Industry stakeholders, including BWI’s Aaron Shiffman, gathered to discuss facing challenges and maintaining momentum in Brooklyn’s “innovation economy.”
Read MoreBWI is recognized as an organization “reducing roadblocks that women, people of color, people with disabilities and others face in obtaining quality and consistent employment.” Our Executive Director speaks on that topic.
Read MoreBWI is announced as one of 40 nonprofit organizations selected as recipients of the 2018 Community Progress Makers Fund. The $20 million grant initiative supports visionary nonprofit organizations.
Read MoreThis brief documents the implementation of an economic mobility initiative supported by New York City’s Change Capital
Fund and draws on interviews with funders and grantees to offer insights on the effective operation of an innovative “democratic” donor collaborative.
Since the start of New York’s Post Production Film Tax Credit in 2010, over 1,000 productions have applied for the credit, creating almost a million new jobs.
Read MoreAs the trucking industry struggles to find new drivers, BWI’s Red Hook on the Road opens up careers in unionized industries like school buses and trucking for unemployed New Yorkers.
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