical presence in Brooklyn. All non-Brooklyn-based organizations must apply for support for their relevant Brooklyn-based workApplications are accepted at any time, with funding decisions made twice per year. Initial applications received by May 15, 2024, will be invited to submit a full proposal in June, 2024, with funding awarded in December 2024.For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Brooklyn Org website.