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. \n<\/p>\n
Brooklyn Org<\/a>\u00a0on Monday handed out the first round of its new Microgrants program, sending support to 38 small, community-based groups across the borough.<\/p>\n Each organization received funding of up to $10,000, providing essential operating support to nonprofits and grassroots initiatives with annual budgets under $100,000.\u00a0The microgrants are meant to strengthen Brooklyn\u2019s nonprofit ecosystem, giving community leaders and volunteers the tools they need to sustain and grow their work, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n The initiative reflects Brooklyn Org\u2019s larger goal of breaking down barriers for smaller organizations and expanding donor-backed grantmaking where it\u2019s most needed.\u00a0<\/p>\n Dr. Jocelynne Rainey, president and CEO of Brooklyn Org, emphasized the value of these grassroots groups, noting that some of the borough\u2019s most innovative and impactful solutions come from neighbors supporting neighbors.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cOften the most powerful ideas and solutions come from the smallest organizations – neighbors supporting neighbors and responding directly to what their communities need,\u201d she said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n Brooklyn Org\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n This grant cycle includes a wide range of organizations serving immigrant families, survivors of violence, youth, artists\u00a0and historically underserved communities. Recipients include:<\/p>\n
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\u00a0and hold 501(c)(3) status or operate under a fiscal sponsor.\u00a0For more information on how to apply to the program, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new program is funding 38 small, community-based organizations across Brooklyn with up to $10,000 each, supporting grassroots…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[60292,72044,98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-178229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-60292","tag-000community-based-organizationsbrooklyn-orgmicrogrants-program","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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