Organization
Dutchtown Outreach seeks to bring love and reconciliation, identity and dignity to the Dutchtown community by living out and sharing the restoring love of Jesus. They engage in relationship-based initiatives like youth and family mentorship, youth groups, and recruiting and training volunteers from churches to help with their work. Their programs predominantly engage the Black community, with a specific focus on youth. Creating a safe space for youth in the Dutchtown area has come into focus due to recent tragedies and deaths involving young people in this community.
Partnership #1 (2023)
Dutchtown Outreach has experienced steady growth the past few years, and recently purchased its first building to be a home base and hub for its programs. The house needs significant renovation, but is needed to increase capacity for their organization to create a safe place for youth by hosting teen nights, community dinners, and youth and parent grief groups, as well as continue to build partnerships with other local organizations to serve their neighbors well. The Brown Sisters Foundation issued a challenge grant to support the transition to this new building, as well as develop a concentrated effort to engage donors around their mission.