Insights to Impact Report 2020-21 by Brooklyn Community Foundation

Brooklyn Community Foundation

2020-21 Impact Report

Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund

Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund A Community-led, Racially Just Response for Brooklyn

In early March 2020, as it became apparent that the novel coronavirus had not only arrived in New York City but also reached a point of uncontained spread, Brooklyn Community Foundation’s Board of Directors convened an emergency call to officially launch the Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund. Following weeks of planning prior to the launch, the Board allocated $500,000 from the Foundation’s endowment—in addition to pledging significant personal contributions—to seed emergency and longer-term grantmaking efforts.

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Over the course of Spring 2020, as requests for funding grew rapidly from nonprofits across the borough, so did the generosity of Brooklynites. The Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund has since become the single largest community-funded effort in the Foundation’s history, with nearly $6.5 million in total grantmaking commitments. From the start, the Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund aligned with the Foundation’s longstanding commitment to racial justice and prioritized support for nonprofits led by and serving people of color. We anticipated that these communities would undoubtedly face far more damaging economic, social, and health impacts from the pandemic due to structural racism and systems of oppression that denied access to basic protections like adequate healthcare, safe housing and employment, and financial security.

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“This approach, we believe, made our efforts far more effective at getting support to where it was needed from the start— nearly a full month before the city released data revealing Black and brown New Yorkers were dying at twice the rate of whites. If city and state governmental leaders had applied the same strategy to their initial response, things may be very different today. In Brooklyn, where nearly 70% of residents are non-white, privilege and power rest largely in the hands of white residents. With systemic racism our country’s predominant pre-existing condition, we knew that a disease that could threaten the life of anyone would mean devastation for communities of color.” Excerpt from New York Daily News Op-Ed (May 20, 2020) by Cecilia Clarke, Brooklyn Community Foundation President & CEO

Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund Phase 1

Phase 1: Addressing Urgent Needs 09

Phase 1 Timeline

Immediate Response Grants 20

Sustainability Enhancement Grants

#GivingTuesdayNow Match 41

Focus on Communities of Color 44

Brooklyn Insights

Brooklyn Insights 2020

Our Brooklyn Insights Model 52

Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund Phase 2

Phase 2: Ongoing Needs & Community-led Change

Community-led Social Change Grants 55

Vaccine Access and Education 59

Ongoing Urgent Needs

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Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund As Brooklyn emerged as the global epicenter of the pandemic, Brooklynites joined together to form an unprecedented community-led, racially just response that truly embodied our borough’s motto: “In Unity There is Strength.”

Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund

Phase 1: Addressing Urgent Needs March-July 2020

At the height of the pandemic, we focused on addressing emergency needs in communities of color and sustaining the work of vital grassroots nonprofits. In total, our small team received and reviewed more than 500 funding requests from across the borough, with the goal of responding to each request within a week of receipt. Over 16 weeks, we issued 420 grants totaling $3.3 million to frontline organizations.

Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund

March 9

Board Launches Brooklyn COVID-19 R esponse Fund, Commits $500K from Endowment

Immediate Response Grant RFP Opens

Anti-Asian Hate Incidents Rise Citywide

3M File for Unemployment Nationwide

Phase 1 Timeline, Immediate Response Grants Issued by Week (March-July 2020)

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First Grants Announced

Donations to Fund Surpass $1M

NYS Shelter in Place Order + Eviction Moratorium Begin

1,000 Brooklyn Fatalities

Black and Latinx New Yorkers Dying at 2x Rate of Whites

Grants

$75k

$178k

Awarded

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April 6

Webinar: Effects of COVID-19 on Undocumented Communities

First Sustainability Enhancement Grants Provide Unsolicited Support for Grassroots Orgs

COVID-19 S preads Rapidly in Nursing Homes

Stimulus Bill Leaves Out Undocumented Immigrants

Grants

$133k $247k

Awarded

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Donations to Fund Reach $2M Webinar: COVID-19 and Domestic Violence

4,000 Brooklyn Fatalities—Highest Among All US Counties

Grants

NYPD Targets Social Distancing Enforcement in Black Communities

Grants

$208k $207k

Awarded

Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund

May 4

Foundation Matches $363K #GivingTuesdayNow Donations

Second Round of Sustainability Enhancement Grants

Webinar: Effects of COVID-19 on Low-Wage Workers

Grants

Donations to Fund Reach $3M

Grants

$145k $145k

Awarded

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NY Daily News Op-Ed by CEO Cecilia Clarke on Racial Justice and COVID-19 Published

Webinar: Impact of COVID-19 on Black Communities

Grants

George Floyd Killed by Police in Minneapolis

Grants

$87.5k $135k

Awarded

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June 1

Black Lives Matter Protests Nationwide

Webinar: COVID-19 and Older Adults

US Surpasses 100,000 Fatalities

NYC Enters Phase 1 Reopening

Grants

$36.5k $79.5k

Awarded

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Board Approves 7% Drawdown for 2021 Fiscal Year

500+ Funding Requests Received to Date

NYC Enters Phase 2 Reopening

Grants

$60k

$50k

Awarded

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July 29

5,000 Brooklyn Fatalities

Fund Surpasses $3.7M in Contributions from 1,600 Donors

20% Unemployment in NYC, Black and Latinx Workers Hardest Hit

$3.3M Distributed

Grants

$65k

$217k

Awarded

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Phase 1 Total: 420

Grants

$3.3M

Distributed

▶ $2M Immediate Response Grants ▶ $873K Sustainability Enhancement Grants ▶ $363K #GivingTuesdayNow Match

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Immediate Response Grants Immediate Response Grants were the primary means of getting support where it was needed most to respond to emergency needs. Grants of up to $10,000 bolstered frontline organizations providing cash assistance for low-wage workers, emergency food deliveries for older adults, PPE for NYCHA residents, campaigns to address Anti-Asian violence, support for survivors of domestic violence and people recently released from incarceration, and much more. We distributed grants as quickly as possible every week throughout the first four months of the pandemic. Our team of grantmakers designed a simplified funding application, both to make it easily accessible to organizations in which English was not the primary language and to acknowledge how over-capacity and overwhelmed nonprofit leaders were. Ultimately, we provided more than $2 million in immediate aid to support the essential work of 214 nonprofits: #SavetheFrontline Academy of Medical & Public Health Services

American Council of Minority Women Apex for Youth

ACE Integration Head Start

Apna Brooklyn Community Center

Accompany Capital

Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health

Adhikaar for Human Rights and Social Justice

Arts Business Collaborative

Afrolatin@ Project

Ascendus

After Hours Project

Asian American Federation

Alex House Project

“From the beginning of the pandemic, I saw the disparate impact it was having across the community and wanted to help. I was amazed at how quickly Brooklyn Community Foundation mobilized the Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund and got the money into the hands of organizations on the ground, meeting this crisis head-on. Most important to me was the equity approach to this fund, supporting organizations led by Black, Indigenous, and people of color community members.”

Maria Buck, University Director, The City University of New York

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AsylumConnect

Brookdale Hospital Medical Center

Bangladeshi American Community Development & Youth Services

Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project

Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation

Brooklyn Center for Quality Life

Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps

Brooklyn Community Bail Fund

Betances Health Center

Brooklyn Community Pride Center

Black Excellence Collective

Brooklyn Community Services

Black Trans Media

Brooklyn Hospital Foundation

Black Women’s Blueprint Breaking Ground Bridging Access to Care

Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A Brooklyn Movement Center

“You have no idea how much this means to us! We’re mobilizing right now to establish our hotline and activate our volunteer base— you’re making this happen for us!” Aniqa Nawabi, Executive Director, Muslim Community Network

Smilie Filomeno, Program Director of the Community Services Program at the Center for Family Life in Sunset Park.

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Brooklyn Rescue Mission Urban Harvest Center Brownsville Community Culinary Center Brownsville Community Development Corporation Brownsville Community Justice Center Brownsville Think Tank Matters BUFU By Us For Us Bushwick Mutual Aid CABS Home Attendants Service Caribbean Women’s Health Association Carroll Gardens Association

Photo by Bryan Tarnowski / Inspired Storytellers

Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services Center for Family Life in Sunset Park Center for NuLeadership on Human Justice and Healing Center for Urban Pedagogy

Chai4ever Chamah Children of Promise, NYC Children of the City Chinese-American Planning Council Christopher Rose Community Empowerment Campaign Churches United for Fair Housing City Limits News Community Food Advocates Community Options New York Coney Island Anti Violence Collaborative Coney Island Lighthouse Mission Copwatch, Inc & WeCopwatch Correctional Association of New York Council of Jewish Organizations of Flatbush Council of Peoples Organization

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“Thank you so much—this will radically expand our ability to get healthy, fresh, delicious foods to food-insecure residents of Brownsville and East Brooklyn.” Rae K. Gomes, Executive Director, Brownsville Community Culinary Center

Cypress Hills Child Care Corporation Day One New York Diaspora Community Services

East New York Restoration Local Development Corporation Educators For Excellence El Puente de Williamsburg

Documented

Elite Learners

Domestic Violence Project

Endangered Language Alliance

Domestic Workers United

Equality for Flatbush

Dream Deferred and Witness to Mass Incarceration

Equality Labs Equity Advocates Exalt Youth

Drive Change

Expecting Relief

DRUM—Desis Rising Up & Moving

Extreme Kids & Crew

East New York Church of God of Prophecy

Fearless Femme 100 Fifth Avenue Committee

Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund

Flanbwayan Haitian Literacy Project Flatbush Development Corporation Food Issues Group Friends of Island Academy Friends of Marcy Houses G-M.A.C.C. Inc. Gender Equality Law Center

Girl Be Heard Girls for Gender Equity Global Trauma Research Good Call NYC Grameen America GRIOT Circle Groundswell Community Mural Project Grow Brooklyn Haiti Cultural Exchange

“This Brooklyn Community Foundation grant will make possible safety net services for the most vulnerable residents in Brooklyn who are undocumented and immune compromised. In addition, the distribution of Dignity Bags to the neediest in NYCHA housing demonstrates a continued care, support, and sense of dignity that comes from within the Brooklyn community.” Annette Roque-Lewis, Executive Director, La Nueva Esperanza

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Haitian-American Community Coalition

Jews for Racial & Economic Justice

Haitian Americans United for Progress

John Jay College Foundation

Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees

Kings Against Violence Initiative

Hebrew Educational Society of Brooklyn

Kings Bay YM-YWHA

Heights and Hills Her Justice Homecrest Community Services Hope For Desperate Hearts

La Nueva Esperanza Laundry Workers Center Little Essentials LiveOn NY Made In Brownsville Make the Road New York

Hot Bread Kitchen

Mexican Coalition

Housing + Solutions

MHANY Management

Immigration Equality

Milagros Day Worldwide

IMPACCT Brooklyn

Mixteca Organization

Inspiring Minds NYC

Muslim Community Network

IntegrateNYC Invisible Hands Deliver Isabahlia Ladies of Elegance Foundation Jack Arts Jeremiah Program Jewish Community Council of Canarsie

National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance Neighborhood Housing Services of Brooklyn Neighbors Together New Sanctuary Coalition New York Cares

“Supporting the Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund is a way to help our neighbors whose lives and livelihoods have been devastated by COVID-19 and its health and economic impacts. For folks like ourselves, with the class privilege and professional flexibility to work from home, the pandemic has been a scary time but it’s marked largely by inconvenience. In all likelihood, our family will be fine. The same isn’t true for others across the borough. We’re giving a monthly contribution because we know that the pandemic’s impacts weren’t limited to the peak we saw in 2020: the city will need years to recover and rebuild, hopefully better than before, and it will need strong communities and organizations throughout the borough to make that happen.”

