The Health Foundation for Western & Central New York is proud to announce the second cohort of Imagine Nonviolence (IN), an initiative to support community-based organizations that are working toward safer, healthier communities through projects to raise awareness of firearm safety, reduce the risk of firearm injury, prevent gun violence, and provide resources.
Donor Name: Health Foundation for Western & Central New York
State: New York
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/23/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Two Options for Applicants
The Health Foundation for Western & Central New York invites proposals for Imagine Nonviolence. Applicants should choose from the following two opportunities and funding levels:
- Close the Gap
- Close the Gap will provide funding up to $5,000 to existing firearm safety and/or gun violence prevention programs currently receiving other grant funding to support their work. Close the Gap funding must be used to strengthen the delivery of an existing program and cover expenses that cannot be charged to the program’s existing funding sources.
- Expand the Reach
- Expand the Reach will provide up to $15,000 to support projects working to reduce gun violence, prevent firearm-related injuries, and increase safety for pregnant and birthing people, young children, and/or older adults and their caregivers
Grant Period
- Close the Gap
- Supplemental funding provided is intended to be utilized within 12 months to support programs that receive grants from other funding sources to support their gun violence prevention work.
- Expand the Reach
- Expand the Reach is intended to provide 12 months of funding to support small-scale stand-alone or pilot initiatives.
Geographical Limitations
The following 16 counties:
- Western New York: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming.
- Central New York: Cayuga, Cortland, Herkimer, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Tompkins.
Eligibility Criteria
- To apply for Close the Gap, applicants must:
- operate within one or more of the 16 counties the Health Foundation serves.
- be a non-profit with 501(c)3 status or affiliated with one who can receive and manage grant funds on their behalf, and
- currently be managing a grant-funded program that addresses gun violence and risk of injury from a firearm.
- To apply for Expand the Reach, applicants must:
- operate within one or more of the 16 counties the Health Foundation serves.
- be a non-profit with 501(c)3 status or affiliated with one that can receive and manage grant funds on their behalf, and
- currently or plan to work with pregnant and birthing people, young children, and/or older adults and their caregivers, or partner with organizations that work with these populations.
For more information, visit HFWCNY.
