Community Partners
Knit the Rainbow strives to create lasting and impactful partnerships with community-based organizations whose missions align with our own.
Ali Forney Center
Founded in 2002, The Ali Forney Center's mission is to protect LGBTQ+ youths from the harms of homelessness and empower them with the tools needed to live independently.
Art & Acceptance
Art & Acceptance's mission is to offer a safe, hospitable, harm-reduction, gender-diverse, nonsectarian safe space for LGBTQ+ people ages 16-29 experiencing homelessness.
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Brooklyn Community Pride Center
Founded in 2008, The Brooklyn Community Pride Center's mission is to provide services and support to the borough’s LGBTQ+ community.
Brooklyn Ghost Project
Founded in 2017, Brooklyn Ghost Project is a trans-led non-profit dedicated to providing awareness, support, empowerment, and visibility for the TGNC community.
Crafting Change
Founded in the COVID-19 era, Crafting Change's mission is to provide a collection of projects in collaboration with trustworthy organizations and create an online community where craftivists can share resources and find friendship.
Hetrick-Martin Institute
Founded in 2008, New Alternatives' mission is to help LGBTQ+ youth succeed in transitioning to stable adult lives. They welcome all youth with no barriers to entry.
New Alternatives
Founded in 2008, New Alternatives' mission is to help LGBTQ+ youth succeed in transitioning to stable adult lives. They welcome all youth with no barriers to entry.
Safe Horizon
Founded in 2008, Safe Horizon's mission is to provide support, prevent violence, and promote justice for victims of crime and abuse, their families and communities
Soap S.A.C.K.
Founded in 2017, S.A.C.K.'s mission is to inspire volunteers to crochet/knit, collect and donate bar soap to their local food pantries, homeless shelters, relief efforts, social service agencies and veterans clinics.
Sylvia Rivera's Place
Sylvia Rivera's Place is a comprehensive social service provider, working within and beyond the LGBTQIA+ Community. They work to further a mission to bring the world to a right and justice relationship.
TGNC Bridges4Life
Bridges4Life is an organization built on helping the Transgender Non-Conforming Community; by providing services to children in the foster care system, young adults, and surviving sex workers.
The Door
Founded in 1972, The Door’s mission is to empower young people to reach their potential by providing comprehensive youth development services in a diverse and caring environment.
Uptown Wagon
Uptown Wagon is a collective of neighbors who meet in uptown Manhattan to distribute meals & supplies to neighbors experiencing homelessness.
WANA Community Resource Center
Founded in 2011, WANA's mission is to provide holistic care, advocacy and resources for asylum seekers experiencing housing insecurity.