Jul. 15, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann Brooklyn’s champions for the borough’s small and large nonprofits, Brooklyn Org (BKO), have announced the launch of Brooklyn Org Microgrants, a new funding stream designed to strengthen smaller Brooklyn-based nonprofits. The program aims to fill the funding gap for nonprofit neighborhood groups that might not otherwise qualify for…
Jul. 3, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann A Gothic Revival church in Brooklyn Heights is among 15 historic religious properties across the state to receive a Sacred Sites grant from the New York Landmarks Conservancy. St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church and Pro-Cathedral, located at the northwest corner of Montague and Clinton streets, will…
Jun. 19, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen The people of South Williamsburg have, for decades, dealt with the long-term effects of environmental abuses and climate change. New York City considers the nabe an environmental justice area — meaning it has suffered “disproportionate negative impacts due to historical and existing social inequities without equal protection and…
Feb. 28, 2025 By Meaghan McGoldrick O'Neil Amid a particularly harsh winter, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens is turning up the heat on assistance efforts thanks to a $250,000 grant from the National Grid Foundation. The donation, presented on Feb. 26 at the Msgr. Joseph Pfeiffer Resource Center in Howard Beach, Queens, will help…
Dec. 20, 2024 By Lauren Rapp The Brooklyn Museum has awarded a coveted prize to emerging artist Melissa Joseph. As the fifth recipient of the UOVO award, which recognizes the work of local artists, Joseph will launch a solo presentation at the Brooklyn Museum, receive a $25,000 unrestricted cash grant, and a commission for…
Aug. 6, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A tree grows in Green-Wood Cemetery — or, it will soon.
Mar. 15, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
The city has been awarded a $5.6 million federal “Reconnecting Communities & Neighborhoods” grant to help revamp the northern and southern stretches of the infamous Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
Mar. 6, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
The Brooklyn Org announced the five 2024 winners of their no-strings-attached Spark Prize grant at the annual Spark Breakfast at the Brooklyn Museum on March 5.
Jan. 11, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
The Center for Brooklyn History was awarded a $105,500 grant from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation to hire an archivist to help assist with recovering, organizing and increasing public access to the Center’s materials related to the history of Long Island.
Feb. 27, 2023 By Caroline Ourso
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center received a $2 million grant on Thursday to fund expanding the hospital’s gastroenterology services to treat colorectal cancer.