Annie Coombs, Architect Dave Algoso, Social Change Strategist

Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund

New York Communities Organizing Fund

Queer Detainee Empowerment Project

New York Immigration Coalition

Reaching Out Community Services

New York State Youth Leadership Council

Red Hook Art Project

New Yorkers For Children NIA Community Services Network North Brooklyn Angels NYC Anti-Violence Project NYC Network of Worker Cooperatives OMnp Inc. Pakistani American Youth Organization People In Need

Red Hook Initiative Refoundry Release Aging People In Prison Renaissance Economic Development Corporation Repair the World NYC Represented Foundation Research Foundation CUNY Riseboro Community Partnership

Power of Two

S.O.U.L Sisters Leadership Collective

Precious Dreams Foundation

Sadie Nash Leadership Project

Project EATS

Safe Horizon

Prospect Lefferts Gardens Heritage Council

Sakhi for South Asian Women

Providence House

Sanctuary for Families

Public Housing Communities

Senior Citizens League of Flatbush

Pure Legacee

Service Workers’ Coalition

Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund

“Brooklyn Community Foundation’s partnership and initiatives exemplify the New York spirit of determination, inclusivity, and generosity.” Rita Zimmer, Executive Director, HousingPlus

Sex Workers Outreach Project Brooklyn

The Campaign Against Hunger

Shine Foundation

The Center for Anti-Violence Education

Southside United Housing Development Fund Corporation Spanish Speaking Elderly Council—RAICES St. John’s Bread & Life St. Nicks Alliance Street Vendor Project SupChina

The Gathering for Justice The Guardianship Project The Healing Center The Ladies of Hope Ministries Theatre of the Oppressed NYC Tomorrow’s Leaders NYC Translatinx Network

TakeRoot Justice

Trinity Human Services Corporation

The Ali Forney Center

Turkish Cultural Center

The Black Institute

UA3

The Brave House

UNITE HERE Local 100

Photo by Bryan Tarnowski / Inspired Storytellers

Siren—Protectors of the Rainforest

Staff of Mixteca Organization hand out personal protective equipment (PPE) in Sunset Park

Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund

United Community Centers University Settlement Society of New York UnLocal VOCAL-NY

Womankind Worker’s Justice Project Wyckoff House & Association Yemeni American Merchants Association

Volunteers of Legal Service

Our support focused on organizations that have largely been overlooked by traditional philanthropy. Of the 214 organizations funded:

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One third have annual operating budgets under $500,000 Over 70% are led by people of color 65% had no recent funding relationship with us

COVID-19 also presented the greatest threat to nonprofit survival in recent history. With no possibility for in-person fundraising events, skyrocketing expenditures to meet urgent needs, navigating transitions to remote work, reducing and furloughing staff, and providing frontline services in high risk environments, experts predicted that as many as one-third of all nonprofits may be forced to close within a year. In response, we provided Foundation grantees with a series of free virtual workshops on the Paycheck Protection Program, virtual fundraising, and other emerging issues, as well as individual and group coaching for leaders, attended by more than 400 participants.

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“What this foundation does, is it supports people who lead organizations that look like the people who they serve.” José Albino, Executive Director, GRIOT Circle

“They were there when I needed them. I was really struggling with the finances of Mixteca, and I got the training from them on the Paycheck Protection Program, and it was so clear and so good that I applied, I did it and I got the money…. They are kind, and lovely, and respectful and mindful of the cultural differences which we have.” Lorena Kourousias, Executive Director, Mixteca Organization

Youth activist and youth organizer with Churches United for Fair Housing Brayan Pagoada in Sunset Park.

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Sustainability Enhancement Grants Additionally, we distributed $873,000 in Sustainability Enhancement Grants from the Fund—ranging from $9,000 to $13,500 in unsolicited general operating support—to 75 current Foundation grantees, using an “equity filter” to identify grassroots organizations facing the greatest fundraising and operational challenges. We examined each organization’s annual budget size, the identity of its executive director, the number of board members, and the percentage of individual giving as part of annual fundraising. Organizations with the greatest barriers to wealth and resources received the most additional funding: Alex House Project Arab American Association of New York Arab-American Family Support Center ARTs East New York Photo by Bryan Tarnowski / Inspired Storytellers

Audre Lorde Project Black Women’s Blueprint

Center for Community Alternatives Center for NuLeadership on Human Justice and Healing Children of Promise, NYC Churches United for Fair Housing

BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn

Council of Peoples Organization

Brownsville Community Culinary Center

Cypress Hills Child Care Corporation

Brownsville Community Justice Center

Dignity in Schools Campaign

Building Beats

Drive Change

CAMBA

DRUM—Desis Rising Up & Moving

Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund

El Puente de Williamsburg

Made In Brownsville

Exalt Youth

Make the Road New York

Families United for Racial and Economic Equality

Neighbors In Action

Flatbush Development Corporation

New York State Youth Leadership Council

Flex Dance Program

North Brooklyn Coalition Against Family Violence

Footsteps

Osborne Association

Friends of Island Academy

Red Hook Community Justice Center

Girl Be Heard Girls for Gender Equity Global Action Project

Release Aging People In Prison

Global Kids

Sadie Nash Leadership Project

Good Call NYC

Safe Passage Project

GRIOT Circle

Sanctuary for Families

Groundswell Community Mural Project

S.O.U.L Sisters Leadership Collective

Grow Brooklyn

Spanish Speaking Elderly Council—RAICES

How Our Lives Link Altogether

STEM from Dance

IntegrateNYC

The Ali Forney Center

Jews for Racial & Economic Justice

The Campaign Against Hunger

JustLeadershipUSA

The Center for Anti-Violence Education

Kings Against Violence Initiative Lineage Project

The Guardianship Project

“In early April 2020, with the pandemic bearing down on New York State, my friends and I created ‘NY Tough’ t-shirts and began selling them with 100% of profits going to support NYCbased organizations on their COVID-19 initiatives. We decided to support the Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund because we felt it was important, especially at this moment in this country’s history and the disproportionate way in which COVID-19 was affecting communities of color, to support an organization that operates through a racial justice lens and works for a fairer Brooklyn for all.”

Bernard Dufresne, Executive Director, Office of Institutional Equity/Title IX Compliance at Pace University

Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund

The Noel Pointer Foundation Theatre of the Oppressed NYC Truthworker Theater Company United Community Centers

UPROSE viBe Theater Experience VOCAL-NY Young New Yorkers Youth Advocacy Corps Youth Represent

#GivingTuesdayNow Match When the global Giving Tuesday campaign announced #GivingTuesdayNow, an emergency day of giving for COVID-19 relief on May 5, 2020, we activated our #BrooklynGives donation platform and committed to matching up to $2,500 in contributions to all Immediate Response grantees through June 2020. More than 147 organizations received a total of $363,831 from the Fund to match donations.

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“At the onset of COVID-19, Brooklyn Community Foundation quickly made additional funding available, which allowed us to roll out our COVID-19 rapid response defined by the results of a citywide survey of NYC students outlining their most immediate concerns. We then launched an Information Hotline for students to ask questions and access resources, and a Youth Aid Fund so students could get funding for mental health and medical care, groceries, and bills. The Foundation’s partnership also helped make it possible for us to grow our team of youth leaders who design and facilitate our programs and campaigns by 51% and we were also able to provide an equity based pay increase to ensure all our employees are paid at or above a living wage.” Kim Sullivan, Director, IntegrateNYC

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Flyer by IntegrateNYC advertising their COVID-19 focused survey of students in New York City.

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Focus on Communities of Color March - July 2020

Sunset Park Cases*

Deaths*

3888 317 $192k 117 Flatbush Distributed

Cases*

Orgs.

Deaths*

5604 240 $151k 103 East Flatbush Coney Island Distributed

Cases*

Orgs.

Deaths*

Cases*

Deaths*

2991 330 5682 847 $133k 118 $138k 107

Distributed

Orgs.

Distributed

Orgs.

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Bushwick Cases*

Deaths*

3890 402 $192k 117 BefordStuyvesant Distributed

Cases*

Orgs.

Deaths*

3265 249 $230k 128 Crown Heights Distributed

Cases*

Orgs.

Deaths*

East New York

4465 464 $299k 226 Brownsville

Cases*

*Every 100,000 habitants

Deaths*

Distributed

Orgs.

Deaths*

9706 1217 4467 480 $239k 125 $192k 117

Distributed

Orgs.

Distributed

Orgs.

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Focus on Communities of Color As data on cases, hospitalizations, and fatalities became available, our team tracked where the disease was having the greatest impact in our borough. Ultimately, we identified ten Black and Latinx communities across Brooklyn with significant populations of older adults, immigrants, and people living in poverty to prioritize our funding in: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Bushwick, Coney Island, Crown Heights North, Crown Heights South, East Flatbush, East New York, Flatbush, and Sunset Park.

