Youth Development (New York City) is a grant from The New York Community Trust that funds programs helping young, low-income New Yorkers up to age 24 overcome obstacles and succeed in life and careers.

The program supports four priority areas: expanding leadership opportunities for disadvantaged youth through organizations with sustained multi-year engagement, improving employer-driven workforce programs that create career pathways in higher-wage sectors like healthcare and technology, building organizational capacity through training and policy change, and promoting juvenile justice and employment policy reforms.

Awards generally range from $15,000 to $25,000. Eligible applicants are NYC nonprofit organizations that keep diverse groups of young people engaged for at least three years and operate in communities or across multiple public school campuses. The Trust does not fund stand-alone college access and preparation programs.

Youth Development - The New York Community Trust Learn more about how we fund youth development. To see what else we fund, explore the Info for Nonprofits page. Young women in a 2019 Girl Be Heard workshop embrace after sharing personal stories as a way of developing public speaking skills.

To help young, low-income New Yorkers up to the age of 24 overcome obstacles and succeed in life and careers. Expand leadership opportunities for disadvantaged young people, especially through organizations that: Have a record of creating programs in communities or operate in a minimum of three public school campuses. Keep diverse groups of young people engaged.

Work with young people for at least three years and, create a role for young people to influence public policy, promote racial equity, or achieve meaningful community improvements. Expand or improve employer-driven youth workforce programs that: Create career pathways in higher wage sectors (e.g. healthcare, technology, hospitality). Expand internships for young people who are attending school, and those who are unemployed.

Help low-skilled youth get an education and job skills by providing training, placement, and post-placement services. Improve the city’s career and technical education system. Expand the capacity of youth development organizations by: Supporting intermediaries that provide training, streamlining services, improving industry hiring practices, or changing public policies.

Training staff that work with youth to use best practices in leadership development, employment, and nonprofit management. Promote policy reforms on issues that affect young people, such as: Changing New York’s juvenile and criminal justice systems to produce better outcomes for young people.

Creating better programs that engage and encourage employers to hire young people of color, entry-level workers, and young people who face barriers to employment. We do not make grants to stand-alone college access and preparation programs. Read the background paper that informed this grantmaking strategy here .

Our program directors host regular information sessions for new applicants. Register today! Red Hook Initiative, Inc. to expand a public safety organizing program for young people in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

to expand an internship program for court-involved young people. to prepare young people for the technology workforce. Kings Against Violence Initiative, Inc. to build organizational capacity to provide mental health support to young people in Brooklyn.

to expand access to high-speed internet in the South Bronx. to expand a civic engagement and social justice program for high school students. Big Brothers Big Sisters of New York City, Inc. to recruit volunteers to mentor young people in the Bronx.

to start a food justice leadership program for young people in Queens. Sixth Street Community Center, Inc. to continue a climate advocacy program for young people. New York Transgender Advocacy Group to prepare transgender and gender non-conforming young people from New York City to advocate for inclusive policies.

Futures and Options, Inc. to provide paid internships for high school students. to expand a science internship program in Queens. for a media advocacy and communications training program for justice-involved young people.

Getting Out and Staying Out, Inc. for an education and employment program for young people with a history of incarceration. New York Transgender Advocacy Group to develop an activism program for transgender young people in New York City. Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York, Inc. to expand a youth organizing program.

Curious about what else we fund? 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.

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