Education
Brooklyn Technical High School (Courtesy Wikimedia Commons/Jim.henderson)New grants of up to $25,000 per school are now available courtesy the Waltentas Family Foundation [https://wff-neighborhood-school-grants.submittable.com/submit]. Applications are available [https://wff-neighborhood-school-grants.submittable.com/submit] to public and charter schools in District 13 [http://schools.nyc.
Bensonhurst
Dyker Library (Photo: Google Maps)Great news: Dyker Library [http://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/dyker] is one of the 10 finalists for the third annual NYC Neighborhood Library Awards [http://www.nyclibraryawards.org/]! Huzzah! The annual awards are often dubbed the “Oscars of libraries” and has steadily grown in popularity
Announcements
Heads up: WAAB is awarding grants of up to $2,000 to groups or individuals working in Brooklyn to provide non-traditional education opportunities to teens 13-18. Read the request for proposals and more information on the WAAB website [http://waab.org/grant].
Announcements
Photo via New York City Department of Cultural Affairs [https://www.facebook.com/nyculturalaffairs/photos/pb.1625125621042574.-2207520000.1453327064./1637280683160401/?type=3&theater] One of the most common conversations we have with artists in the neighborhood concern fiscal support for their projects. Our neighbors have big ideas, and form
Arts & Culture
Photo via New York City Department of Cultural Affairs [https://www.facebook.com/nyculturalaffairs/photos/pb.1625125621042574.-2207520000.1453327064./1637280683160401/?type=3&theater] One of the most common conversations we have with artists in the neighborhood concern fiscal support for their projects. Our neighbors have big ideas, and form
Announcements
Photo via New York City Department of Cultural Affairs [https://www.facebook.com/nyculturalaffairs/photos/pb.1625125621042574.-2207520000.1453327064./1637280683160401/?type=3&theater] One of the most common conversations we have with artists in the neighborhood concern fiscal support for their projects. Our neighbors have big ideas, and form
Arts & Culture
Courtesy PS 124 PTA [https://www.facebook.com/ps124pta/photos/a.639369299440690.1073741825.455615627816059/803639019680383/?type=3&theater] Thanks to a grant from the NYC Department of Education’s Arts for English Language Learners (ELL) and Students With Disabilities [http://schools.nyc.gov/offices/teachlearn/arts/Partnerships/ArtsELLs+SWD_
Central Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Community Foundation [http://www.brooklyncommunityfoundation.org/] announced the recipients of 54 new grants as part of its Invest in Youth initiative [http://www.brooklyncommunityfoundation.org/news/in-the-news/brooklyn-community-foundation-awards-2-million-2015-nonprofits-empowering-boroughs] last week, awarding over $2 million in total. Two local organizations, Council of Peoples Organization and DRUM, received grants. The
Central Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Community Foundation [http://www.brooklyncommunityfoundation.org/] announced the recipients of 54 new grants as part of its Invest in Youth initiative [http://www.brooklyncommunityfoundation.org/news/in-the-news/brooklyn-community-foundation-awards-2-million-2015-nonprofits-empowering-boroughs] last week, awarding over $2 million in total. Two local organizations, Council of Peoples Organization and DRUM, received grants. The
grants
Photo via vronicang [https://instagram.com/p/v6NAbGzNvp/?tagged=prospectparktrackclub]The Fall is an amazing time of year for running, and races are scheduled almost every weekend in the comfortable weather. The Prospect Park Track Club [http://pptc.org/] (PPTC) is here to help if your community group wants to
gerritsen beach vollies
The Gerrittsen Beach Fire Department (Source: GBFD.net)The Gerrittsen Beach Fire Department [http://gbfd.net/], the volunteer firefighting base of Gerritsen Beach where many locals took refuge after Superstorm Sandy, is slated to get a $2.4 million overhaul to protect it from future extreme weather events. The funds
4424 16th ave
Councilman David GreenfieldRun a non-profit organization? Now is your chance to learn how to secure capital funding for the upcoming year. As part of his ongoing commitment to increasing transparency in the city’s budget funding process, Councilman David Greenfield is inviting all non-profit organizations that serve his council district
grants
Does your area have a project that needs some love — maybe a vacant lot that needs cleaning up, a street that needs more trees planted, walls that need graffiti removed? Show your love for your block by applying for a $1,000 grant to transform and beautify it. The Love
ecology
The Ryan Center at Floyd Bennett FieldA new institute established to bolster the social and ecological research of Jamaica Bay and the communities around it has won millions of dollars in grant money to make the critical resource more resilient, and are turning to locals for their input. The Science
grants
Sustainable Flatbush [http://sustainableflatbush.org] has two exciting dates coming up: Tuesday, April 22, when they reopen their Healing Herb Garden [http://sustainableflatbush.org/projects/urban-gardens-and-farms/garden/] for the season, and Monday, April 21, when voting closes for the Seeds of Change grant competition [http://www.seedsofchangegrant.com]. The neighborhood
build it back program
Staten Island after the Hurricane Sandy (Source: Flickr photo by Desiree Arroyo) Build it Back [http://www.nyc.gov/html/recovery/html/homeowners/homeowners-renters.shtml], the city-run program to assist property owners in their recovery from Superstorm Sandy, has so far failed to help any of the 19,920 homeowners