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From March-May 2020, 25,000 people are believed to have died due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, the majority of whom were people of color. Black residents accounted for 32% of the fatalities and Latinx residents were 30%, even though they are only 16% and 25% of the metro area population respectively. Black and Latinx residents have experienced far greater rates of job loss since the start of the pandemic, with Black and Latinx women the hardest hit. Nearly 70% of all jobs lost were held by workers of color, and 76% of those who lost jobs made less than $60,000 a year. More than 1.2 million undocumented New Yorkers and their families were excluded from direct financial assistance through the CARES Act. Without access to unemployment benefits or workplace protections, undocumented immigrants had few places to turn to for help beyond networks of local nonprofits.

“I wanted my money to go towards the community that I live in and I felt confident that a community foundation would be the right place to know which organizations needed the money the most during the height of the pandemic. I felt empathetic for how many people in the immigrant community were being disproportionately affected by the pandemic because of systematic problems with the distribution of wealth and having access to quality medical services. As an immigrant myself, I felt like giving to the Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund was the best way to give directly to other immigrants who were being hit hard by COVID-19.”

(opposite) Photo by Bryan Tarnowski / Inspired Storytellers

Sara Mejias Gonzalez, Coordinator, Center for Computational Mathematics, Flatiron Institute

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Ambassador and alumnus of the Alex House Project Nyja Robbins with her family.

Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund

Brooklyn Insights 2020: Engaging Residents to Invest in Community-led Change

From the start of the Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund, we set out to spotlight and address the underlying structural injustices that exacerbated the pandemic’s unequal impacts on our communities. To lay the groundwork for the next phase of the Fund’s investments in long-term change, we used the Foundation’s established Brooklyn Insights community engagement model so that we could learn from—and partner with—leaders and residents in communities of color who had been most harmed by the pandemic. Across 16 listening sessions with 235 residents, participants repeatedly described systems and policies that have deeply harmed Black and brown youth and their families, stifling their ability to thrive prior to and during the pandemic. Within each session, we heard about specific barriers to equity, and through the sharing of personal stories and experiences, participants offered solutions for dealing with the immediate and long-term issues that stem from these injustices.

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“I would like to see undocumented people get a path to citizenship. They are the ones who are keeping the economy going. Who are the ones cleaning the houses right now, who are the ones cleaning the schools, cleaning the hospitals? Our Black and brown people, and they are not the ones getting the first help. We are all living in this pandemic and we are still choosing who gets service and not? Let’s keep marching. Let’s keep fighting. Let’s not stop.” Brayan Pagoada, Youth Organizer and Brooklyn Insights 2020 Participant

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Our Brooklyn Insights Model

At Brooklyn Community Foundation, we are guided by the belief that those who are closest to the challenges are closest to the solutions. We first developed our Brooklyn Insights process in 2014 as a tool to inform the Foundation’s overall strategy; it has since become integral to our organizational DNA, ensuring that we center communities as key decision-makers in how we invest in, and advocate for, social change.

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Our Process: 1.

Gather Directly Impacted Residents and Grassroots Leaders Create a Judgment-Free Space for Radical Listening Identify Challenges and Community-led Solutions for Change Analyze Findings to Inform and Design Grantmaking Strategy Determine Grantmaking Investments in Partnership with Community Advisory Councils

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Phase 2: Ongoing Needs & Community-led Change 2021-2026

The insights and ideas of community members informed the Fund’s second phase of grantmaking, totalling over $3 million in new commitments focused on advocating for critical social change while continuing to address urgent health and economic needs.

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Community-led Social Change Grants In Spring 2021, we announced an investment of $2.5 million over five years to fuel the work of seven organizations addressing unjust systems and policies that have deeply harmed communities of color. Funding decisions were made in partnership with a cohort of representatives from across the Foundation’s Community Advisory Councils. Grants support strategies to achieve long-term social change, including advocacy, community organizing and power building, and community collaborations through coalitions: Brooklyn Movement Center Center for Law and Social Justice Girls for Gender Equity

IntegrateNYC Muslim Community Network The Black Institute VOCAL-NY

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“Before the pandemic, we focused specifically on women and girls who have been incarcerated, or formerly incarcerated. Now, thanks to Brooklyn Community Foundation’s support, we’ve expanded to families impacted by poverty, homelessness, trafficking, substance misuse… We’re able to provide more services to more people by understanding that there’s an intersection between all of these systems of oppression—it is all systemic. In order to create a solution to incarceration, we have to address the root issues of poverty.” Topeka Sam, Executive Director, The Ladies of Hope Ministries

“In the darkest days of the spring, I knew so many of my Brooklyn neighbors were hurting. I trusted the Brooklyn Community Foundation to extend support to on-the-ground organizations that were providing direct and immediate relief in ways that mattered most.”

Jenna Mandel-Ricci, Vice President of Regulatory and Professional Affairs, Greater New York Hospital Association

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Vaccine Access and Education $250,000 in total to 25 grassroots nonprofits providing culturally relevant, medically accurate COVID-19 health services and vaccine education, outreach, and navigation support in communities of color:

Alex House Project

Genspace NYC

Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health

Global Trauma Research

Bangladeshi American Community Development and Youth Services Brooklyn Center for Quality Life Brownsville Community Culinary Center Center for NuLeadership on Human Justice and Healing Children of Promise, NYC East New York Restoration Local Development Corp.

Haitian American Community Coalition Jewish Community Council Greater Coney Island Kings Against Violence Initiative Mexican Coalition Neighbors In Action New Immigrant Community Empowerment Project EATS The Ali Forney Center

Elite Learners

The Black Institute

Exalt Youth

United Community Centers

Expecting Relief Flatbush Development Corp GatherFor

An older adult receives a grocery delivery from the Chinese-American Planning Council.

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Ongoing Urgent Needs $291,000 to renew Phase 1 Immediate Response Grants for 31 frontline organizations working in our ten priority communities of color, addressing anti-Asian bias and violence, food insecurity, lost wages, and more: American Council of Minority Women Apex for Youth

Isabahlia Ladies of Elegance Foundation

Ascendus

Mexican Coalition

Asian American Federation

National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance

Black Excellence Collective Black Women’s Blueprint Business Center for New Americans Caribbean Women’s Health Association Chinese-American Planning Council

Photo by Michael Lee

Hope For Desperate Hearts

NYC Network of Worker Cooperatives Pakistani American Youth Organization Precious Dreams Foundation Pure Legacee Refoundry

Coney Island Lighthouse Mission

Siren—Protectors of the Rainforest

Domestic Workers United

The Brave House

G-M.A.C.C. Inc.

The Healing Center

Grameen America

The Ladies of Hope Ministries

Haitian Americans United for Progress Homecrest Community Services

Translatinx Networks UNITE HERE Local 100 Worker’s Justice Project

Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund

“We used the funding that Brooklyn Community Foundation gave us to create our Hope Against Hate upstander safety video and booklets, which are not just about safety, but how to keep yourself alive when you’re attacked. People from all over the country are using them. As a proud Brooklynite, I’m thrilled that the community foundation in my borough has done such great work, and it’s reaching across the country.” Jo-Ann Yoo, Executive Director, Asian American Federation

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Special Thanks to Our Community-led Social Change Grantmaking Panel: Aamnah Khan

Maritza Myers

Angel Jiang

Melissa Johnson

Arlene McQuilkin

Mersadez George

Aurelio Castillo

Michelle Lopez

Daniel Cyan

Nana Samake

Debra Scott

Peace Titilawo

Erika Usui

Pia Lynch

Eve Dudnik

Rae Lipkind

Jasmine Calixto

Sam Manning

Josue De Paz

Selma Jackson

Juan F. Diaz

Sharon Davis

Keyla Davis

Susan Kranberg

Luba Cortes Marie Nancie Adolphe

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Brooklyn Community Foundation

2020-21 Impact Report

Brooklyn Community Foundation Board of Directors Nicole Gueron, Co-Chair of Board Harsha G. Marti, Co-Chair of Board Sarah Williams, Vice Chair of Board Katharine Darrow, Secretary Michael Gillespie, Treasurer

Ingrid Benedict

Constance Sargent

Tom Bettridge

Gabriel Schwartz

Zul Jamal

Diane Steinberg

Mamie Kanfer Stewart

Shelley Stewart III

Vivian Liao Korich

Susannah Taylor

Hilary Ley Jager

Rabbi Rachel Timoner

Noa Meyer Carley Roney

Trustees Emeriti Alan Fishman, Chair Emeritus Robert Catell Rohit Desai

Donald Elliott

Richard Moore

Maria Fiorini Ramirez

Constance Rogers Roosevelt

Rev. Emma Jordan-Simpson

Hildy Simmons

Malcolm MacKay

Staff 2020-21 Cecilia Clarke*, President and CEO (2013-2021) Le Anne Alexander, Program Officer Myles Bradford, Operations and Programs Associate Kamaria Brisseau, Finance Manager Amy Chou-Sheikh*, Senior Program Officer

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Damaris Dias*, Donor Services Manager

Sarah Shannon, Chief Operating Officer

Sabrina Hargrave, Program Officer

Liane Stegmaier, VP of Communications and Strategy

Kimberly Izar, Donor Services Manager Elizabeth Park, Donor Engagement Associate Patora Quarless*, Donor Services Assistant Amy Scott, Foundation Assistant

Jameela Syed, Communications Manager Marcella Tillett, VP of Programs and Partnerships Jenny Walski, VP of Donor Engagement * Former staff

Front Cover: Brooklyn Insights 2020 Participant Brayan Pagoada (right) with a friend in Sunset Park. Photo by Bryan Tarnowski / Inspired Storytellers

Change Starts Here Dear Friends and Partners, We are pleased to share with you a closer look at Brooklyn Community Foundation’s work in 2020 and the first half of 2021. During this time, our communities faced unimaginable challenges and hardships. In response, Brooklynites from every corner of the borough came together to care for their communities and fight injustice—and we are honored to have played a critical part. In 2020, people and institutions across our borough gave a record $20 million to Brooklyn Community Foundation. Contributions supported our Community Fund, Donor Advised Funds, and Endowed Funds. The Brooklyn COVID-19 Response Fund, detailed in the accompanying report, has become the largest community-funded initiative in our 12-year history. More than 1,600 contributors have enabled us to commit nearly $6.5 million for both urgent needs and long-term structural change. The vast inequities exposed and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic have reinforced for us that if we truly care about Brooklyn’s future we must address racism and systemic injustice with unprecedented urgency. With this in mind, we have deepened our investment in organizations advancing racial justice and led by people of color, while sharing greater decision-making power over our grantmaking with community members—affirming our belief that those who are closest to the challenge are closest to the solution. We have also witnessed the impact of this call to action in our Donor Advised Fund program. In 2020, our fund holders issued $5.2 million in grants, with nearly 50% going to Brooklyn-based organizations. This work could not have happened without the incredible dedication of the Foundation’s staff under the inspiring leadership of outgoing President and CEO Cecilia Clarke. Her eight years of service to this organization have transformed it into an unparalleled force for change. As we take a moment to reflect on the tragedies and the triumphs of the past year, we are so grateful for your partnership and your commitment to our borough. Together, we spark change—and change starts here with our communities. Sincerely, Nicole Gueron and Harsha Marti Co-Chairs, Brooklyn Community Foundation Board of Directors

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Fueled by the generosity of donors to our Community Fund, the Foundation’s strategic grantmaking programs center racial justice and spark lasting social change through the power of nonprofits and changemakers in Brooklyn. In 2020, we provided over $7 million in unrestricted grants to frontline service and advocacy organizations—more than 75% of which are led by people of color— working in partnership with young people, immigrants, and older adults across our borough. In addition to general operating support for community-led nonprofits, the Foundation advocates for critical policy changes and assists grantees with capacity building challenges, including fundraising, financial management, and leadership development.

