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We Spark Change. We partner with local leaders to identify and support proven models and accelerate bold new solutions.
• Mobilize capital.
Brooklyn has an unprecedented opportunity to build a sustainable source of support for its communities, led by the ideas and resources of its communities. As a start-up community foundation, we are assembling a community of donors committed to taking on Brooklyn’s challenges today, while fostering a powerful resource for the future. Through our Community Fund, Donor Advised Fund Program, and strat
Happy Earth Month, Brooklyn! 🌱
Passing the shovel because it really is all of our job.
This Saturday is Brooklyn Org Volunteer Day, and we're highlighting volunteer opportunities across the borough so you can get your hands a little dirty at parks, gardens, and green spaces near you.
Join incredible partners like , , , , , , , , and more.
Find a site, bring a friend, and sign up at the link in our bio 🌳💚
13.1 miles for Brooklyn 💙
This weekend, our Strategic Communications Fellow, Victoria, is hitting the course and showing what it looks like when Brooklyn backs Brooklyn.
Cheer her on or support her run at the link in bio.
04/20/2026
Brooklyn neighbors: we want to hear from you.
We’re kicking off our 2026 Listening Tours and visiting neighborhoods across the borough to talk about what’s going on locally, what challenges people are facing, and where support is needed most.
Come share your perspective and be part of the conversation.
Learn more and sign up: brooklyn.org/listening-tour
From talking about what matters to showing up for it. Ariel of shares what it means to have a space to talk, learn, and make sense of what's going on — and then actually do something about it.
On Saturday, April 25, that energy is coming to Fort Greene Park, where is hosting a planting and cleanup day with Brooklyn Org grantee partner 🌱🌷
That project is full, but there are still 25+ volunteer opportunities across Brooklyn happening that day.
Find one that works for you and jump in. Link in bio to sign up.
04/16/2026
What’s happening in your neighborhood right now? What’s working and what’s needed?
Brooklyn Org is heading out across the borough this spring to listen. Our Listening Tours are a chance to connect directly with neighbors, community leaders, and local organizations about what’s shaping life in Brooklyn today.
Join us in Bay Ridge & Dyker Heights on April 24, or find a session near you. We’d love to hear from you.
Sign up: brooklyn.org/listening-tour
Get your hands dirty, meet your neighbors, and feel great about calling Brooklyn home when you take part in Brooklyn Org Volunteer Day on Saturday, April 25! Brooklyn Org is teaming up with over 35 nonprofits to give back across our communities. Join us for family-friendly activities all around the borough, from urban farming and recycling to community cleanups, making care packages, and so much more!
Bring the whole family — children are welcome at many volunteer sites with their parents or guardians!
Sign up at brooklyn.org/volunteer
Brooklyn Org's CEO Dr. Jocelynne Rainey knows how to lead with impact — and it starts with knowing what you care about.
Hear about why she works for Brooklyn's communities, the women who came before her and inspire her, and how growth sometimes means getting comfortable being uncomfortable.
It takes a survivor of domestic violence 8 times to leave their abuser. Asiyah Women's Center provides culturally-competent and trauma-informed shelter and reproductive care to support women and families.
Care that meets the moment. And stays. Across Brooklyn, Asiyah is building safety, trust, and real support for women and families navigating the hardest transitions.
This Women’s History Month, we’re proud to stand with our nonprofit partners doing this work every day.
🩷 See more of their work and other Brooklyn-based organizations: brooklyn.org/grantees
37 days until Brooklyn shows up.
Show Up. Give Back. Feel Good. ❤️
On April 25, neighbors across the borough will come together for Brooklyn Org Volunteer Day—a day dedicated to supporting the nonprofits that strengthen our communities every day.
From packing supplies and preparing meals to beautifying neighborhoods and lending a helping hand where it’s needed most, volunteers make a real difference.
See what it looks like when Brooklyn shows up for each other.
Join us this year. Bring a friend. Bring your family. Bring your energy.
Together, we can make an impact—one act of service at a time.
📅 Volunteer Day: April 25
What will $100K in unrestricted funding make possible for 5 outstanding Brooklyn nonprofits?
Hear directly from the visionary leaders behind this year’s Brooklyn Org Spark Prize winners about what this support will unlock for their communities.
About the Brooklyn Org Spark Prize:
Now in its ninth year, the Brooklyn Org Spark Prize awards $100,000 in unrestricted funding to outstanding Brooklyn-based nonprofits making a meaningful impact across the borough.
Oh, what a week, Brooklyn! Still spinning from the joy, support, and incredible energy in the room at for the 2026 Brooklyn Org Spark Prize.
5 extraordinary Brooklyn nonprofits.
1 powerful morning celebrating the people that make Brooklyn stronger.
Congratulations to this year’s inspiring winners, and thank you to everyone who came out to support them. Each Brooklyn Org Spark Prize winner receives $100K in unrestricted funding from Brooklyn Org to spark change across our communities. Special thanks to our presenting sponsor, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, for helping make it all possible. ❤️✨
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We’re proud to see one of our 2026 Brooklyn Org Spark Prize winners, YVote, in the spotlight.
was recently featured on Spectrum News discussing how their work engages young people and future voters in the civic process—and how the $100,000 Spark Prize will help expand that impact across Brooklyn.
🌟Watch the full clip at brooklyn.org/news
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