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The Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches The Just Brooklyn Prize in Partnership with The Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation's Social Justice Fund
Release Date:
04/10/2023
Leaders are submitted for consideration through a public nomination process and chosen by a Selection Committee of distinguished Brooklynites.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Partners on $2.2M "Welcome NYC" Initiative for Nonprofits Serving Asylum Seekers
Release Date:
03/03/2023
“Welcome NYC,” will fund organizations providing urgent legal services, workforce development, literacy programs, youth services, faith-based services, and food assistance across the City.
Marcella Tillett of the Brooklyn Community Foundation Named Among 50 Women in City & State's 2022 Above & Beyond List
Release Date:
03/21/2022
City & State’s annual Above & Beyond highlights 50 remarkable women, including advocates, entrepreneurs and other outstanding individuals whose accomplishments deserve recognition on this exclusive list.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Welcomes Four Members to Board of Directors
Release Date:
02/09/2022
Effective Friday, February 4, 2022, the new members are Michelle DeFossett, Lesleigh Irish-Underwood, Lawanna Kimbro, and Andi Phillips.
Five Nonprofits Win Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Spark Prize for Outstanding Commitment to Racial Justice
Release Date:
01/12/2022
We are pleased to announce the recipients of our 2022 Spark Prize, the only honor celebrating nonprofits advancing racial justice in the borough.
Jocelynne Rainey, Ed.D. Announced as New President and CEO of Brooklyn Community Foundation
Release Date:
11/08/2021
Dr. Rainey’s appointment comes after an extensive search led by the Foundation’s Board Chairs, Nicole Gueron and Harsha Marti.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces 20 Finalists Selected for 2021-22 Spark Prize
Release Date:
10/21/2021
After being on pause last year, our Brooklyn Community Foundation $100,000 SPARK Prize has returned for 2021
Brooklyn Community Foundation Announces Multiyear Grantmaking for Justice and Social Change
Release Date:
07/22/2021
60% of the new funding focuses primarily on Black communities
Philanthropy New York Members Listed in Crain's New York Business 2021 Notable in Nonprofits and Philanthropy
Release Date:
04/14/2021
This list of Notables in Nonprofits and Philanthropy is a celebration of 57 New York heroes who facilitated or led nonprofit work in the face of the pandemic.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Shares Findings from the Brooklyn Insights 2020 Process
Release Date:
04/01/2021
The findings from the Brooklyn Insights 2020 process are informing over $3 million in new grants through the next phase of the Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund.
Brooklyn Community Foundation President & CEO, Cecilia Clarke, Announces Departure
Release Date:
03/17/2021
Cecilia Clarke will be leaving the Foundation this summer to embark on a new personal and professional chapter.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Accepting Applications for Immigrant Rights Fund Advisory Council
Release Date:
03/04/2021
Help Lead Our Immigrant Rights Fund Grantmaking!
Brooklyn Community Foundation Supports Community Health Outreach and Vaccination Support
Release Date:
02/25/2021
Grants from Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund will support trusted community-based organizations to address inequities in access to information and health care services—including vaccines
What More Can We Do?
Release Date:
02/03/2021
Brooklyn is home to the largest Black community in North America. The events of the past year have revealed in the starkest terms that systemic racism is the greatest threat to the health and well-being of our communities.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Releases Results of 4-Year Study of Restorative Justice Implementation in Schools
Release Date:
10/08/2020
Focused on addressing racial disparities in school discipline, the Brooklyn Resorative Justice Project is a partnership with NYC DOE and the Mayor's Leadership Team on School Climate and Discipline
Open Letter to Grantees from Social Justice Funders
Release Date:
03/19/2020
As social justice funders, we all focus on the root causes of social, gender, racial, economic and environmental injustices.
Brooklyn Community Foundation Launches Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund
Release Date:
03/17/2020
The Brooklyn Community Foundation is launching the Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund to provide immediate and longer-term resources to vulnerable residents across our borough.
Brooklyn Community Foundation and Alloy Development Collaborate on Better Brooklyn Fund
Release Date:
10/22/2019
Alloy Development’s new building in Dumbo will ask condo owners to make a donation to the Brooklyn Community Foundation and help make decisions about where in the community the money should go.
Aisha Moodie-Mills Joins Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Board of Directors
Release Date:
10/16/2019
Brooklyn Community Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of Aisha Moodie-Mills to its Board of Directors, effective Friday, September 27, 2019.