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Invest in Youth Invest in Youth is our largest annual grantmaking and community leadership initiative, focused on supporting young leaders of color. Funding bolsters grassroots youth development programs, youth justice initiatives, and advocacy and services for immigrant youth and families. In 2020, we provided $2.4 million through grants of $45,000 each to 54 transformational programs that position young people as leaders

in their communities. In addition to this robust grantmaking, our Brooklyn Youth Activists distributed $15,000 in grants to support projects created by fellow young people. During this time, our grantee partners, led by the young people they serve, responded en masse to the national reckoning for racial justice demanding changes to how their communities and schools view safety and value Black lives.

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Invest in Youth 2020 Grantees Alex House Project

Good Call NYC

Arab American Association of New York

Groundswell Community Mural Project

Arab-American Family Support Center

How Our Lives Link Altogether

ARTs East New York

IntegrateNYC

Atlas D.I.Y.

Kings Against Violence Initiative

Audre Lorde Project

JustLeadershipUSA

Black Women’s Blueprint

Lineage Project

BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn

Made In Brownsville

Brownsville Community Culinary Center

Make the Road New York

Brownsville Community Justice Center

Neighbors in Action

Building Beats

New York State Youth Leadership Council

CAMBA Center for Community Alternatives Center for NuLeadership on Human Justice and Healing

Osborne Association Safe Passage Project Sanctuary for Families

Churches United for Fair Housing

S.O.U.L. Sisters Leadership Collective

Dignity in Schools Campaign

STEM from Dance

Drive Change

The Ali Forney Center

DRUM—Desis Rising Up & Moving

The Campaign Against Hunger

El Puente de Williamsburg

The Center for Anti-Violence Education

Exalt Youth Fifth Avenue Committee Flex Dance Program Footsteps Friends of Island Academy Girl Be Heard Girls for Gender Equity Global Action Project Global Kids

Theatre of the Oppressed NYC Truthworker Theater Company United Community Centers UPROSE viBe Theater Experience Young New Yorkers Youth Advocacy Corps Youth Represent

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“New York City has the largest school safety division in the country— larger than Boston and DC’s police departments. We’ve been calling for a divestment from policing and policing practices in schools, which cost the city around $450 million a year, and reinvesting that in the things that young people want, need, and deserve. Youth have been fighting for this issue for a long, long time, and it’s time that they’re listened to, it’s time that their pain is taken seriously.” Kate McDonough, Director, Dignity in Schools Campaign

The Dignity in Schools Campaign is led by students, parents, educators, and advocates working to end school pushout and dismantle the school to prison pipeline.

“I believe wholeheartedly in giving back to your local community, in any way that you can. Donating a portion of our online sales to Brooklyn Community Foundation, and knowing that money is going directly to the communities who need it the most—it’s the least I can do.”

Valerie Smith Founder and CEO, Klei

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“When Black men are shot down by police… the racial justice movements flood the streets and traffic can’t move. Violence against Black girls deserves our outrage as well. The Black Joy Pop-up our youth created in Brooklyn was a space for outrage, but also a space for joy, which is an ultimate act of resistance. Communities don’t need systems to address our own problems if we are given the resources, like those from Brooklyn Community Foundation.” Wakumi Douglas and Kimberley Moore, Founding Executive Director and NYC Program Director S.O.U.L. Sisters Leadership Collective S.O.U.L. Sisters Leadership Collective mobilizes systems-involved girls and TGNC youth of color to interrupt cycles of oppression by inspiring leadership, cultivating healing, advocating for social justice, and creating art.

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Members of Domestic Workers United distribute fresh food in Crown Heights

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Immigrant Rights Fund Since the launch of our Immigrant Rights Fund in November 2016, donors have enabled us to grant over $2 million in response to immediate and ongoing injustices confronting Brooklyn’s immigrant communities. In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic took a vastly disproportionate toll on communities of color, our grantee partners in Brooklyn—where

nearly 40% of residents are immigrants—continued to be essential lifelines to residents facing unjust immigration policies, economic disenfranchisement, discriminatory policing, deportations, and more. We provided an additional $390,000 to 13 immigrant-led organizations, with each receiving $30,000 in general operating support.

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Immigrant Rights Fund 2020 Grantees Bangladeshi American Community Development & Youth Services Black Alliance for Just Immigration Chinese-American Planning Council Documented Equality for Flatbush Families for Freedom Freedom to Thrive

Mixteca Organization New Sanctuary Coalition Sakhi for South Asian Women Queer Detainee Empowerment Project Street Vendor Project Surveillance Technology Oversight Project— S.T.O.P.

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Mohamed Attia, Executive Director, Street Vendor Project

The Street Vendor Project organizes 2,000 vendor members who are working together to create a movement for permanent change.

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“On behalf of our 2,300 members and more than 20,000 street vendors in our City, I want to thank our family in the Brooklyn Community Foundation for the continuous and generous support to our work. Our partnership is one of the main reasons our organization is capable of accomplishing all the victories we have achieved in the past years and will definitely play an essential role in achieving our goals and fighting for our mission.”

Staff and volunteers at Council of Peoples Organization (COPO).

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Members of Mixteca Organization preparing grocery packages for distribution.

“TikTok is proud to support and amplify the diverse voices of our vibrant community, and we believe it’s equally important to support diverse audiences beyond our platform. Working with like-minded organizations such as Brooklyn Community Foundation to achieve equality and justice is another way we can leverage ‘TikTok for Good’ as a global platform fueled by creativity and a home for people of all backgrounds to express themselves freely. We are committed to being part of solutions to challenges facing communities in New York and around the world.”

Michael Beckerman, Vice President, Head of Americas, Public Policy at TikTok

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“A lot of allies think that with Trump out of office, the crisis is over. But we’ve spent decades building up the systems of mass deportation and the surveillance systems that fuel them, so one election isn’t going to change that. Brooklyn Community Foundation has been indispensable to our work and a catalyst for our growth. It was the first funder that came on board and believed in our mission, invested in us early on, enabling us to grow our work to fight for immigrant communities in Brooklyn.” Photo by Bryan Tarnowski / Inspired Storytellers

Albert Fox Cahn and Samantha Van Doran, Executive Director and Development Director, Surveillance Technology Oversight Project—S.T.O.P.

S.T.O.P. highlights the discriminatory impact of surveillance on Muslim Americans, immigrants, the LGBTQ+ community, indigenous peoples, and communities of color, particularly anti-Black policing.

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In January 2020, we announced the winners of our annual $100,000 Spark Prize for Brooklyn nonprofits. The “no strings attached” award is chosen by a committee of distinguished Brooklynites and celebrates five organizations that

demonstrate a commitment to equity and racial justice, creativity and impact, strong institutional values, and a dynamic vision for the future of their work in Brooklyn and beyond.

Spark Prize 2020 Grantees Brownsville Community Justice Center

The North Brooklyn Coalition

Children of Promise, NYC

Sadie Nash Leadership Project

The Noel Pointer Foundation

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A student of The Noel Pointer Foundation.

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Sadie Nash Leadership Project participants.

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“The Spark Prize gave us a lot of confidence in times like these when the landscape is really uncertain. I felt really confident about who we are as an organization at Sadie Nash, what our mission was, and that that mission was deserving of funding. We’re incredibly grateful for the support of the Foundation, which has been consistent and sustained. That’s the way to fund, in a way that really feeds our better world.”

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Tené Howard, Executive Director, Sadie Nash Leadership Project

Sadie Nash Leadership Project equips young women and gender-expansive youth of color with social justice educational opportunities to build community, critical consciousness, and college and career readiness.

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#BrooklynGives In 2020, in partnership with the global Giving Tuesday movement, we activated our #BrooklynGives local giving campaign to rally support for nonprofits responding to the

Top 10 #BrooklynGives on Giving Tuesday Nonprofits by Total Donors

COVID-19 crisis across our borough. Thousands of donors gave over $1.4 million directly to 100+ local organizations on our BrooklynGives.org donation platform.

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2. Ruth’s Refuge

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3. The Campaign Against Hunger

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4. Brooklyn Queens Land Trust

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5. Girls for Gender Equity

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6. NYC Network for Worker Cooperatives

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7. Teens of Color Abroad

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$18,674.77

8. viBe Theater Experience

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$14,710.00

9. Heights and Hills

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$3,917.00

10. Extreme Kids & Crew

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“Brooklyn Queens Land Trust is a grassroots organization founded by community gardeners, so activating that grassroots mentality for fundraising since the pandemic began felt very natural. The peer-to-peer fundraising platform that Brooklyn Community Foundation offered through #BrooklynGives allowed us to express the values of fundraising for BQLT in new ways and direct our message to a broader audience.” Steven Thomson, Board President, Brooklyn Queens Land Trust

Brooklyn Queens Land Trust is a gardener-led organization working to ensure the conservation and preservation of open space.

