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.
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.
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.
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.
WANA Community Resource Center
Founded in 2011, WANA's mission is to provide holistic care, advocacy and resources for asylum seekers experiencing housing insecurity.
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.