Flatbush
A Promise to Every Child
March 16, 2012
March 16, 2012
Two Brooklyn Neighborhoods Lead a National Movement toward Building Stronger Foundations for Children by Weaving Services and Systems Together
Anne Pope
Neighborhood:
Anne Pope founded and directs Sustainable Flatbush, a grassroots non-profit organization that brings neighbors together to discuss, educate, and advocate for sustainable living in Flatbush and beyond.
Sustainable Flatbush
Description:
Grant for the Church Avenue Communal Garden; a partnership between Sustainable Flatbush and the Flatbush Reformed Church. The garden will include a rain garden and community space, an edible garden, and a native plant streetscape along Church Avenue.
Grant for the Church Avenue Communal Garden; a partnership between Sustainable Flatbush and the Flatbush Reformed Church. The garden will include a rain garden and community space, an edible garden, and a native plant streetscape along Church Avenue.
Grant Amount: $5,000
Neighborhoods Served: Flatbush
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: All Ages
Fund: Green Communities Fund
Neighborhood Housing Services of East Flatbush
Description:
Grant to support outreach activities following 2nd Annual Green Brooklyn EcoFair. New initiative to promote and help residents incorporate green practices as part of homeownership and home maintenance.
Grant to support outreach activities following 2nd Annual Green Brooklyn EcoFair. New initiative to promote and help residents incorporate green practices as part of homeownership and home maintenance.
Grant Amount: $2,500
Neighborhoods Served: East Flatbush
Flatbush
Remsen Village
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: All Ages
Lefferts Community Food Cooperative
Description:
Grant to support creation, production and printing of outreach materials. LCFC is one of a handful of burgeoning coops seeking to build membership. They will institute a buyers club by Fall 2011 to engage early members and raise awareness.
Grant to support creation, production and printing of outreach materials. LCFC is one of a handful of burgeoning coops seeking to build membership. They will institute a buyers club by Fall 2011 to engage early members and raise awareness.
Grant Amount: $5,000
Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights
Flatbush
Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: All Ages
Exalt Youth
Description:
Renewal grant to support a highly successful educational internship program targeting court involved youth ages 15-19. Program will serve 150 NYC youth, majority live in Brooklyn.
Renewal grant to support a highly successful educational internship program targeting court involved youth ages 15-19. Program will serve 150 NYC youth, majority live in Brooklyn.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Bedford Stuyvesant
East New York
Flatbush
Population Served: Court Involved Youth
Youth
Ages Served: High School Students
Youth (12-18)
Young Adults (18-24)
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund
Flatbush Development Corporation
Description:
Support to conduct outreach at local senior centers and food pantries; provide case management for community residents; and educate tenants in foreclosed multi-family properties of their rights.
Support to conduct outreach at local senior centers and food pantries; provide case management for community residents; and educate tenants in foreclosed multi-family properties of their rights.
Grant Amount: $20,000
Neighborhoods Served: East Flatbush
Flatbush
Population Served: All Populations
Ages Served: Young Adults (18-24)
Adults (24-65)
Aging, Elderly, Senior Citizens (65+)
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund
Diaspora Community Services
Description:
Funding will be used to strengthen the capacity of the Haitian American Empowerment Program by supporting an outreach staffer to provide mental health and counseling services to client population of low-income Haitian residents.
Funding will be used to strengthen the capacity of the Haitian American Empowerment Program by supporting an outreach staffer to provide mental health and counseling services to client population of low-income Haitian residents.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Crown Heights
East Flatbush
Flatbush
Population Served: Alcohol, Drug, Substance Abusers
Domestic Violence Survivors
Families
Formerly Homeless
Immigrants, Newcomers, Refugees
Children
Youth
Adults
Ages Served: High School Students
Infant/Children (0-5)
Youth (12-18)
Young Adults (18-24)
Adults (24-65)
Aging, Elderly, Senior Citizens (65+)
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund
ITAVA Robotics Campaign
March 21, 2011
The ITAVA Robotics campaign is helping raise $15,000 to send some of Brooklyn's youngest engineers, beneficiaries of the Foundation's Central Brooklyn STEM Initiative (CBSI), to participate in the World’s U.S.
Counseling in Schools National Network
Description:
Counseling in Schools will address the social and emotional needs of newly-arrived Haitian students with an afterschool resiliency program that uses creative arts and social work supports that are culturally sensitive.
Counseling in Schools will address the social and emotional needs of newly-arrived Haitian students with an afterschool resiliency program that uses creative arts and social work supports that are culturally sensitive.
Grant Amount: $25,000
Neighborhoods Served: Flatbush
Population Served:
Ages Served: Elementary School Students
Fund: Caring Neighbors Fund