Supporting Our Local Community

Each year the Civic Council awards grants to community groups working to meet the needs of and improve the quality of life for community members in and around Park Slope. Generally, the Civic Council funds grants with funding raised through our annual House Tour. While we were unfortunately unable to have the House Tour due to the pandemic, our trustees were happy to approve a limited number of grants to support the great work of groups in and around the Park Slope community. We encourage community members to support the great work of our local community organizations!

 

2024 Grants Applications are Open!

The Park Slope Civic Council is accepting applications for grants to be awarded to community organizations to support operating expenses for projects in arts, education, youth and civic improvement. 

Applications will be evaluated on their responsiveness to the needs of the Park Slope community and the merits of the proposals. Since funds for these grants were raised through the 2024 PSCC Home Tour that focused on environmental sustainability, organizations or projects that include improving the environment or environmental sustainability education, will be given preference.  With the return of the House Tour in June 2024, The Park Slope Civic Council revived the community grants program.The PSCC is now accepting applications for grants to be awarded to community organizations for projects in arts, education, youth and civic improvement. 

Guidelines for Submission: 

1. Applicants must serve the greater Park Slope community* and must be non-profit organizations whose services, programs and projects are open to residents of Park Slope.

2. Grants are for new projects or expansion of existing projects and will not be provided for ongoing operational expenses. 

3. Grant monies must be used within one year from the date of award.

4. Applications must be received by November 15, 2024 and will be announced and awarded at the January 9, 2025 PSCC meeting. 

We will be awarding several grants, ranging from $250 to $1,500

Please complete the online application and submit it by Friday, November 15, 2024  to grants@parkslopeciviccouncil.org.

Previous Awardees Include:

2022:

A student-led effort at Middle School 88 to create a native plant and pollinator garden on the perimeter of Slope Park Playground at 6th Avenue and 18th Street. This project will convert the neighborhood green space into a field study site for 1,200 students, engage students from neighboring schools, residents and passersby in park stewardship, nature appreciation and hands-on environmental activism, and invite community involvement and ongoing stewardship through successive plantings, clean-ups and celebrations.

Arts Gowanus’s ongoing Gallery Dispersed program, an ongoing neighborhood “gallery” using the walls of local businesses and venues, parks, vacant storefronts, and studio spaces, unified through cohesive identity, themed exhibits, art and civic dialogues, and coordinated openings. Gallery Dispersed offers a platform for creative expression and economic development for diverse populations in Brooklyn.

Camp Friendship to offset some routine costs that are necessary for their do day-to-day work. This will likely include the purchase of bins to protect their food, wagons to help them move thousands of pounds of produce from the sidewalk into our building, and folding tables to help them continue to serve food in a client choice model.

Brooklyn Book Bodega to support their work increasing the number of 100+ book homes for kids 0-18 in New York City. Brooklyn Book Bodega provides access to and ownership of books, builds community, and creates a passion for learning through free events and literacy-based community programming. They hold events all over Brooklyn, give out books to anyone who needs them. The organization has book drop sites in Brooklyn, including at the Old Stone House.

2021: Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Brooklyn Seeds, Gowanus Dredgers

2020: Brooklyn Public Library, CHIPS, Dancewave, Imani House, Once Breath Rising, Opera on Tap, Spellbound Theatre, Spoke the Hub

2019: Brooklyn Youth Music Project, Dancewave, Old Stone House, One Breath Rising, Opera on Tap, Piper Theater, PS 282’s Green Zone Project, Spellbound Theatre, Spoke the Hub

2018: Camp Friendship, GreenSpace on Fourth Community Garden, Heights & Hills, One Breath Rising, Friends of Pacific Library, Piper Theatre, PS 39 Green Committee, T.E.A.L.

For more information please contact the grants committee at grants@parkslopeciviccouncil.org

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