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Youth Development (NYC) is a grant from The New York Community Trust that funds nonprofit programs helping low-income young New Yorkers up to age 24 overcome obstacles and succeed in life and careers.
Priorities include expanding youth leadership opportunities through multi-site organizations, employer-driven workforce programs in high-wage sectors, internships, career and technical education improvements, and youth-focused policy advocacy. Recent individual grants have included awards of $25,000.
Eligible applicants are nonprofit organizations in New York City with a record of creating programs in at least three public school campuses, engaging diverse youth, and working with young people for at least three years.
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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 .
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Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Nonprofit organizations in New York City with a record of creating programs in communities or operating in a minimum of three public school campuses, keeping diverse groups of young people engaged, working with young pe… Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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New York City Ongoing Competitive Grants (2026) is a grant from The New York Community Trust that funds nonprofit programs and projects serving the five boroughs of New York City. The Trust accepts competitive proposals year-round across a broad range of issue areas, with grants typically ranging from $5,000 to $200,000. Applicants should review the Trust's published guidelines to ensure alignment before submitting a Proposal Cover Sheet through the Grants Portal, followed by a full hard-copy proposal. Eligible applicants are 501(c)(3) public charities with programs and activities serving New York City communities. The application window remains open through December 31, 2026.
Youth Development Program is sponsored by The New York Community Trust. Aims to help young, low-income New Yorkers up to the age of 24 overcome obstacles and succeed in life and careers. Grants are made to expand leadership opportunities, improve employer-driven youth workforce programs (e.g., healthcare, technology), and enhance the capacity of youth development organizations.
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VGF grants will be used to develop and/or support community-based entities to recruit, manage, and support volunteers. CNCS seeks to fund effective approaches that expand volunteering, strengthen the capacity of volunteer connector organizations to recruit and retain skill-based volunteers, and develop strategies to use volunteers effectively to solve problems. Specifically, the VGF grants will support efforts that expand the capacity of volunteer connector organizations to recruit, manage, support and retain individuals to serve in high quality volunteer assignments.Applicants that receive funding under this Notice may directly carry out the activities supported under the award, or may carry out the activities by making sub-grants to community-based entities, supporting volunteer generation at these entities.). Funding Opportunity Number: AC-05-25-21. Assistance Listing: 94.021. Funding Instrument: G. Category: O. Award Amount: $6.1M total program funding.