CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: Brooklyn Community Foundation Grants

Grant Name:  Brooklyn Community Foundation

Deadline:  Letter of Interest due: January 31, 2012

Agency:     Brooklyn Community Foundation  

Summary:  Starting in 2012, the Brooklyn Community Foundation will have only one annual grant cycle, which will last 12-16 weeks from start to finish.

Organizations may submit Letters of Inquiry between January 1-January 31, 2012.

The Brooklyn Community Foundation generally supports exceptional local nonprofits that work in the arts, community development, human services, youth development, education and the environment. 

Organizations applying for a grant from the Brooklyn Community Foundation must be classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and as public charities under Section 509(a) of that Code.  Fiscally sponsored organizations may also apply.  Your organization need not be based in Brooklyn; however grants from the Brooklyn Community Foundation must directly benefit Brooklyn neighborhoods and/or Brooklyn residents.

Link:    http://www.brooklyncommunityfoundation.org/apply

Micro Grants: The Brooklyn Community Foundation's Micro Grants program accepts requests for $500 or less to help support smaller scale projects and organizations throughout Brooklyn. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.  

Micro Grants serve two purposes: to support grassroots, community efforts like beautification campaigns, Parent-Teacher Associations, youth sports teams, or community gardens and to serve as seed funding for start-up nonprofit groups to help support immediate needs as they build a rapport within the community members and among other funders.   Eligibility for a Micro Grant: Organizations with annual budgets of $50,000 or less; Groups with no full-time employees.  Go to:http://www.brooklyncommunityfoundation.org/apply/micro-grants