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The Campaign Against Hunger in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

“Brooklyn Community Foundation incorporates the need for change and racial justice into their platform in such a meaningful way, most notably gaining insight and direction from the same communities that they are helping—and they work with such smaller-scale organizations that any support makes a difference. We are a home textiles brand, and a small one at that—but it was important to us to support organizations that made combating systemic racism a central part of their work.”

Phoebe Sung and Peter Buer Co-Founders, Cold Picnic

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“It turns out that people want to do good things for you, and they want to support you even when the world is looking bleaker and bleaker. That was encouraging to see play out in real time, and so we just have huge gratitude for our donors— those who were there before and stayed with us—and the 400 who showed up on Giving Tuesday, most of whom were new to us.” Photo by Bryan Tarnowski / Inspired Storytellers

Susannah Taylor, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Development, Read 718

Read 718 works to close the literacy gap in Brooklyn and to help ensure educational access and equity for all Brooklyn children.

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Brooklyn Elders Fund The Brooklyn Elders Fund is a permanent fund at Brooklyn Community Foundation that brings together older adults, policymakers, and community-based nonprofits to support both proven strategies and innovative approaches to providing care and support for Brooklyn’s aging population. In February 2020, we announced $405,000 in general operating support grants for nine organizations taking on complex issues of racial and social injustice confronting older adults in Brooklyn. Grant decisions were made

in partnership with our Brooklyn Elders Fund Advisory Council of 11 adults from across the borough who evaluated grant proposals, conducted site visits, and ultimately recommended which organizations received funding. Once COVID-19 hit Brooklyn, our grantee partners were forced to confront a tidal wave of challenges targeting their highly vulnerable members, and rethink how to deliver services, build connections, and address urgent health and economic needs when they could no longer bring people together in person.

Council of Peoples Organization

Jews for Racial & Economic Justice

Flatbush Development Corporation

The Osborne Association

GRIOT Circle

Release Aging People in Prison

Grow Brooklyn

Spanish Speaking Elderly Council—RAICES

The Guardianship Project

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“Juggling caregiving and compensated work is the primary challenge that a lot of our people are facing right now in the pandemic. As an organization that primarily works with older New Yorkers, it was a game changer for us to get that infusion of support from Brooklyn Community Foundation. In the spring, it made it possible for us to step up our mutual aid work, as well as spiritual work like the ‘Naming the Lost’ project. It also made it possible for us to grow our community organizing and our Caring Majority campaign in the last year.” Rachel McCullough, Political Director, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice

Jews For Racial & Economic Justice mobilizes Jewish New Yorkers in pursuit of racial and economic justice by building a vibrant Jewish left working for social justice and advancing systemic changes that result in concrete improvements in people’s daily lives.

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“We’re not lobbyists, we’re organizers. We feel that the whole process of changing the system already changes communities, and those of us who were formerly incarcerated say this is the first time they’ve had hope because of our bills in Albany. Without the funding of the Brooklyn Community Foundation, we would not have been able to hire regional organizers all over the state, because we know that people who come from Brooklyn end up in prisons way upstate, people who start out upstate end up in Brooklyn. This community support has been so important.”

Release Aging People in Prison organizes to end mass incarceration and promote racial justice through the release from prison of older and aging people and those serving long and life sentences.

Photo courtesy of Council of Peoples Organization.

Laura Whitehorn, Co-founder and Organizer, Release Aging People in Prison

Food distribution at the Council of Peoples Organization (COPO) Halal Food Pantry.

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#MakeBroo Census The national 2020 Census kicked off on March 12, 2020. One week later, then-Governor Andrew Cuomo issued his COVID-19 Stay-at-Home order, and Census advocates everywhere feared that yet another crisis would disrupt a fair count needed to ensure fair government funding and representation for communities. In the two years prior to Census 2020, Brooklyn Community Foundation led the creation of the Brooklyn Complete Count Committee in partnership with the Office of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, and sat on the Steering Committee of the New York State Census Equity Fund, which granted over $3 million to 120 organizations across the state. We also joined advocates from across the state to successfully fight the Trump Administration’s inclusion of a citizenship question on

the survey, and to demand funding for community-based organizations to conduct “Get Out the Count” campaigns, which ultimately yielded commitments of $20 million from both the City and the state. Following prolonged delays at the state level, we were able to distribute $436,640 in state funding to Brooklyn nonprofits for outreach before the 2020 Census deadline. In the end, New York State came just 89 respondents short of keeping all of its congressional seats—defying predictions that we would lose up to two. And despite being the global epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic while the Census was conducted, Brooklyn’s Census count showed an 8% growth rate from 2010— an incredible victory for organizers and community-based nonprofits.

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oklynCount: s 2020 #MakeBrooklynCount 2020 Grantees 67th Precinct Clergy Council

Faith in New York

Apna Brooklyn Community Center

Flatbush Development Corporation

Arab-American Family Support Center

Grand Street Settlement

Asian American Federation

Haiti Cultural Exchange

Bridge Street Development Corporation

Mixteca Organization

Brooklyn Community Services

North Brooklyn Neighbors

Brooklyn Public Library

St. Nicks Alliance

Churches United For Fair Housing

The Campaign Against Hunger

East Flatbush Village

The New York Immigration Coalition

East New York Restoration Local Development Corporation

The New York Urban League

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Census rally in Sunset Park.

“Brooklyn Community Foundation is deliberate about its work and deliberate in its decision to operate via a racial justice lens. The Foundation rallies capital to invest in positive social change across the borough— guided by that racial justice lens—and I’m glad to be a part of that.”

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Shelley Stewart III Partner, McKinsey & Company Brooklyn Community Foundation Board Member

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“Brooklyn Community Foundation was an invaluable ally and partner in our borough’s Census 2020 effort. With their help and commitment, we were able to move hundreds of thousands of dollars to community organizations without red tape and delays to support outreach efforts and connect with hard to count communities. The Foundation’s tireless commitment to Census 2020 helped ‘Make Brooklyn Count’ despite the many unique challenges of ensuring an accurate count amidst a pandemic.”

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Eric Adams, Brooklyn Borough President

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A member of Brownsville Community Justice Center, a 2020 Spark Prize grantee.

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Brooklynites are a people like no other—and the overwhelming support of our donors over the past year is just one of countless examples of the extraordinary generosity that flows through our neighborhoods. From Coney Island to Crown Heights, Brooklynites have shown up for their neighbors with their time, talent, and treasure—giving what they can, whenever they can.

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In 2020 alone, people and institutions across our borough gave a record $20.6 million to funds at Brooklyn Community Foundation. This landmark generosity touched all aspects of our work, with $5.6 million in contributions going to our Community Fund and $15 million in contributions going to Donor Advised Funds hosted at the Foundation. Over 70 supporters committed to monthly recurring donations, and our Donor Advised Fund program expanded by 22% as Brooklynites sought out additional vehicles to grow their giving. Over 1,800 donors gave to our Community Fund, which encompasses our strategic grantmaking and special initiatives including immediate and long-term relief for our communities in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, investing in the borough’s youth, championing immigrant rights, and more. Donations to the Foundation in 2020 ranged from $1 to $250,000—and 53% of donations to our Community Fund totaled $100 or less, demonstrating the power of gifts of all sizes in a truly community-led outpouring of support for our borough.

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As the borough’s community foundation, we are uniquely positioned to help donors maximize the impact of their giving across Brooklyn. We pride ourselves on partnering with donors to address systemic racism and injustice by mobilizing capital and providing resources to help deepen their understanding of the most challenging issues of our time. Our donor services include:

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Brooklynites faced the devastation of this past year with incredible resiliency, ingenuity, and generosity of spirit. United together, we have the power to spark long-term social change.

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Donor Spotlight

Rabbi Rachel Timoner Senior Rabbi of Congregation Beth Elohim Brooklyn Community Foundation Board Member

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What do you love about Brooklyn?

Oh, I love the energy of Brooklyn. I love how much vibrancy there is, how people are inventive and creative and problem solving and how many different kinds of people are living together in one place. And how there’s an attitude of looking out for each other and making each other strong.

Why do you support Brooklyn Community Foundation?

Brooklyn Community Foundation is focused on the entire borough and aims to make the borough more fair and just, and it is leveraging resources to do that. I think that is rare, if not unique, and it’s a privilege to be able to be part of it. Especially as the Foundation is trying—through a process of self-reflection—to be more and more accountable to, and authentic to, who and what Brooklyn really is.

Before joining our board, you served on our Racial Justice Advisory Council. Could you speak to that, and how it has carried over into your experience as a board member?

One of the things that became apparent for the Foundation years ago is that to be a community foundation in Brooklyn, you can’t be race neutral or racially blind. First of all, that’s not possible for human beings, but it’s also not appropriate. All of us who are in power within the Foundation have to understand how racism has shaped the Foundation so far, how it has shaped the decision making—and to then be actively anti-racist, to be able to play a role in upending the structural inequalities that persist in our country and in our borough. When we have that consciousness, it means really being willing to look at all of our practices to see that we are reflecting the true needs of this community. If we’re going to do it right, it has to be from the perspective of upending racism.

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Well, I come from a religious tradition that is centered on giving. The idea in Judaism and in Torah is that giving is not something you do because you’re nice. Giving is actually expected of you. The idea of tzedakah, which is a Hebrew word, is often translated as “charity.” But really, tzedakah means justice— and that, to be in the world, we must see ourselves as agents of justice. Part of how we enact justice with our lives is through our words and through our actions, and part of how we enact justice through our lives is giving what we have. You don’t have to be wealthy to give. Every person gives some amount. Giving is part of what we do because we’re alive—not because we’re good or nice, but because that’s what justice looks like. ⬛

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Etsy, the global marketplace for unique and creative goods, established the Uplift Fund as a Donor Advised Fund at Brooklyn Community Foundation. The Fund supports nonprofits nationwide that work to dismantle barriers to building a successful small business by fostering equal opportunities to creative entrepreneurship. Etsy buyers in the United States can round up their purchases to the nearest dollar amount at check out, and the change is donated to the Uplift Fund. These buyer donations, as well as direct grants from Etsy, will be distributed by Brooklyn Community Foundation to nonprofits across the country working directly with creators who need support building their own businesses. We spoke with Etsy’s Senior Manager of Social Innovation Dinah Jean to learn more:

How did the concept for the Uplift Fund develop and why is it so important right now?

