The Merchant Organizing Strategic Impact Grant will fund citywide nonprofit organizations to serve multiple boroughs and neighborhoods across the City in partnership with no less than three Community-Based Development Organizations and/or merchants associations (CBDOs).
Donor Name: NYC Department of Small Business Services
State: New York
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/18/2022
Size of the Grant: up to $700,000
Grant Duration: 6 months
Details:
Applicants must propose place-based projects and services that aim to form new merchants associations and/or revitalize existing merchants associations in each target neighborhood. Projects should engage merchants to develop relationships, foster partnerships, and build local capacity to steward ongoing commercial revitalization efforts beyond the term of the grant. In addition to merchant meetings and engagement, demonstration projects may also be executed to garner merchant support and demonstrate the value of joining a merchants association. Demonstration projects may align with one or more of the following categories:
- Business Attraction
- Business Support and Retention
- Cleanliness and Beautification
- District Marketing
- Placemaking
Focus
The FY23 Merchant Organizing Strategic Impact Grant is focused on merchant organizing. Merchant organizing is the process of supporting existing relationships and building new relationships among merchants in order for them to collaboratively address issues, collectively advocate for and implement commercial revitalization projects, and actively participate in ongoing programming in their neighborhood.
Funding Information
- The FY23 Merchant Organizing Strategic Impact Grant will fund up to $700,000 to citywide nonprofit organizations that can support a minimum of three neighborhoods and collaborate with three different CBDO partners.
- Grant term of January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023
Eligibility Criteria
- Be incorporated nonprofit corporations that operate, or have the authority to operate, in New York State;
- Be compliant with annual City, State and Federal filing requirements that are relevant to their type of organization, including New York State Charities Bureau filings;
- Not owe any unpaid taxes to the City or State, is not engaged in any litigation against the City, and, along with any officers, directors or members, has demonstrated the requisite business integrity to receive public tax dollars;
- Be willing to support a minimum of three neighborhoods across one or more boroughs and collaborate with at least three different CBDO partners;
- Be able to provide letters of intent/partnership agreements from proposed local CBDO partners to demonstrate they are ready to start working and may serve as subcontractors;
- Grantees will need to comply with all program impact reporting for SBS to document grant work and outcomes.
For more information, visit NYC Small Business Services.