DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – THE BROOKLYN ORG on Tuesday announced that five Brooklyn-based nonprofits have been chosen as the winners of its 2026 Spark Prize, and will each receive a $100,000 no-strings-attached grant in recognition of their work advancing racial justice, according to a press release from the organization.
The five charities include the Asiyah Women’s Center, which provides shelter and support for Middle Eastern, Arab and South Asian domestic violence survivors; Black Trans Femmes in the Arts, which supports transgender artists through residencies, grants, free studio space and public platforms; the B.R.O. Experience Foundation, which offers mentorship and healing programs for Black and Latino young men; the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, which confronts racial biases in technology through digital safety training and legal and political advocacy; and YVote, which helps high schoolers learn to take leadership roles in civic engagement.
The groups will be honored on Tuesday, March 3 at a breakfast hosted at the Barclays Center. The awards are presented by NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. Tickets to the breakfast, starting at $500, are on sale now through Brooklyn Org’s website.
