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For Nonprofits - The New York Community Trust Apply for a grant from The Trust Our grants help nonprofits thrive and innovate in New York, Long Island, Westchester, and beyond. Alex Severino with Rocking the Boat students sailing off the Bronx shore. The Trust provided the group’s first grant in 2001 and continues its support.
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Open competitive grants program The Trust has many living donors who suggest grants from donor-advised funds. These donor-advised funds do not accept proposals. However, hundreds of donors have created funds that are part of our competitive grants program, which distributes about $50 million per year to nonprofits.
Some of these funds have no restrictions, while others have specific purposes, such as improving the quality of education in New York City, for the welfare of the borough of Queens, or for Germanic music in Westchester. The following resources can help your organization decide whether it makes sense to spend the time to submit a proposal—and if it does, to apply. Is My Organization Eligible?
In addition to the ongoing open competitive grants program, The Trust issues requests for proposals and/or letters of interest to address specific issues and for our national and international environment program.
We also are home to several targeted funds as well as funder collaboratives that bring foundations, corporations, and individuals together to address issues such as increasing local voting and census participation, helping immigrants, and developing our region’s workforce. These targeted and collaborative funds also issue requests for proposals or invite nonprofits to apply.
RFPs, LOIs & Additional Funding Before you spend time developing a proposal, make sure your nonprofit meets the eligibility criteria for our competitive grants program.
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In general, you may submit a proposal anytime to our New York City competitive grants program through the Grantseeker Portal. Note that applicants to the national and international environment program should apply during specified time frames via an LOI on the Grantseeker Portal. Similarly, you may apply to one of The Trust’s targeted or collaborative funds through the appropriate LOI on the portal.
Applicants to the Long Island and Westchester programs should apply on the Grantseeker Portal during the specified time frames. You can apply online through our Grantseeker Portal. Info Session: National & International Environment Are you new to The Trust and interested in learning about our national and international environment program?
Join Program Director… March Info Session: Arts, Culture, and Historic Preservation Are you new to The Trust and interested in learning about our arts, culture, and historic preservation programs in New… April Info Session: Arts, Culture, and Historic Preservation Are you new to The Trust and interested in learning about our arts, culture, and historic preservation programs in New… June Info Session: Technical Assistance Are you new to The Trust and interested in learning about our NYC Technical Assistance program?
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Join… June Info Session: Housing, Community Development, and Workforce Development Are you new to The Trust and interested in learning about our community development, housing, and workforce development programs in… The Competitive Grantmaking Process for Nonprofits Serving NYC Please include the following in applications for grants serving New York City. 1.
A brief cover letter on the organization’s letterhead signed by the paid staff head or designee confirming the organizational commitment to the project. 2. A narrative proposal (no more than 5 numbered pages) that includes: A description of your agency’s background (mission, major activities, and credentials for carrying out the project).
A brief statement of the public policy or systemic service delivery problem you seek to address. A description of your plans to address the problem, including the project’s: planned activities, including who will benefit and how policies, systems, or services will improve. expected outcomes and plan for measuring results.
For requests for renewed Trust funding, progress made with earlier Trust support. A brief statement of how the project will be sustained after The Trust’s support ends. The narrative need not address the topics in order, or even one at a time.
Rather, the narrative should make a compelling case for the needed changes, how the proposed activities will lead to the desired change, and why your agency is prepared to carry out the project. 3. An itemized project budget that reflects the full costs of carrying out the project (as opposed to just the amount requested from The Trust).
The budget should also list other pending and/or confirmed income to support the project and any in-kind contributions. Please round up to the nearest thousand for all line items in the project budget. 4.
Your current year’s annual operating budget and, for arts and culture groups only, actual income and expenses for the most recently completed fiscal year. 5. A list of your board of directors, including affiliations.
The Trust generally requires a board to have at least four members (we prefer at least five). All board members should be unrelated, and no more than one board member should be paid, typically the paid staff head.
Note: For grants to universities, hospitals, academic medical centers, and affiliated nonprofit fiscal sponsors (e.g., research foundations affiliated with fundraising vehicles of government agencies), overhead costs for grant administration may not exceed five percent of the total project budget.