Etsy is a marketplace that aims to support small and micro businesses, and our commitment to supporting this community extends to our impact work. Like us, our customers believe in the power of small business and the unique impact creative entrepreneurs have in our lives. The Uplift Fund represents an opportunity for our customers to join Etsy in supporting creators who face barriers to building successful businesses. This effort is particularly critical today as the past year has highlighted the gap in resources available to many communities who are eager to utilize their talents to build businesses.

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How is the Fund doing so far and what kind of impact do you hope it will have in the long-term?

Since launching our round up and donate feature on Etsy.com, we have had over 1 million buyers round up to support the Uplift Fund. We hope the Fund is able to help propel forward the incredible work of organizations across the country that are committed to supporting creative entrepreneurs while highlighting how a small step can help make a positive impact in the lives of the business owners that create so much for our local and global communities.

Why did Etsy choose Brooklyn Community Foundation to administer the Fund?

Brooklyn Community Foundation has a longstanding commitment to building a fair Brooklyn that is a vibrant and prosperous borough for all of its residents. The goal of the Uplift Fund is to break down barriers that prevent equitable access to entrepreneurship. In choosing the Brooklyn Community Foundation, we knew we would be working with a team that’s committed to leveraging creative solutions to build positive change in Brooklyn and beyond. While the round up and donate program was a new effort to the Brooklyn Community Foundation team, they recognized how it could be an effective vehicle and were eager to work together to make it happen.

Etsy is a Brooklyn company, with a global reach. How has the borough shaped Etsy’s impact, culture, and values?

We’re proud to have our headquarters here in Brooklyn. The borough is home to communities from across the globe and this perspective is critical in helping us bring diverse local talent to the company. Our commitment to the communities where we live and work is key to our mission and enables us to bring to life our commitments to economic, social, and environmental impact. ⬛

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Youth activist and organizer Brayan Pagoada (left) with a friend in Sunset Park.

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Donor Advised Fund Spotlight

Tarik Ward Director, Music Programs / Director, Strategic Operations The ELMA Philanthropies Services (U.S.) Inc. Founder, Stanford GSB Alumni for Black Lives Fund

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Why a Donor Advised Fund at Brooklyn Community Foundation?

I knew the DAF program existed, and I knew the team at Brooklyn Community Foundation—I understood their values, philosophy, and operating model. After looking at the nuts and bolts of opening a DAF it was an easy choice, and it was easy to open—we set up the fund over the phone and email. When you look at other DAF programs and their fees, they don’t compare to Brooklyn Community Foundation—looking across the landscape of options, this program is among the most affordable, the most egalitarian. The fee rates are extraordinarily low, so right off the bat more of your money gets to where you want it to go. There are very few Donor Advised Fund programs that have annual fund fees this low, and even fewer still that specifically and exclusively reinvest those fees like Brooklyn Community Foundation does through its grantmaking. When you start to actually invest real money into your DAF, you now are literally invested in that community. I live in Brooklyn, so it just made the most sense to open a DAF at Brooklyn Community Foundation.

What motivated you to create your Donor Advised Fund?

After the murder of George Floyd, I got together with a few classmates of mine from the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) and we said, we have to do something—we don’t know what yet, but we have to do something. One of our classmates in particular, Olaolu Aganga (who is on the Stanford GSB board), convinced us to try to marshal our network. This is our community of alums, we have to be able to push some sort of action forward.

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I think one of the things that we kept hearing from a lot of our classmates was one simple question: ‘how can I help?’ So I worked with my team to put together a list of every Black-serving and Black-led organization we could find—right now that list is over 200 organizations long. Then we said, how are people actually going to give to these places? What if we did it together? What if we gave people a vehicle that was easy, where they could give, and then we could figure out the rest together? That’s really where the Donor Advised Fund idea came from, because it offered us a community solution to a community problem. It was a very flexible, easy to understand, easy to operate, easy to maintain vehicle for collective giving and action. Now that this DAF exists and different alumni classes are starting to think among themselves about what they can do, we can offer this readymade giving vehicle. It lowers the barrier to entry. If classmates want to get together and fundraise, I can literally just send a link to give to the fund, and that makes everybody’s lives a little easier. With our DAF, we want to give people in our networks the opportunity to invest wisely in Black lives—to see if we can find ways to put people’s giving and capital to work. What advice would you give to someone who is considering opening a Donor Advised Fund?

It’s easier than it sounds—I think when you say “Donor Advised Fund” to folks, there can be a sense that it is extraordinarily sophisticated, hard to understand, and that you need to be wealthy to open a DAF. This is a thing that anybody can do—as long as you’ve got a good sense of who’s in your community, and how you can best serve them, you can start a fund. For me, a DAF is kind of like a collection plate. It’s recognizing that somebody needs our help, this is how we can help them, let’s pool our resources—it’s kind of that simple.

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As I was researching Donor Advised Funds I talked with some people that had their own funds to get insight. So if you want to open a DAF: talk to folks. Keep asking questions about the art of the possible. I think most people will find that it is easier than it looks to do and to maintain—and once you get it going it can really provide a nice simple giving opportunity for folks to get together and accomplish something.⬛

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Donor Advised Funds* Anonymous (11) 1834 Project ALLINBKLYN Amelia & James Wilson Family Fund Andrew Kimball Sarah Williams Fund Barbara Edwards Delsman and Alan M. Delsman Fund Beacon Giving Group Becker Family Fund Bee Raw—Save the Bees Black Art Futures Fund Brooklyn Branches Giving Circle Buckholz/Fontaine Fund Christopher P. Santoro Scholarship Fund College Opportunity Fund Constance and John Sargent Donor Advised Fund Darrow Family Fund Eichenthal Fellows Fund Empowering Venerable Achievement Fund Etsy Impact Fund Etsy Uplift Fund Fellerath Goodwin Fund Fishman Family Fund Frankie Morris-Perez Memorial Scholarship Fund Frosenblumin Fund

Gasteyer-McKittrick Family Fund George and Mary Memorial Fund Gillespie Glant Family Fund Giraffe Fund Gueron-Strickland Family Fund Hinton Phillips Family Fund Jessie Streich-Kest Memorial Fund Joel Herzig Memorial Fund John Raskin and Eric Schneider Fund Joseph Mohbat Memorial Fund Judy and Henri Gueron Family Fund Kirven Family Fund Leo Max Fishman Janowitz Fund Levitt Foundation Donor Advised Fund Linda Epstein Memorial Foundation Mamie and Justin Stewart Family Fund Marti Family Fund My Leap to Possible Pelican Foundation for Creative Education Quincy and Nia Fund Roney Liu Brooklyn Impact Fund

Rossman Family Fund Samuel Fishman Fund San Filippo DAF Schwartz Family Foundation Snowy Day Fund Stanford GSB Alumni for Black Lives Stirrup Family Fund Stone Wenk Cashion Family Fund Susan and Peter Restler Taylor Marriott Family Fund The Brock McGill Foundation The Grace Fund The Gratitude Fund The Ichigo Charitable Fund The Kaye Family Charitable Fund The Moore Family Fund for Brooklyn The Pasta Rose Scholarship The Rainey Scholarship Fund The Reeves-Walker Fund Thigpen Hill Family Fund TJFJ Fund for Children Tower Hill Fund Urban Youth Activist Fund Whoriskey Donor Advised Fund Yatrakis Family Fund

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Field of Interest Funds* A Better Brooklyn Fund CABS Community Foundation The Fund for the Health and Integrity of Seniors NYCNC Advised Fund

*As of June 30, 2021

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Our Donors

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Corporate Support

Foundations

Anonymous (5)

Klei

Anonymous (11)

3i Group Private Equity

Mailchimp

1834 Project

AllianceBernstein*

Microsoft*

ALLINBKLYN

AMC Networks

National Grid

American International Group (AIG)*

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

Amelia & James Wilson Family Fund

Anchorage Capital Group Apple Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind BDT & Company* Bird Brooklyn BNY Mellon Community Partnership Program* Buchbinder Tunick & Company LLP CABS Home Attendants Service, Inc. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Permira Advisors LLC S&P Global Salesforce* Santander Sheehan Family Companies Song Law The Stop & Stor Charitable Fund Take-Two Interactive Software TikTok Two Sigma Investments, LP*

The Ananda Fund Andrew Kimball Sarah Williams Fund The Bay and Paul Foundations Becker Family Fund The Beta Foundation Boger Family Foundation, Inc. Bridge Family Fund Brooklyn Branches Giving Circle Cannupa Foundation Catell Family Fund The Commonwealth Fund

Värde Partners*

Constance and John Sargent Donor Advised Fund

Cold Picnic

ViacomCBS*

Continental Grain Foundation

The Community Outcomes Fund at Maycomb Capital

WarnerMedia*

Cravens Foundation

Whole Foods Market

Darrow Family Fund

Credit Suisse* Cumberland Packing Corporation Debevoise & Plimpton

* Employee Matching Program

David and Katherine Moore Family Foundation David and Zita Bram Family Charitable Fund

Goldman Sachs*

DJ McManus Foundation

Google*

Donald A. Pels Charitable Trust

InfoEd Global

Edward S. Moore Family Foundation

Insomnia Cookies Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Elma Philanthropies The Endeavor Foundation

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Eric P. & Evelyn E. Newman Foundation

Joseph S. and Diane H. Steinberg Charitable Trust

Roger S. Firestone Foundation

Erie Family Foundation

Judy and Henri Gueron Family Fund

Roney Liu Brooklyn Impact Fund

Kettering Family Foundation

The Seedworks Foundation

Kirven Family Fund

Select Equity Group Foundation*

Etsy Impact Fund The Eugene M. Lang Foundation Fishman Family Fund

LeBlanc Family Fund

Ford Foundation

Mamie and Justin Stewart Family Fund

John Raskin and Eric Schneider Fund Gantcher Family Foundation Gates Foundation* Gillespie Glant Family Fund Giraffe Fund The Golden Family Fund Good Words Foundation Grapevine The Great Island Foundation Gueron-Strickland Family Fund Gunderson Dettmer Harman Family Foundation Henlopen Foundation Horace and Amy Hagedorn Fund

Marti Family Fund Mary J. Hutchins Foundation Momentum Fund Moody’s Foundation* The Moore Family Fund for Brooklyn The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund Mother Cabrini Health Foundation National Grid Foundation New York Foundation* New York State Health Foundation* One4All Charitable Fund Open Society Foundations* Orchard Foundation PayPal Giving Fund

Sharon Fay and Maxine Schaffer Family Foundation Sills Family Foundation Simons Foundation* Simple Gifts Fund Starry Night Fund The Steedman Family Foundation Susan Beth Salo Foundation Taylor Marriott Family Fund Thigpen Hill Family Fund Tower Hill Fund T. Rowe Price Charitable Ventress Family Foundation Viking Global Foundation, Inc.* Vocal Minority Wach Family Fund The Warburg Pincus Foundation* The Wheeler Foundation

The Illinois No. 3 Foundation

Pfizer Foundation*

Jamestown Charitable Foundation*

The Prospect Hill Foundation*

JellyFish Fund

Resist

Whoriskey Donor Advised Fund

The J.M. Kaplan Fund

The Robert M. Schiffman Foundation, Inc.

