The Bronx Community Foundation Awards $150,000 to 15 Local Nonprofits
This funding round focused on advancing health equity and community: expanding access to health and mental health services, promoting food sovereignty through pantries and community gardens, fostering safer environments, arts and culture, and increasing community nutrition and wellness education — (The Bronx, N.Y.) — The Bronx Community Foundation (BxCF), the first and only community foundation […]
Bronx Community Foundation awards $250,000 to organizations supporting asylum seekers
New funding for nonprofits assisting asylum seekers with finding a home, legal support, workforce training, and wrap-around services — (The Bronx, N.Y.) — The Bronx Community Foundation announced today new support for grassroots organizations supporting asylum seekers in the Bronx. The new resources are provided by the Foundation’s Equity and Justice Fund and are designed to […]
The Bronx Community Foundation Announces its Fall 2024 Participatory Grantmaking RFP
The Bronx Community Foundation (BxCF) announces our Fall 2024 Participatory Grantmaking Request for Proposals (RFP) to fund innovative Bronx organizations leading transformative solutions to address systemic problems. For this years fall grant cycle, BxCF requests proposals focused on innovative solutions for Bronx residents around our Community or Health pillars. All proposals using the online submission […]
D-Nice discusses the origins of Club Quarantine and being honored in New York
D-Nice discusses the origins of Club Quarantine, what community means to him, the loss of Seed Popular aka Mbutho Paul Juma, and being honored at the Bronx Community Foundation’s inaugural Gala & Asset Awards in the Bronx, New York.
PHOTOS | The Bronx Community Foundation Inaugural Gala
Caridad De La Luz performs during a gala hosted by Bronx Community Foundation at Bally’s Golf Links at Ferry Point on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Derrick Lewis, co-founder of Bronx Community Foundation, speaks during a gala hosted by Bronx Community Foundation at Bally’s Golf Links at Ferry Point on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. The Bronx […]
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’50 Ideas’ report: Bronxites’ creative solutions for a better borough
New Yorkers are all too accustomed to hearing about problems within the Bronx. But when it comes to solving complex challenges, people who know and love the borough are often best equipped to offer innovative solutions. The Bronx Community Foundation and local think tank Center for an Urban Future recently tapped into this idea with […]
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50 Bronx leaders offer 50 ideas improving the borough
Elected leaders are informing Bronx residents on their latest and greatest ideas on what can be done to improve life in the borough. The report outlines 50 ideas from 50 different leaders on how to improve the Bronx. Those ideas feature things like affordable housing, vocational work, school programs and much more. This list of […]
The Bronx Community Foundation Awards $350,000 to 14 Visionary Bronx Nonprofits
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Erin Clarke, erin@anatgerstein.com, (347) 831-1096 (The Bronx, N.Y.) The Bronx Community Foundation (BxCF), the first and only community foundation in The Bronx dedicated solely to delivering resources to the entire borough, today announced awardees of its latest participatory grantmaking round, a $350,000 investment in nonprofits investing in eradicating inequity and building sustainable […]
First Official Bronx Week 2022 Event & Bridging The Digital Divide
The COVID-19 pandemic shined a light on what experts call the “digital divide” – the gap between those with access to technology and those without. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, it forced many to live their lives online. School, meetings, weddings, birthday parties — all had to be held virtually, but not everyone has access […]
Overcoming Digital Deserts: The Birth of Bronx Digital Equity Coalition
Before the COVID-19 pandemic started, the Bronx was known to be home to some of New York City’s largest digital deserts, neighborhoods where many people do not have internet access at home. As the Bronx Community Foundation reports: The Bronx has the lowest broadband adoption rates of any borough and the disparities are even more pronounced […]
Trinity In Unity – Activists and nonprofits team up to press service providers
COVID-19 forced a million city public-school students to attend school via Zoom, illuminating how many Bronx families lacked computers or Wi-Fi—and launching a collaboration of nonprofits to fill the void. Soon after schools first closed in March 2020, The Bronx Community Foundation— a nonprofit founded by local twin brothers Derrick and Desmond Lewis in 2017— […]
Desmon and Derrick Lewis are Featured on Mission BX
Our Co-Founders, Desmon and Derrick Lewis were featured this week on BronxNet’s and Hostos’ show “Mission Bx”. They were interviewed by Eileen Newman, the host and Executive Director of the Center for Nonprofits. The video covered the impact of our Bronx Covid Relief Effort and shared more detail on several BxCF initiatives. Please feel free […]
Hunts Point Express features our COVID-relief technology support for Bronx students
Although remote learning has become the educational standard in the year since the COVID-19 pandemic, many South Bronx students still do not have access to the technology that makes it possible. By communicating with political leaders, providing tech assistance, and distributing devices, we hope to close the digital divide and provide better online education for […]