project leader
Kelvin T
location
69 Belmont Avenue
(Brownsville)
latest update rss
2022 Impact Report

the project

During the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, EBMA started to support community members affected by COVID-19, particularly immunocompromised and unemployed people, by providing free groceries and social support. Since those beginnings, we have successfully distributed more than one million pounds of food to over 100,000 residents through Black Radish Home Delivery, in which we source low-cost groceries from predominantly Black distributors and farmers and deliver them directly to the doors of hungry New Yorkers.

We have an active board with members representing significant sectors related to our programs and offer the following programs. 

  • Black Radish Home Delivery provides healthy food to elderly people, disabled folks, and low-income families. 
  • Community days support BIPOC farmers by providing labor to farmers and educating community members about land, food, health, and nutrition.
  • Six farmer's markets that support local BIPOC producers will operate from May-December at Christian Cultural Center (CCC).

EBMA will establish a multi-stakeholder Black Radish Grocery Store at Chestnut Commons, a low-income development building. This pilot store will support the 250 households in the building and work with local and regional producers to promote healthier and more nutritious food options. The ultimate goal is to provide a holistic approach to address the interrelated needs of the Afro-diasporic community. EBMA is driven by a larger vision, using food and culture as the primary entry points into community health.

 

the steps

  • We enlisted pro bono the services of an attorney (Fried Frank), an architect (Studio Modh), and a project developer (Sterling Project Development) for the Black Radish Grocery Store at Chestnut Commons.
  • We are in lease negotiations and have drawn architectural plans for Black Radish at Chestnut Commons, a pilot store for our food hub concept.
  • We are creating plans and the operational infrastructure for a food hub in East New York in the Industrial business zone with the Community Land Trust of East New York, The Community Board, and the Economic Development Corp of New York. EBMA will oversee the logistics and operations of the food hub food operation.

 

why we're doing it

Our organization is focused on improving the healthy food options in select neighborhoods of East Brooklyn. East New York has become the city’s third-largest food swamp, an area where healthy food options are outnumbered by abundant fast food, junk food outlets, convenience stores, and liquor stores (https://citylimits.org/2018/05/21/new-york-citys-biggest-food-swamps/ ). The lack of healthy food options results in poor health for the community’s residents. The East Brooklyn Food Hub will address the historical inequities that have led to disproportionate health issues, labor inequity, economic injustice, and instability with access to fresh food.

 

budget

Updated budget 3.7.23



TOTAL PROJECT FUNDING NEEDED $194,000.00
ioby Fiscal Sponsorship Fee (5%) N/A
ioby Donation Processing Fee (3%)
(Donation processing fee does not apply to match funding.)
$6,000
TOTAL TO RAISE= $200,000
Donation processing fees apply to donations only. 100% of match funding goes to projects. Please note, fees are estimated here and final numbers may change based on the final amount raised and amount of match funding applied to this campaign.  

 

Updated budget 11.24.2020

We are distributing full bags of groceries.  $30/family and our requests have recently increased.  

$30/ feeds a family for a week.  Each bag will be filled with groceries to prepare 9 meals!  
 



PROJECT FUNDING NEEDED = $100,000
ioby Platform Fee waived
ioby Fiscal Sponsorship Fee (5%) waived
ioby Donation Processing Fee (3%)
(Donation processing fee does not apply to match funding.)
$2,585
TOTAL TO RAISE = $102,585
Please note: ioby fees are estimated and will be calculated based on totals at the end of the campaign.  

 

$75-100 per groceries delivery for up to 150 families in Ocean Hill/Brownsville

Volunteers are unpaid and there is no overhead. All money goes to groceries. 

Updated budget 9.18.20



PROJECT FUNDING NEEDED = $50,000
ioby Platform Fee waived
ioby Fiscal Sponsorship Fee (5%) waived
ioby Donation Processing Fee (3%)
(Donation processing fee does not apply to match funding.)
$1,151
TOTAL TO RAISE = $51,151
Please note: ioby fees are estimated and will be calculated based on totals at the end of the campaign.  

UPDATED BUDGET 06.22.20



PROJECT FUNDING NEEDED = $29,325
ioby Platform Fee waived
ioby Fiscal Sponsorship Fee (5%) waived
ioby Donation Processing Fee (3%)
(Donation processing fee does not apply to match funding.)
$675
TOTAL TO RAISE = $30,000
Please note: ioby fees are estimated and will be calculated based on totals at the end of the campaign.  

UPDATED BUDGET



PROJECT FUNDING NEEDED = $19,400
ioby Platform Fee waived
ioby Fiscal Sponsorship Fee (5%) waived
ioby Donation Processing Fee (3%)
(Donation processing fee does not apply to match funding.)
$600
TOTAL TO RAISE = $20,000
Please note: ioby fees are estimated and will be calculated based on totals at the end of the campaign.  

 

ORIGINAL BUDGET



PROJECT FUNDING NEEDED = $9,700
ioby Platform Fee waived
ioby Fiscal Sponsorship Fee (5%) waived
ioby Donation Processing Fee (3%) $300
TOTAL TO RAISE = $10,000

updates

2020 was magical thanks to all of you!

Groceries to 500 families+!

All,

Thank you for your support! This week marks deliveries to 500+ families - 544 to be exact! That's more than 2,000 neighbors. In the past 8 weeks we've built a volunteer network of 40+ people. And most importantly we've created community at a time that we all needed it. Thanks for being a part of this. 
 

Keep up with what we're doing - or join us! - through Facebook (Ocean Hill Brownsville Mutual Aid) and Instagram and Twitter (OHBMutualAid). 
 

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