
The Bed-Stuy Create and Connect Fund seeds the creative ideas and civic actions of artists, cultural practitioners, community builders, organizers, and makers in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. We provide $1,000 grants towards each funded proposal, with 10–12 proposals funded per cycle. We are looking for creative initiatives and projects that are rooted in community, foster connections, and ignite conversations and/or collaborations. In other words, we support community building amongst neighbors.

Apply to the 2023 Create & Connect Fund
Launched in 2021, The Bed-Stuy Create and Connect Fund seeds and supports creative projects by cultural practitioners, community builders, organizers, and makers in our home of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
OVERVIEW
The Bed-Stuy Create & Connect Fund seeds and supports the creative ideas and civic actions of artists, cultural practitioners, community builders, organizers, and makers in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. We provide $1,000 grants to creative initiatives and projects that are rooted in community, foster connections, and ignite conversations and collaborations.
The Summer 2021 cohort of Create & Connect Fund recipients was selected by LP Staff in collaboration with Stefanie Siegel and Leah Asha Allen. The Fall 2021 cohort was selected by LP Staff in collaboration with Angeli Rasbury and Sabrina Brockman.
Grant
$1,000
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