Applications open for NYC Civic Impact Funding to support nonprofit and community-based organization efforts to engage volunteers who help deliver essential services to residents during the COVID-19 crisis.
Donor Name: NYC Service
State: New York
Boroughs: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/04/2022
Grant Size: up to $10,000
Details:
NYC Civic Impact Funding will support nonprofit and community-based organization efforts to engage volunteers who help deliver essential services to residents during the COVID-19 crisis.
Funding Information
Applicants may request one-time funding for up to $10,000 which must be used by June 30, 2022. Up to $200,000 in total will be awarded to approximately 20 organizations.
Requirements & Priorities
NYC Civic Impact Funding is open to all community-based organizations and nonprofits who are currently engaging volunteers to deliver services to communities. In particular, organizations must be engaging volunteers to improve communities’ access to healthy and culturally-appropriate food. In order to be eligible to apply, an organization must:
- Be community-based (e.g. serving particular neighborhood(s) within the five boroughs, with genuine relationships with community stakeholders and residents).
- Be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit or have a fiscal sponsor.
- Use funding exclusively to support NYC-based volunteer and civic engagement efforts related to increasing access to food and addressing other residual impacts from COVID-19 in high need communities. Organizations that also operate outside of NYC are eligible to apply, but must use this funding for their NYC programming.
- Seek to improve their volunteer management practices and have the ability to run an effective volunteer program designed to deliver critical services (e.g. volunteer food distribution, meal preparation, logistical support, tracking data).
- Supply and/or serve food. Funding may be used to support other COVID-19 response efforts that utilize volunteers, but volunteer-supported food distribution must be a major component of the programs funded.
- Use funding to provide services to residents in one or more Mayor’s Taskforce on Racial Inclusion & Equity neighborhoods.
Preference will be given to organizations that:
- Demonstrate the greatest need and impact, relative to scale (based on organizational budget size, staff capacity, project scope and budget)
- Use funding to provide services to residents in one or more Mayor’s Taskforce on Racial Inclusion & Equity Priority Neighborhoods identified as having a large food supply gap
For more information, visit NYC Service.