* Employee Matching Program

Wolfensohn Family Foundation

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Donors

a-b Anonymous (107) Nancy Abraham Lindsay Abrams Virginia Abrams Charlotte Adams

Jacob Arnold

Christine Benson

Kerith Aronow

Carol Berkvist

Katherine Ashton Young

Shari Berman Pascarosa and Jack Pascarosa

Sharon Avnon Jason Baer William Bailey Lisa Baker Krishna Balachander

Siobhan Adcock

Helene Banks and Michael Cioffi

Nawaaz Ahmed

Lori Barth and Bob Werb

Chitra Aiyar

Christian Bastian

Drew Akason

Jessica Bauman and Ben Posel

Nick Aldridge Alexandra Alger Laith Al-Hashimi Lucia Alice McCreery Esther Alix Laura Allen Audrey L. Alleyne Mark E. Almeida Taylor Rae Almonte Ann Anderson Beverly and Richard Anderson Caroline Anderson Jolen Anderson John Anner Nisha Aoyama Cecil Apostol

Debra Bechtel James Beck Kristin and Peter Becker Sumner Becker Sarah Begeman Tamara and Gregory Belinfanti

Greg Berman Thérèse Bernbach Martha Berry and Curtis Cravens Dana Beth Lobell Jonathan Bines Katherine Bishop Allegra Blackburn Dwyer and John O’Neill Krystal Blackwood Jennie and Jake Blair Justin Blanchard Katherine Blumm James Bode Maria Bodic Omri Bojko and Jenna Petok Brittany Bond

Melisa Bell Reinhart

Amy Bonderoff

Joan Belle

Lauren Borowick

Alan Beller

Nancy Borowick

Ron Beller

Sayantan Bose

Adrian Bellomo

Ambriel Bostic

Aquiba Benarroch

Madeleine Boucher

Ingrid Benedict ⬛

Christine Bragan

Grace Bennett

Lauren and Josh Brand

Rachael Benjamin

Margot Brandenburg and Andrew Kassoy

Donald Benson

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Joanna Brenner

Jared Lewis Carrier

Andrea Compton

Sarah Brewer

Francesca and Joshua Carson

Edward Cone

Denise Bricker and Ken Crowley

Mary Lesley Carson

Roger Briggs

Jocelyn Castillo

David Brisske

Alison R. Castleman

Brendan Brits

Robert Catell ▲

Eric Brochard

Angela Chachere

David Brown

Sarah Chasin

Kimaada Brown

Ann Cheng

Laurel Brown

Rishi Chhabria

Maria Buck

Constance Christensen

Deborah Buell and Charles Henry

Kendall Christiansen

Sarah Burns

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John Paul Christy Joanne Chu Michael Ciccarone Cecilia Clarke and John Born Kathryn Clarke Jacquel Clemons Brendan Coburn

Congregation Beth Elohim Alison Conn Cass Conrad Jennifer H. Cooke Annie Coombs and Dave Algoso Rebecca and Adam Copeland Rosenberg Kimberly and Daniel Corash Torin Cornell Saundra and Don Cornwell Jean Corrigan Christine Costello Ashley Cotton and James Weiss Terrance Coyne Benjamin Crane Carla Maria Cruz Robin Cullen

Chris Cairns

Marley Cogan

Caron Callahan

Alexandra Cohen

Paul Campbell

Beth Cohen

Allison Candido

Brian Cohen

Jolie Curtsinger Schwartz and Gabriel Schwartz ⬛

Jing Cao

Erica Cohen

Barbara Dahl

Phyllis Capello

Leah Cohen

Samara Daly

Alison Carnduff and Vince Tompkins

Romy Cohen

Katharine ⬛ and Peter Darrow

Ronald Carpenter Walter Speight Carr

Brian Coleman Marjorie and William Coleman Daniel Collins

Mallory Curran Sarah Curtis

Karen D’Attilo Molly Day

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Maite De Rue Mark Dean Christian DeFranco Marla Dekker Anne Delaney Camille Delaney Barbara and Alan Delsman Alana Denison and Eric Schaffer Lisa Diamond Matthew Dickstein Arielle DiGiacomo and Zachary Boger Laura W. Dillon Mackenna Dombroski Jeanne Donovan Fisher Carol Doody Michael Dorfman-Gonzalez Melissa Dougherty and Andrew Zeif Charles Downs Bernard Dufresne Helen Duncan and F. Bowie Duncan Danielle Durchslag Christopher Edmonds Samantha Egan Susan Egbert Gilroy and Anthony Gilroy

Jennifer and Steven Eisenstadt

Ashley Firestone and Brett Friedman

James Elder

Veronica Fischmann

Marko Elgart

Matthew Fishbein

Kathleen and Henry Elsesser

Judith and Alan Fishman ▲

Elizabeth Elston

Isabelle and William FitzGerald

Joan Erskine

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Thomas Flaschen

Eliza and Jason Factor

Ellen Foote and Steve Hindy

Steve Fahrer

Samantha Fox

Judith Fairweather

Katharine Freeman

Rima Fand

Ellen Freudenheim and Dan Wiener

Carolyn Fast and Michael Tiger Lurie Daniel Favors and Brian Favors Mark Feigen

Emily Fletcher Rebekah Flohr Lizanne Fontaine and Robert Buckholz Blake and Andrew Foote

Samuel Frumkin Leena Gandhi Joanna Gang

Maya Ferrante

Christina and Michael Gantcher

Sophie and Andrew Ferrer

Isabel Garcia

Gabrielle Fialkoff

Joan and Frederick Gardiner

Zackary Filbert

Wendy Gardner and Wyatt Courtney

Leslie Findlen and Rich Wald Jonathan Finer Mark Finkelstein

David Eichenthal

Alix Finkelstein

Allegra and Morgan Eifler

Lance Fiore

Cynthia J. Gardstein Laurie Garrett Rose Gasner Rosalie Genevro Kathleen and Edward Gentner

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Anna and Dylan Gervais

Judith Gueron

Katherine Haver

Raja Ghosh

Nicole Gueron ⬛ and Carter Strickland

Elizabeth Haviland

Lora Giampetruzzi Elizabeth and Lawrence Gile Lauren Glant and Michael Gillespie ⬛ Amy Glosser and John Lieber Julie Glynn Michael Goering Joshua Goldberg Maggie Goldberger Julia Goldstein Lily Goldstein Leon Goldstein Gene Goldstein-Plesser Anne Gorrissen Evan Gourvitz Rebekah Gowler Emily Grabiak Arden Grady Jessie Graham The Grand Avenue (PutnamGates) Block Association

Karoly and Hank Gutman Elazar Guttman

h-k Stella Hackett Carolyn Haft Margaret Hagen Hope Hagler Steven Hakusa Lulu Hall Ellen Hallsworth Erika Halstead and Jeffrey Goldberg Elizabeth and Jamie Hammel

Christopher Hayward Joseph Heath Candice Heberer Benjamin F. Heidlage Allison Heim Jessi Hempel Alaina Hendershot David Herbstman Susan Herman and Jeremy Travis Anne D. Herrmann Megan Hertzig-Sharon and Avi Sharon Amy Herzig Ralph Herzka Brady Hiatt Jill Hilbrenner Isabel Hill Katharine Hill

Annette Hammond

Cora Hillman

Ellen and Scott Hand

Rachel Hines and Michael Cembalest

Sandi and Colvin Grannum

Leslie Hannafey

Eliza L. Gray

Oliver Hardt

Janice Greenwald

Marisa Harford

Diane and Bruce Gregory

Anne Harris

Alice and Robin Griffiths

Jessica Harrison Fullerton

Michele Grodner

Margaret and Ronan Harty

Stephanie and Jason Gromek

Gary Hattem and Frazier Holloway

Roewell Hobbs Elizabeth and Jon Hochman Carolyn and John Hodges Amanda and Jarrett Hoffman China Hoffman

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Shay Kadosh

Natania Kremer

Akintayo Holder

Genevieve Kahr and Daniel Freedberg

Alyssa Kronlund and Luke Beshar Jr.

