Monday, August 3, 2015
Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Resident-Led Grantmaking Program in Crown Heights
On Friday, the Foundation and its Crown Heights Advisory Council announced a request for proposals from nonprofits, residents, and community groups for advocacy projects that address top neighborhoods concerns, including housing rights, cross-cultural relationships, youth opportunities, and policing. View complete grant guidelines and application here.
The funds will be distributed through the Crown Heights Grants Program of the Foundation’s Neighborhood Strength initiative. The importance of neighborhood cohesion to Brooklyn residents—stability, leadership, and connectedness within communities—emerged as a key finding in the Foundation’s 2014 boroughwide community engagement project, Brooklyn Insights, which surveyed over 1,000 people. As part of its new core program strategy focused on Youth, Neighborhoods, and Nonprofits, the Foundation has committed to developing a resident-led grantmaking model to support Brooklyn’s under-served neighborhoods, starting in its new home of Crown Heights and informed by the experience of local stakeholders....