BOROUGHWIDE — BROOKLYN ORG, A PLATFORM AND PARTNER FOR LOCAL PHILANTHROPY, has received from the National Grid Foundation a Special Heating Fund grant of $112,500 to disburse to community-based nonprofits. The grant is part of the National Grid Foundation’s broader $2 million initiative supporting emergency heating and utility assistance across New York and Massachusetts. This funding will provide critical support to Brooklyn residents facing financial hardships during the winter months, helping ensure they do not go without heat or other essential utilities. Brooklyn Org will partner with five on-the-ground, community-based organizations to distribute support directly to longtime homeowners in Central Brooklyn: Flatbush Development Corporation, Bridge Street Development Corporation, Grow Brooklyn, IMPACCT Brooklyn and Brooklyn Level Up.
The National Grid Foundation announced this record-breaking commitment to emergency heating programs in partnership with several fuel-neutral heating funds, including Brooklyn Org, Catholic Charities Brooklyn/Queens, United Way of Long Island, Catholic Charities Staten Island, Catholic Charities Albany and three United Ways in Massachusetts — Mass Bay, Central Mass and Cape and Islands. Since the inception of its heating fund programs, the foundation has contributed more than $10 million in heating aid.
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