Administrative costs related to carrying out the proposed grant activities, including space, materials and supplies, and technology for project staff, are not subject to the five percent limit and should be identified separately in the proposed itemized project budget. For additional information, please contact Liza Lagunoff at llagunoff@thenytrust. org .
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Are you seeking support for the following? Capital and building campaigns General operating support/routine operational expenses Unfortunately, we don’t make grants in these areas. Where will the activities you plan to request support for take place?
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Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Eligible applicants include public charities (nonprofits) that drive policy change and improve community services in New York City. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates See official notice Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
The current target date is rolling deadlines or periodic funding windows. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, attachments, and final submission checks.
Federal grant success rates typically range from 10-30%, varying by agency and program. Build a strong proposal with clear objectives, measurable outcomes, and a well-justified budget to improve your chances.
Requirements vary by sponsor, but typically include a project narrative, budget justification, organizational capability statement, and key personnel CVs. Check the official notice for the complete list of required attachments.
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Review timelines vary by funder. Federal agencies typically take 3-6 months from submission to award notification. Foundation grants may be faster, often 1-3 months. Check the program's timeline in the official solicitation for specific dates.
Many federal programs offer multi-year funding or allow competitive renewals. Check the official solicitation for continuation and renewal policies. Non-competing continuation applications are common for multi-year awards.
National Poetry Series Open Competition is a grant from the National Poetry Series that funds the publication of five book-length poetry manuscripts each year. Each of the five winning poets receives a $10,000 cash prize in addition to having their full-length manuscript published by a participating publisher. The competition is open to U.S. residents and American citizens living abroad who submit previously unpublished manuscripts written in English. Submissions are accepted online through Submittable with a $35 entrance fee per manuscript. All submissions are anonymous, and manuscripts should not contain personal identifying information. A suggested manuscript length is 48 to 64 pages with a table of contents. The 2026 submission period ran from January 7 through March 21, 2026.
Open topic: Improving the competitiveness of the agricultural sector by enhancing the efficient and sustainable use of agricultural production factors is sponsored by European Commission — Horizon Europe. Expected Outcome: Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: the EU strategic autonomy and the long-term sustainability of EU farming systems are safeguarded; farmers benefit from new knowledge, innovations and practices to make the green transition towards sustainable and biodiversity friendly agriculture. Scope: EU farmers face numerous competitiveness challenges. According to a study by the EP [1] , the growth of total factor productivity (TFP) in EU agriculture has been slowing down while some of our competitors, like Brazil, Canada and China, show higher TFP growth. In order to revert this trend, improving the efficiency of the production factors is a possible avenue, while at the same time considering its sustainable use. Proposals should address all the following activities: develop prototypes of innovations and farming practices that can improve the efficient and sustainable use of agricultural production factors [2] or provide sustainable alternatives, and test them in a large-scale operational environment; provide cost-effective and sustainable business models of these innovations or farming practices, and assess their environmental (including biodiversity restoration [3] ), social and economic impacts to facilitate the deployment and the commercialisation on the European market; identify possible barriers and enablers for the adoption, the upscaling or large-scale deployment of these innovations and propose solutions; propose a clear strategy to communicate, disseminate and exploit results, new farming practices, innovations and best practices, and to foresee training to the relevant actors. Proposals may provide financial support to third parties (FSTP) to, for instance, test, develop or demonstrate the innovations or prototypes. Proposals must implement the multi-actor approach including farmers, advisors, researchers, social scientists, SMEs and start-ups in order to leverage opportunities for innovations to scale up and access relevant markets. Proposals are encouraged to build on the results of relevant projects funded under Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe and ensure collaboration with relevant ongoing projects. This topic should involve the effective contribution of SSH disciplines and SSH experts, especially in the field of behavioural sciences and adoption/uptake of technologies and practices. The projects under this topic are relevant to the EU policies related to the Common Agricultural Policy and align with the EU Vision for Agriculture and Food. null Activities are expected to achieve TRL 7-8 by the end of the project – see General Annex