Taylor Hollister

Melinda and Peter Kaminsky

Deekshita Kuchukulla

Patrick Hong

Mamie Kanfer Stewart ⬛ and Justin Stewart

Supriya Kumar

Mary Beth Hogan and John Kenny

Meredith Hostetter and Anthony Newman Catherine and Michael Hovey Alvin Huang Irena Huang Whitney Hunter-Thomson

Joseph Kanfer Rachel Karliner and Neil Binder Susan Karwoska and Benjamin Kligler

Shari Hyman

Susan Kath and Steven Schindler

Marcie Imberman

Sophie Katz

Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia

Rebecca Kaufman

David Israel

Sara Keenan

Subash Iyer

Maureen Kelley Stewart and Tom Stewart

Babbie Jacobs Hilary Ley Jager ⬛ and Edwin Jager

Katherine Kelley Jessie Kelly

Melissa and Zul Jamal ⬛

Stephen Kelly

Anne January and Paul Van Horn

CeFaan Kim

Janice Jenkins Diana Johnson Paul Johnson Deron Johnston Alethia Jones Alice Jones Nathaniel Jones Kimberley Jordan Emma Joyce

Amanda King Sally F. King Rosalie Kissel Pete Klosterman Marion and Frederick Kneip Lawrence Korich Sarah Kornhauser Rajesh Kottamasu Morris Kraicer Stacy and David Kramer

Daniel Kurtz-Phelan Kristen and Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte Glen Kushner Diana and Jason Kyrwood

l-m Martha LaBare Isabelle Lagarde Stephanie Lai Dona and Colin Laughlin Dune Lawrence Sabrina and Matthew LeBlanc Katherine Lederer and Benjamin Statz Leaya Lee Lisa Lee Shannon Lee Bonda Lee-Cunningham Jackson Lehr Ilana and Josh Levine Sara and Andrew Levine

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Philip Li

Caroline Marshall

Vivian Liao Korich ⬛ and Daniel Korich

Meera and Harsha Marti ⬛

Judith and Jonathan Lief

Jimena Martinez and Michael Hirschhorn

Jean Lien

Jaime Martinez-Rivera

Megan Liles

Jamie Massam

Casey Lilley

Victory Matsui and Ryan Wong

Amy Linden

Noa Meyer ⬛ and Edward Minoff Ryan Millager Jennifer Miller and Thomas French Sonali and Sanjay Mody Amanda Moffat Bonne and John Mogulescu

Thomas Mayer

Marji Molavi

Lindsay and Emmett McCann

Christian Montegut

Kyle McCabe

Anne L. Moore

Wanda Lucibello

Michael McCabe

Barbara and Richard Moore ▲

Elizabeth and Matthew Luckett

Pamela and Joseph McCarthy

Maitri K. Morarji and Vivek Amir Menezes

John Lipsky Patricia Lowry and John Touhey

Jona Lundborg

Sharon McCarthy and Tony Molestina

Sara Luria

Ciara McCarthy

Matthew Mulligan

Casey Lynam

Maureen W. McCarthy

Elizabeth Munro

William M. Lynch

Kevin McCaul

Sorcha Murphy

Kehinde Mabinuori

Teddy McGehee

Marion Murrell

Luis Madrigal Santana

Jason McGill

Jennifer Magida

Marcia McHam

Regina Myer and Jeffrey Genshaft

Miranda Malkin

Christine McKenna

Betsy Mallow and Jeremy Robbins

Jane and Thomas McKim

Jenna Mandel-Ricci Anup Mankar Benjamin Margolis Jamie and Marty Markowitz Charles Marsh Leslie Marshall and Mauro Premutico

Eric Morrow

John Mealy

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Sara Mejias Gonzalez

Roy Nathanson

Alison Melick and Duncan Kruse

Orli Nativ and Colin McGurk

Deborah McManus Ann McNeal

Lisa Melmed-Cohen and Steven Cohen

Laura Naylor Mary Negro Linda Neidl

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Adele Bernhard and Peter Neufeld Madeline Neumiller Kristina Newman-Scott Kira Newmark The New American Academy Charter School Raven Noir Eliot Nolen and Timothy Bradley Michael Northrop Elizabeth Norton Jason Novack Yuriy Novodvorskiy Kathryn Obler and Kenneth Richieri Nora O’Brien-Suric Maeve O’Connor Michael Odmark Janet and David Offensend Tamara O’Flaherty Maartje Oldenburg and Rustom Khandalavala Matthew O’Neill Roslyn Orgel Benjamin Ortiz Christopher Osborn Margot Owett and Kenneth Olshansky Dalit Paradis Sarah Park Janet Paskin

Anne Pasternak

Rachel Quitkin

Carolyn Paulus

Frances Rabinowitz and Herbert Dalin

Matias Pelenur Hope Peraria Charles H. Perris Katharine E. Perris Rachael Peters and Taylor Greene

Allison Rains Leela Ramnath Megan and Matthew Rand Dana Raviv Emily and Evan Redwood

Chris Petersen

Jonica Reed

Catherine Phelan

Marcia and Kevin Reilly

Kyle Pierce

Jonathan Reinharth

Rachel and AJ Pires

Wendy Reitmeier

Rhonda Pirvulescu

Susan and Peter Restler

Liz Pitofsky

Alexandra Richards

Jane Platt and T. Radey Johnson

Maria Riley

Abigail Pohlman and Kenan Arkan Chinita Pointer Deborah Polinsky Kate and Justin Polselli Maya Polsky Brette Popper and Paul Spraos

Sara Rodriguez Alexandra Romano Carley Roney ⬛ and David Liu Anouk and Matthew Roose Connie ▲ and Ted Roosevelt Jacob Rosenberg Daniel Ross Eliza and Jim Rossman

Lise Porter and Arthur Matin

Lisa and Daniel Roth

Tari Prinster

Amy and Greg Rowland

Katherine Profeta

Madeline Rudden

Natalie Proulx

Christine and Ken Rush

Rosanne Pugliese Kristin Pulkkinen Jane and James Quinn

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s Lynne Sachs and Mark Street Michelle Sadowsky Roy Salame M Salomé Galib and Duane McLaughlin Nancy Sands Connie ⬛ and John Sargent Karin Satrom Thomas Sauermilch Stephanie Saywell Alicia Scardetta Maxine Schaffer and Sharon Fay Bethany Schaid Eliza Scheffler Jen Schenkel and Marc Lapidus

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Judith Scofield Miller and David Miller Katherine Scott Lee and Peter Scott

Valerie Smith Mark Smoyer Patrick Snee

Matthew Scult

Susan Sommer and Stephen Warnke

Stephanie Seib

Serena Sondhi

Margaret Seiler

Merrill Sovner

Marissa Shadburn

Daniel Soyer

Margaret Shafer

Sarah Spencer

Seema Shah

Andrew H. W. Sphar

Shiman Shan

Christopher Stack

Susan and Marshall Sharer

Anne Standish

Jean Sharkey Amy Sheehan Carla Shen and Christopher Schott Jamie Shookman Erin Schulte Collier and Kent Collier Caroline Sikes

Cary Stathopoulos Kevin Stayton Jennifer Stearns Diane ⬛ and Joseph Steinberg Jessica Steinke Ricki Stern and Evan Gulllemin

Claire Silberman

Rochelle and Shelley Stewart III ⬛

Josh Silverman

Jeanette Stokes

Bettina Schlegel

Hildy Simmons ▲ and David Sprafkin

Wendy and Richard Story

Naomi Schmidt

Mikhaela Singh

Gail and Jonathan Schorsch

Ambereen Sleemi and Sean O’Neal

Emily Schriebl

Eric Slovin

Antoinette Schrock

Adrian Smith

Jessica Schwartz

Charles Smith

Gregg Schwartzkopf

Jason Smith

Bernadine Scherer Emma Schindler

Lindsay Strait Dorothy Sumption Phoebe Sung and Peter Buer Vanessa Sussman Clementine Swan Sofia Syed

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Clementine von Radics

Tiffany Williams

Lee Wade

Florence Wilson

Asiya Wadud

Doug Wingo

Mordecai Walfish

Ellen Winn

J. Warwick Robinson

Andrew Winslow

Geraldine Watson

Hanna Wintz

Liz Webber

Lisa and Frank Wohl

Madeline R. Weber

Jonah Wolfson

Nicole Weber

Anthony Wong

Nancy Webster

Nancy Woodruff

Kathleen and William Weigel

Jeanna Wright

Susan and Robert Teich

Ani Weinstein

Karen Wu

Tupper Thomas

Sarah Weir and Peter J. Grossman

Sharon Wurtzel and Jeff Walker

Hillary Weisman and Edward Scarvalone

Rudy Wynter

Anila and Humayun Tai Jordan Tamagni and Michael Schlein Seble Tareke-Williams Jillian Tate Karen Tayeh Susannah Taylor ⬛ and Phillip Marriott

Mary Pat Thornton Anna Tibbetts Rabbi Rachel Timoner ⬛ Sarah Tobin and Paul Skinner Emily Toder

Terry Weiss Claudia and Edward Weissberg

Anne and Mark Townsend

Wesley Weissberg and David Goldberg

Craig D. Townsend

Elaine Welteroth

Judith Trenkner

Mary Elizabeth Wendt

Ariane Turley

Megan Whittaker

Kevin Uhrich

Bradley Whitwell

Sona Varma and Sujoy Bose

Trevor Wiessmann

Cary Vaughan and Herbert Eilberg

Stephanie Wilchfort

Lisa Vehrenkamp Anna Verdi and John MacIntosh Carl Vitullo

Kimberly and Daniel Williams Sally Williams-Allen and Wids DeLaCour Sarah Williams ⬛ and Andrew Kimball

Lucie Yang Charlie Yao Allison and Benjamin Yarrow Luna Yasui Zachary Yeskel Eve Yohalem and Nicholas Polsky Nicholas Yuan Francesca Zaccheo Isaac Zaur Nicole Zeiss Celia Zhang Mark Zimet Barbara and Michael Zimmerman

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⬛ Brooklyn Community Foundation Board Member ▲ Brooklyn Community Foundation Trustee Emeritus We value the support of each and every one of our donors. For brevity, this list reflects all donors who contributed $150 or more to the Foundation from January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021. We make every effort to list names correctly and apologize for any errors or omissions. Please contact our Donor Services team with any corrections at donorservices@bcfny.org.

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Reyna Martinez (right) and her daughter Stephanie, clients and volunteers at Mixteca Organization.

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Special Thanks We are grateful for the partnership of consultants, in-kind donors, and other friends of the Foundation who have helped advance our vision for a more fair and just Brooklyn—especially those who have contributed from behind the scenes. We would like to thank, in alphabetical order: Hakhi Alakhun, Prospect Research Consultant

Barrie Koegel, Recruitment Consultant

Jeremy Amar, Photographer

Maharlika Cleaning Cooperative

anat gerstein, inc., Public Relations Consultant Association of Nonprofit Specialists Big Duck Community Resources Exchange Marni Corbett, Grantwriter

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Jason Cummings, Bookkeeper Michelina Ferrara, Consultant

Mailchimp MINKA Brooklyn Omega Institute PennPAC Andrea Poropatich, Bookkeeper Brooke Richie-Babbage, Nonprofit Capacity Building Consultant SandenWolff, Pro Bono Creative Services

Greater NY Analyst Corps

Renee K. Smith, Brooklyn Insights 2020 Community Engagement Consultant

Idlewild Partners, Salesforce Consultant

Tanya Williams, Social Justice Consultant

Bari Katz, Social Justice Consultant

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