2007 Leadership Development Grants
BATTERED WOMEN'S RESOURCE CENTER328 Flatbush Avenue, Suite 342, Brooklyn, NY 11238
$22,700 to implement an Organizer Training & Apprentice Program.
BUSHWICH HOUSING INDEPENDENCE PROJECT
144 Bleecker Street, Brooklyn, NY 11221
$15,000 to support a full-time staff member at Bushwick Housing Independence for the next four months.
CENTRO HISPANO CUZCATLAN
148-13 Hillside Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11435
$22,000 to hire and train an active community volunteer to become a part-time organizer.
CHHAYA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
C/o NICE, 37-41 77th Street, 2nd Floor, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
$4,000 to support leadership development mentoring and coaching with the Executive Director of Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority.
CHILD WELFARE ORGANIZING PROJECT
c/o East Harlem Neighborhood Center, 80 East 110th Street, #1E, New York, NY 10029
$4,800 to enroll two parents to the Highbridge Parent Leadership Curriculum.
ESPERANZA DEL BARRIO
2290 2nd Avenue, South Store, New York, NY 10035
$25,000 to support the transition from a founding executive director to a co-director structure.
FAMILIES UNITED FOR RACIAL AND ECONOMIC EQUALITY
81 Willoughby Street, #602, Brooklyn, NY 11201
$15,000 to support the transition of a member organizer intern into a full-time organizer.
GIRLS FOR GENDER EQUITY
1360 Fulton Street, Suite 314, Brooklyn, NY 11216
$12,000 to underwrite the cost of a Participatory Action Research and to promote a long-time staff member.
JOVENES 24 HORAS A.D.
c/o Grupo Jovenes New York 24 Horas, 33-19 101st Street, Corona, NY 11368
$10,000 support to hire a Volunteer Coordinator to help in the development, implementation, and management of J24's volunteer services.
MAKE THE ROAD BY WALKING
301 Grove Street, Brooklyn, NY 11237
$25,000 to support efforts to build staff leadership capacity to explore a merger between the Latin American Integration Center and Make the Road by Walking.
RESTAURANT OPPORTUNITIES CENTER OF NEW YORK
275 Seventh Avenue, Room 1703, New York, NY 10001
$15,000 to provide training to two current staff members to assume leadership and raise their salaries to take on additional responsibilities.
YOUTH REPRESENT
c/o CASES, 346 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10013
$2,500 to attend the Defender Institute's Basic Trial Skills Program.
