The New York Foundation is seeking applications for its Grant Program.
Donor Name: New York Foundation
State: New York
City: New York City
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/01/2022
Size of the Grant: $45,000
Details:
New York Foundation funds community organizing and grassroots advocacy led by and for people who live in New York City.
They prioritize groups that:
- Are led by:
- Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color
- Trans and gender-nonconforming, and nonbinary people
- Trans and cis women
- Proactively center racial, economic, and gender justice
- Work with overlooked and under resourced constituencies or neighborhoods, or on critical social justice issues that have not yet received public attention
- Emerging or newly formed organizations, especially those with limited access to institutional funding
Funding Information
New York Foundation makes core grants of $45,000.
Eligibility Criteria
In order to be eligible for funding from the New York Foundation, your organization must:
- Be based in NYC
- Be a 501(c)(3) organization or fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) organization
- Use community organizing and grassroots advocacy as primary strategies to address the root causes of oppression
- They define organizing as community-initiated and -led mobilization that builds power for progressive social and systemic change. Organizing groups are accountable to their community and help to hold public officials accountable. Organizing strives to create the conditions that allow people to choose how to live their lives with dignity and with the support and resources to thrive.
- They define grassroots advocacy as a strategy carried out by those directly affected that rallies public action to create equitable policies.
For more information, visit New York Foundation Grant.