By Elisabeth Anderson
Brooklyn is awash in opportunities for its 2.5 million residents to give back. Here, a look at giving and giving institutions in Brooklyn, by the numbers.
300: number of community development and employment organizations in Brooklyn
857: number of social service and health organizations
588: number of educational institutions
12: percent of all registered nonprofit organizations in New York State are located in Brooklyn
1st: borough to have a community foundation devoted to itself is Brooklyn. The corporate Independence Community Foundation changed its tax status so it could fundraise. Along with its status the organization changed its name, to the Brooklyn Community Foundation.
154: billion dollars is the estimated collective net worth of Brooklynites for 2010 – resources upon which residents can draw to be charitable
8: number of four star-rated Brooklyn-based charities on nonprofit rating site Charity Navigator
700: approximate number of arts and cultural institutions in the borough
50: percent of community gardeners in New York City are in Brooklyn
4: number of Manhattan-based organizations that had almost $500 million more revenue in 2008 than all 2,233 Brooklyn public charities combined
852: number of Brooklyn-based volunteer opportunities listed on VolunteerMatch
Sources: The Brooklyn Community Foundation, The New York Times, VolunteerMatch, Charity Navigator
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