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Historic Brooklyn church grants $60,000 to neighborhood nonprofits On Sunday, February 10, 2008 the Concord Baptist Church of Christ will present grants totaling $60,000 to nine ommunity service organizations that serve Central Brooklyn youth and residents. The awards will be disbursed through the Concord Baptist Christ Fund, the church’s endowed grant-making arm. The presentation will take place during orning worship service at 10:00 a.m. at the Concord Baptist Church of Church located at 833 Marcy Avenue (formerly Marcy ve.) in the Bedford Stuyvesant community of Brooklyn New York. “Bedford Stuyvesant is a community in the midst of exciting revitalization, says Concord’s Senior Pastor, Dr. Gary V. impson. “Therefore, now, more than ever, it is crucial that organizations with deep roots and honorable interests in this community be supported and encouraged.” “We are honored to be able to tangibly affect organizations doing good work in our community,” comments Concord hrist Fund Board of Governors Chair, Lisa A. Bing. “By providing financial resources to groups working locally that may otherwise be difficult or impossible to attain, the Christ Fund continues a legacy of inspired giving by our congregation, and will hopefully draw attention to the vast opportunities for community uplift and development in the Central Brooklyn area.” Bing is a third generation Concord member and principle of Bing Consulting Group, Inc. 2008 Christ Fund grant recipients are dynamic and diverse in their approaches to community uplift and empowerment. Organizations receiving grants of $10,000: The Paul Robeson Theatre – to facilitate creative after-school and summer programming by this community institution celebrating over 30 years of service to Brooklyn youth; The Prison Moratorium Project – to support programming and outreach for this nationally recognized organization whose mission is to eliminate juvenile detention and incarceration by developing civic leadership and policy expertise among at-risk youth; and Brooklyn Community Access Television/BCAT - in support of the expansion of network programming covering diverse Brooklyn neighborhoods. Organizations receiving grants of $5,000 each: Girls for Gender Equity – to underwrite youth development projects for over 600 girls and boys in Brooklyn public schools; Project Reach Youth - renewed support for Teen Services Programs targeting disenfranchised youth; The Twenty-First Century Foundation – to launch major public relations initiative aimed at disseminating results of its first report on the status of Black girls in New York City; The Hope Program, to provide New Yorkers living in extreme poverty with opportunities and comprehensive services needed for economic self-sufficiency and to conduct research on underlying causes of poverty and chronic unemployment; The Mount Carmel Worship and Outreach Center, to upgrade computer hardware and software used in job skills training for the unemployed and underemployed; and Neighborhood Technical Assistance Clinic – to improve management and service delivering systems of technical assistance and capacity building for community non-profits. “The work of our grantee organizations is directly in line with the mission of the Concord Baptist Church and the Concord Christ Fund. We support projects and organizations that work to uplift Brooklyn communities,” says Simpson. “The existence and growth of these organizations increases our ability to positively impact our neighborhoods.” The Concord Baptist Church of Christ was founded in 1847 and its members have been active in important social movements in the United States since the Abolitionist Movement. Concord’s outreach in the Bedford-Stuyvesant community is vast and includes the Concord Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center, the Concord Baptist Elementary School and Concord Home Services for the Elderly. The Concord Christ Fund was established in 1988 by the largely African-American working class congregation to support the uplift of Bedford Stuyvesant and Central Brooklyn. Since its founding, The Concord Christ Fund has made grants nearing a million dollars to worthy community projects. FOR DAY BOOKS: Date: Sunday, February 10, 2008 Time: 10:00 am What: Presentation of Christ Fund grants by the ConcordBaptistChurch of Christ Location: The ConcordBaptistChurch of Christ 833 Gardner C. Taylor Blvd (formerly Marcy Ave.) Between Madison and Putnam Avenues Brooklyn, New York 718.622.1818 Contact: Lisa A. Bing Chair, Board of Governors 718.398.8516 |
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