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# Apply For A Healthy Community Grant From The Brooklyn Community Foundation
- URL: https://bklyner.com/apply-for-a-healthy-community-grant-from-the-brooklyn-community-foundation-fortgreene/
- Published: 2015-07-20T19:00:07.000Z
- Updated: 2015-07-20T18:49:03.000Z
- Author: Heather Chin
- Tags: Brooklyn Community Foundation, myrtle avenue revitalization project, #API-Imported

![Photo by Fort Greene Focus.](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ingersoll-garden-2-702x395.jpg)

Photo by Fort Greene Focus.

Do you or your civic group, school, or nonprofit have an idea for a project to foster healthy eating, open space, active living, or fitness in the Fort Greene-Clinton Hill community? Then [apply — NOW! — for a grant](http://www.brooklyncommunityfoundation.org/healthy-communities-community-grant-program?ref=bklyner.com) to make it a reality!

The Brooklyn Community Foundation (BCF) and the [Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project ](http://www.myrtleavenue.org/?ref=bklyner.com)(MARP) are trying to get out the word about $10,000 in grants that are available for projects in Fort Greene, Red Hook, and Brownsville, through the Community Grant Program of the **[Healthy Communities Initiative](http://www.brooklyncommunityfoundation.org/healthy-communities?ref=bklyner.com).**

Past projects funded have included community gardens, farmers markets, sports programs, and more. This year, one of the groups applying for funding is the team of seniors behind the [Ingersoll Community Garden](/blog/2015/04/21/ingersoll-seniors-put-the-community-in-community-garden-at-planting-day/).

See if your idea might be eligible:

- Health fairs organized within 3 target neighborhoods, Fort Greene/Clinton Hill, Brownsville and Red Hook but based in FG/CH.
- Community outreach and education activities that get people involved with healthy eating and/or active living programs or activities in the three target neighborhoods
- Community gardens located within the three target neighborhoods
- Farmers markets operating within the three target neighborhoods
- Projects that complement existing work funded by the Healthy Communities Initiative or work the partners are already doing in this area are preferred but not required.
- Staffing to support community and/or education events.

[Applications](http://www.brooklyncommunityfoundation.org/healthy-communities-community-grant-program?ref=bklyner.com) should be submitted by 4pm on Tuesday, July 21, but an extension can be requested by emailing Shaquana Boykin at [Shaquana@myrtleavenue.org](mailto:Shaquana@myrtleavenue.org).

Grants can range from $2,000 to $10,000 each and all funds must be spend by the end of the year on December 31, 2015.