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Brooklyn Recovery Fund Releases Recommendations for Accelerating Rebuilding and Enhancing Local Resiliency
With over $3.5 million deployed to more than 100 community-based organizations to address recovery and rebuilding in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, the Brooklyn Recovery Fund will finalize its grantmaking operations as of January 31, 2014.
Established by the Brooklyn Community Foundation in partnership with the Office of the Brooklyn Borough President and Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, over the past 15 months the Fund has provided three rounds of grants, fostered the creation of six Community Collaboratives, and advocated city-wide on behalf of impacted Brooklynites.
A final report released today, Brooklyn Communities Speak: An Action Guide for Local Decision-Makers Post Sandy, documents the extensive lessons learned by the Fund and its community-based partners, and offers specific recommendations to elected officials and government agencies for achieving a holistic recovery while building local resiliency.
Moving forward, Brooklyn Community Foundation will continue to support the Fund’s grantee partners through capacity-building assistance and resource dissemination, but will no longer fund recovery initiatives. To learn more about the ongoing work of Brooklyn’s local recovery coalitions, please visit the BCF website.
Request for Grant Applications ROUND III – Faith-Based Organizations Due November 15th
Get the application for this round of regrants for Faith-Based Organizations here.
#ConeyRecovers Collaborative Receives $250,000 Grant from Brooklyn Recovery Fund
#ConeyRecovers announces additional funding to support physical rebuilding efforts and programming affected by Super Storm Sandy.
CONEY ISLAND, October 9, 2013 – Brooklyn Recovery Fund awarded the #ConeyRecovers collaborative $250,000 for continued relief efforts in Coney Island. These funds will support faith-based organizations, address mental health needs within the community, as well as provide funding for capacity building initiatives, and support staffing coordination through Coney Corps for rebuilding efforts.
#ConeyRecovers Receives $200,000 Grant from Brooklyn Recovery Fund
#ConeyRecovers announces additional support to facilitate the recovery of single-family and small multi-family homes affected by Superstorm Sandy.
CONEY ISLAND, March 12, 2013 – Brooklyn Recovery Fund awarded #ConeyRecovers $200,000 contributing towards continued relief efforts in Coney Island. The goal of the funding is to directly support the recovery of single-family and small multi-family homes affected by Superstorm Sandy. These funds will support new programming aimed at filling wash-outs, sometimes known as sinkholes, and through Astella Development Corporation will support small multi-family building owners needing assistance making their rental units habitable again. Additional detailed program information will be made available in the coming weeks through the #ConeyRecovers website, www.coneyrecovers.org.
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