Applications for the 2025 - 2026 grantmaking council are due May 30.
Brooklyn Org (BKO) seeks to support Brooklyn-serving
organizations working to ensure that Brooklynites have the
opportunity and agency to achieve social and economic success for themselves
and their communities. We conduct grantmaking using a racial
justice lens prioritizing support for BIPOC organizations on the frontlines of the fight for social change,
knowing that those who are closest to the challenges faced by our communities
are closest to the solutions. Brooklyn Org has distributed over $130 million dollars through our strategic grantmaking and Donor Advised Funds since our founding.
Brooklyn Org adopted an integrated participatory grantmaking approach in 2021 as a complement to our community engagement work. Our process centers residents with lived experience and expertise as key decisionmakers in
reviewing grant proposals, conducting in-person site visits, and selecting nonprofits for
funding.
Our advisory council is made up of members who represent Brooklyn as a whole: intergenerational, multi-racial, from many different communities across the borough, and with a diversity of work and lived experiences. Learn more about our past advisory councils on our website.
Advisory
Council members are paid for their participation. We request advisors make a two year commitment if
selected.
Ideal
Candidate for our Advisory Council:
· Currently resides in Brooklyn
· Is committed to the idea that all people should be
equally seen, heard, valued, and respected, regardless of race
· Has a developed analysis and understanding of
systemic racism
· Has personal experience living at the intersections
of multiple identities related to race, age, economic status, gender identity
and expression, sexual orientation, immigration status and country of origin,
and disability
· Is passionate, self-motivated, and collaborative
· Is able to read and review grant applications written
in English and accompany BKO staff on visits to organizations
· Can commit to meetings during business hours and/or
Saturdays.
· Estimated hours are below; availability is determined during onboarding.
· Must be willing to travel to all Brooklyn neighborhoods
· Not currently in a senior leadership position of an
organization
Current Timeline:
|
Read
Applications
(6 – 7 per
person)
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Attend Site
Visits
(1 – 3 per
person
|
Decision
Making Convening
(in person, 4
hours)
|
FALL CYCLE
|
July – August
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August –
September
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September
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SPRING CYCLE
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December - January
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January - February
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February
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Next Steps
You will be contacted if an
opportunity to join an Advisory Council opens up and you are selected to move
forward in the process.
Please no unsolicited phone calls.