Stakeholder Engagement
Community Connect
Community Connect is a free, online platform that brings together community-based organizations, academic partners, funders, and supporters to collaborate, share resources, and strengthen community health.
Built in partnership with SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, QuizToo, Inc., the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health, and the Brooklyn Health Disparities Center, Community Connect is designed to make collaboration easier and more impactful.
Whether you're looking to co-write a grant, evaluate a program, host a community event, or simply connect with others doing similar work, this platform is here to support you.
Through Community Connect, you can:
- Share or discover funding opportunities and events
- Ask questions and exchange ideas with a broader community of non-profits
- Access resources on topics like grant writing
- Connect with peers across sectors
Log into the Community Connect site here
Tell Us What You Need!
Seeking Community Based Organization Feedback
SUNY Downstate is developing Community Connect, a free online platform designed to help community-based organizations (CBOs) build partnerships, access funding opportunities, and strengthen their programs.
To ensure the platform truly reflects the needs of CBOs in today’s environment, we’re inviting CBO staff to complete a brief, confidential survey (approx. 15 minutes).
Your input is essential for creating a tool and platform that genuinely serves you and your community.
Why we value your input?
Your knowledge and perspective is essential in shaping Community Connect. By taking
your feedback through our brief, confidential survey, you’ll help ensure that Community
Connect is developed with your practical needs in consideration.
You can download the PDF flyer to distribute here
Science Cafés
The Cafes will serve as a venue for a promoting research literacy via a new 16-week program where partners receive training on principles of neighborhood based participatory research and grantsmanship. The Cafes will be led in partnership with the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health, a nationally renowned network of organizations.