Press Archive
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How to spread Brooklyn’s ‘Innovation Economy’
Industry stakeholders, including BWI’s Aaron Shiffman, gathered to discuss facing challenges and maintaining momentum in Brooklyn’s “innovation economy.”
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Breaking Down Barriers to Employment
BWI 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.
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Citi Foundation Announces Recipients of National $20 Million Community Progress Makers Fund
BWI 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.
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Promising Strategies from a Donor Collaborative
This brief documents the implementation of an economic mobility initiative supported by New York City’s Change Capital
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Fund and draws on interviews with funders and grantees to offer insights on the effective operation of an innovative “democratic” donor collaborative. -
Post Training Program Continues in 2018
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.
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Finding Opportunities in a Worker “Shortage”
As 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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