The Capacity-Building Grant Program is intended to measurably improve the governance and management operations of qualifying 501(c) 3 nonprofits that are located or provide a substantial amount of services in Broome, Chenango, Delaware and/or Tioga Counties.
Donor Name: New York Council of Nonprofits
State: New York
County: Broome County (NY), Chenango County (NY), Delaware County (NY), and Tioga County (NY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): Ongoing
Grants Size: up to $3,000
Details:
Examples of types of eligible projects include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Board development/training
- Strategic planning
- Financial management (fiscal policy development, internal control review, software conversion, etc.)
- Legal assistance (including incorporation/application for tax-exemption, bylaw development review, personnel policy development or review, contract reviews, merger, consolidation plan development, etc.)
- Organizational assessment
- Employee compensation analysis
- Personnel evaluation (including Executive Director)
- Program evaluation
- Merger/consolidation/strategic alliance exploration or facilitation
- Employee team-building
- Fund development planning
- Marketing plan development
- Camp Finance training
- Being a Successful Executive Director training (for New Executive Directors)
Funding Information
The individual grant award limits are as follows:
- Up to $2,000 for general governance and management assistance
- Up to $3,000 for merger, consolidation or subsidiary development and for crisis management intervention services
- Up to $500 in scholarships for participation at qualified capacity building conferences, as submitted for approval.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible, applicants must be 501(c)3 organizations that are located in or provide a substantial service to residents/visitors of Broome, Chenango, Delaware and/or Tioga Counties.
- A Board Member must have attended two Southern Tier Capacity Building Program trainings in 2022.
- Proposed project consultants must be qualified and available at a reasonable cost.
- Priority consideration will be given to first-time applicants.
- Projects must improve the governance, management and/or program service capacity of the applicant.
For more information, visit New York Council of Nonprofits.