B. [1] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2024/747270/IPOL_STU(2024)747270_EN.pdf [2] Production factors in this topic include fertilising products (according to Regulation (EU) 2019/1009), plant protection products, water, energy, machinery and equipment, buildings. [3] As defined in the Nature Restoration Regulation (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202401991). Programme areas: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness, Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment, Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Areas Keywords: Agricultural marketing, Business model innovation, Business models, Competitiveness, innovation, research and development, Cost-benefit analysis, Environmental impact assessment, Farm economics, Farm equipment, Farm machinery, Farm structures, Impact Assessment, Participatory Innovation, Social psychology, adoption of technologies, agriculture, business models, competitiveness, cost-benefit analysis, efficiency, farm behaviour, farming practices, impact assessment, multi-actor approach, production factors, prototyping, sustainability Deadline stages: 2026-04-14, 2026-09-15
Open topic: Boosting organic farming for a competitive, sustainable and resilient farming sector is sponsored by European Commission — Horizon Europe. Expected Outcome: Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes: farmers, advisors, agri-food chain operators, policy-makers, public funders and citizens benefit from new knowledge and knowledge exchange, viable innovations, practices and tools that boost the competitiveness, sustainability (economic, environmental, social) and resilience of the organic farming sector; knowledge and innovations contribute to an improved sustainability of organic farming systems and an overall improved efficiency of the sector, leading to an increased attractiveness of organic farming in Europe and an improved understanding of its contribution to sustainability (economic, social, biodiversity, climate); the EU regulatory framework for organic farming, the Common Agricultural Policy, and the EU’s biodiversity, zero pollution and climate policies are supported by science-based evidence, methodologies and standardized monitoring frameworks. Scope: The Vision for Agriculture and Food [1] recognises organic farming as an approach with potential to ensure an attractive and predictable agri-food sector where incomes enable farmers to thrive, while at the same time delivering several ecosystem services beneficial for the environment, climate and biodiversity. The Vision also recognises the importance of research and innovation (R&I) for sustainable farming approaches, such as organic farming, to thrive. At the same time, the EU Action Plan on the Development of Organic Production [2] attaches a central role to R&I for achieving the Plan’s objectives. In line with this Action Plan, under Horizon Europe, the EU has funded several R&I projects addressing multiple aspects and challenges of organic production. The purpose of this topic is to fill remaining R&I needs to boost the organic farming sector in Europe. Proposals should increase knowledge and develop safe, viable and cost-effective innovations to tackle agronomic, sustainability (social, biodiversity, climate, economic), value chain development and/or market-related challenges of organic production. Proposals should develop innovations addressing land-based organic production in a range of pedo-climatic conditions in the EU and Associated Countries. They should demonstrate the contribution of these innovations to facilitating the uptake and implementation of organic production methods by relevant stakeholders, among which farmers. This should include activities to increase networking and knowledge and best practice exchange among farmers (both among organic farmers and with farmers implementing other approaches) and with other relevant actors. Proposals should establish sites in diverse pedo-climatic conditions to co-create, test, validate and upscale the innovations, and set-up a network connecting these sites. Both crop and livestock production systems under organic production are in scope of this topic. Proposals should convincingly explain how they will fill existing R&I needs in line with the EU Action Plan for the Development of Organic Production [3] and the Vision for Agriculture and Food [4] . The projects under this topic are also relevant to the EU policies related to the objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy, as well as the EU’s biodiversity, zero pollution and climate policies. If proposals relate to some of the activities covered by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (including the CORE Organic ERA-Net), to the Horizon Europe Cluster 6 Work Programmes 2021-2022, 2023-2024 or 2025, to projects funded under the EU Mission Soil [5] , and/or to projects funded under the Horizon Europe Partnerships ‘Agroecology’ [6] , Animal Health and Welfare [7] or FutureFoods [8] , they should convincingly explain how they will build on and not duplicate them. Proposals should include a dedicated task, appropriate resources and a plan on how they will collaborate with other projects funded under this topic, as well as with other relevan Programme areas: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness, Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment, Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Areas Keywords: Crop and livestock production, Innovation systems, Organic farming, Participatory Innovation, Social innovation, Inform policies for organic farming, Innovation in organic farming, Promote organic farming, Stakeholder cooperation in organic farming Deadline stages: 2026-04-14, 2026-09-15