The new program is funding 38 small, community-based organizations across Brooklyn with up to $10,000 each, supporting grassroots leaders and neighborhood initiatives that often miss traditional funding.

Brooklyn Org on Monday handed out the first round of its new Microgrants program, sending support to 38 small, community-based groups across the borough.

Each organization received funding of up to $10,000, providing essential operating support to nonprofits and grassroots initiatives with annual budgets under $100,000. The microgrants are meant to strengthen Brooklyn’s nonprofit ecosystem, giving community leaders and volunteers the tools they need to sustain and grow their work, officials said. 

The initiative reflects Brooklyn Org’s larger goal of breaking down barriers for smaller organizations and expanding donor-backed grantmaking where it’s most needed. 

Dr. Jocelynne Rainey, president and CEO of Brooklyn Org, emphasized the value of these grassroots groups, noting that some of the borough’s most innovative and impactful solutions come from neighbors supporting neighbors. 

“Often the most powerful ideas and solutions come from the smallest organizations – neighbors supporting neighbors and responding directly to what their communities need,” she said in a statement. 

Brooklyn Org’s microgrants sit alongside a suite of programs designed to support nonprofits of all sizes. Its Strategic Grants program focuses on multi-year support for organizations with budgets over $100,000, while the annual Spark Prize awards $100,000 to five nonprofits. Neighborhood Collective Impact grants provide $25,000 to collaborative projects tackling shared local issues. Microgrants fill the gap for smaller, volunteer-driven initiatives that might otherwise go unsupported.

This grant cycle includes a wide range of organizations serving immigrant families, survivors of violence, youth, artists and historically underserved communities. Recipients include:


afrolatin@ forum
Alfreda’s Picture Show
Arts & Democracy
Black Diaspora Liberty Initiative (BDLI)
Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival
Brooklyn Community Kitchen
Central Asian Foundation
Como un lugar
For The Better Inc.
Good Co. Cares
Gowanus Mutual Aid
HealthJox Foundation
Heart, Body & Soul
Iglesia Cristiana Pentecostal Movimiento Las Maravillas del Éxodo
Imani’s Safehouse
It’s All Love Assisting Through Action (IALATA)
Loving You Into Freedom
Meals for Unity
Mindfulness & S.T.E.A.M. Lab
Muscle Inspires New Empowerment (M.I.N.E.)
Ñaños in Action
New Sanctuary Coalition
NYC Trans Archives
Parlé Endeavors
Passive House for Everyone
Perennial Muse
Pineapple Ride
Plaza Proletaria
Power Of We (POW!)
Princess Chambers
Ready, Set, Grow to Glow
ReImagine Legacy
Rooted Theater Company
Rovaco Dance Company
Tea Arts & Culture
Uniquely Me Creative Arts
Woman Unsilenced
Yadestiny Treasure Chest

Brooklyn Org accepts microgrant applications year-round, with decisions announced twice a year. Eligible applicants must be Brooklyn-based or actively working in the borough, have budgets under $100,000 and hold 501(c)(3) status or operate under a fiscal sponsor. For more information on how to apply to the program, click here.