The David Prize is a celebration of individuals and ideas to create a better, brighter New York City. Open to any individual working in the five boroughs, the Prize welcomes those with the grit and vision to change communities, our culture and our future for good.
Donor Name: The David Prize
State: New York
Borough: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island
Type of Grant: Prize
Deadline: 12/12/2022
Size of the Grant: $200,000
Details:
The David Prize celebrates extraordinary individuals with ideas, projects, products, and passions that are making (or will make) New York City a better place for more of us. As long as you have a clear idea of how your work improves their city, and what you need to get it done, they’ll consider it. Individuals that win The David Prize can be affiliated with organizations or companies, but the focus is on great people doing great things outside of established pathways and projects.
The David Prize seeks individuals that focus on New York City and harness uniquely NYC opportunities to make the city a better place for more New Yorkers. Winners may come from fields as diverse as the arts and creative expression, workforce and economic development, civic engagement, environment and sustainability, immigrant rights, food and nutrition, homeslessness, and/or youth development.
Funding Information
5 New Yorkers will get $200,000 each.
Eligibility Criteria
- You might be a David Prize winner if you can say yes to the following:
- You’re a New Yorker.
- You love and live in New York’s five boroughs. Your work is focused on this special place, even if you have a vision to scale beyond it someday. (They can be a tiny bit flexible on this — if you live in the tri-state area but you’re all about the Big Apple, you can still submit an idea, as long as it’s NYC-specific.)
- You have serious plans to contribute.
- Whether socially, economically, culturally, environmentally (or otherwise), you have a divergent and unique vision for how to make NYC a place where people yearn to live, and concrete ideas about how to achieve it.
- You’re a visionary.
- You take risks and have the grit to make something out of nothing. You see long-term benefits where others see short-term obstacles.
- You get things done.
- You’re already a contributor. You have demonstrated capacity and have a track record of extraordinary work, but you haven’t done it all…yet.
- You truly need the prize.
- Funding and visibility could change the trajectory of your work and life, not to mention your block, your borough, and maybe even their city.
- You’re a New Yorker.
For more information, visit The David Prize.
