Emma’s Torch provides culinary apprenticeships, as well as support and placement services to refugees in the food service industry in New York City. Students learn and interface with the public in two locations: a café at the Brooklyn Library and a catering/restaurant location in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.

Youth Design Center (YDC) is the first non-profit, youth-led creative agency and innovation hub in East Brooklyn, working with disconnected youth. Modeled as a creative service agency, YDC offers studios and mentorship in printmaking, fine arts, spatial and product design, fabrication, photography, coding, graphic design, video and animation. Design mentors collaborate with you on projects in their community and client commissioned.

Gotham Food Pantry's mission is to advance food justice by rescuing and redistributing surplus food to underserved communities, primarily focusing on low-income public housing complexes in New York City.

Life of Hope has been providing services to predominantly Afro-Caribbean immigrant population of Brooklyn since 2006. The Haitian Women’s Birth Equity Program provides case management support and is dedicated to ensuring Haitian women, regardless of immigration status, have access to the resources they need for a safe, healthy pregnancy and birth.

Meals For Good works with food pantries and community based organizations to help alleviate food insecurity in New York City. They provide vouchers to help people obtain the groceries they need and raise money to work with community based organizations in all five boroughs. Meals for Good also gives grants, for local and regional produce, to underfunded pantries.

The Brownsville Community Culinary Center (BCCC) provides free, culinary vocational training to Brownsville residents. Their Belmont Cafe sells meals crafted by participants of the Free Culinary and Pastry Training Program. Their Brownsville Wellness Program hosts events to help the community overcome health challenges and provides nutrition education.

Mom for Moms’ mission is to empower single mothers by providing critical postpartum and newborn essentials to lessen the stress that comes with living in poverty.

North Brooklyn Angels has been feeding meals to the Brooklyn community since 2017. Through their mobile kitchen, they regularly serves up to 2,000 hot, healthy meals a week at nine locations in North Brooklyn.

Drive Change trains recently incarcerated youth to succeed in the food service industry and become leaders in their community. They run an 8-month paid-fellowship for 18-25 year olds, that trains them in culinary arts, places them into living wage jobs, and holds our hospitality partners accountable for providing a workplace experience that is fair, supportive and equitable.

NEW trains approximately 350 women annually and connects them with employers and union partners, while also advocating for a diverse workforce, the prevention of gender-based violence and harassment, and the prioritization of health and safety in the workplace. NEW's programs include a pre-apprenticeship training program, job placement and wrap-around services (housing and childcare referrals and support), job interview preparation, and access to tools and equipment. 

Ruth’s Refuge provides home furnishings and essentials to refugees and asylum seekers in New York City. They welcome these families by providing them with apartment furnishings and other home essentials in partnership with local resettlement agencies. Volunteers donate furniture, buy new appliances and linens, load moving trucks, assemble furniture and bring love and welcome into the homes of newcomers.

The Brave House is a community of support for young immigrant women and gender-expansive youth, ages 16-24, in New York City, with a focus on survivors of gender-based violence. They provide free legal aid, community events, and holistic services, including leadership training, one-on-one advocacy, wellness classes, job and school assistance, support for new and expecting moms, and much more.

Workers Justice Project (WJP) empowers low-wage immigrant workers to gain a voice in the workplace and build strong and economically sustainable communities through education, organizing, leadership development, and the growth of grassroots economic alternatives. WJP organizes and advocates for the health and safety, and salaries for delivery workers, cleaning workers, and day laborers in the construction industry.

Alex House Project is a nonprofit, peer-led social service and leadership development organization that supports pregnant and parenting young moms and dads who live in economically depressed neighborhoods in New York City.  Alex House serves young pregnant and or parenting women who are directly affected by poverty and racism, including homeless youth, LGBTQ youth, young people in new immigrant communities, and parenting youth in foster care.