The Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants (YSCG) program supports activities to strengthen the organizational infrastructure of small nonprofit organizations in the five boroughs of New York City that provide direct services to young people ages 5 to 25.
Donor Name: William T. Grant Foundation
State: New York
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/17/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
The long-term goal of the YSCG program is to help build stronger, more stable youth serving organizations that tackle inequality in youth outcomes. These grants provide support for capacity building so that nonprofits with operating budgets between $250,000 and $1 million can address organizational needs that have been identified through a formal or informal assessment. Capacity-building needs include:
- Financial management
- Board recruitment and development
- Human resource management
- Staff training
- Fundraising
- Strategic planning
- Information technology
- Leadership development
- Communications
- Evaluation systems.
Funding Information
Grants Up to $60,000.
Grant Period
3 years
Eligibility Criteria
- The YSCG program awards grants only to youth-serving community-based nonprofit organizations in any of the five boroughs of New York City whose staff have direct programmatic contact with youth at the point of service. To be eligible, applicants must:
- Be a youth serving community-based nonprofit organization with a physical location in any of New York City’s five boroughs and focused solely on serving NYC-based youth. National or international organizations with a location or branch in NYC are not eligible. Have direct contact with youth at the point of service.
- Applicants must meet all of the following criteria:
- Serve youth ages 5 to 25.
- At least 80 percent of youth participating in services must be in this age range.
- The applicant’s staff must have direct contact with youth at the point of service.
- Have their own 501(c)(3) tax-exemption, even if they operate under a fiscal sponsor. If operating under fiscal sponsorship, confirmation of fiscal sponsorship agreement is required. If an applying organization is separately incorporated but tax-exempt through a group ruling (religious institutions), the applicant should supply the 501(c)(3) letter of the parent organization and documentation that it is part of the group.
- The applying organization (not the fiscal sponsor) must have an operating budget between $250,000 and $1 million in the prior year (i.e., 2025), if the organization serves youth only.
- Have audited financial statements or certified financial statements, ideally 2025 or 2024, from the applying organization or from the fiscal sponsor if the organization is operating under fiscal sponsorship.
Ineligibility
The YSCG program does not support:
- Activities that focus on improving program or service delivery
- Capital fund projects, scholarships, endowments, lobbying, real estate purchases, or awards to individuals
- Public and/or private schools
- National or international organizations, including those that operate a branch in New York City.
- Organizations that serve adults in addition to youth.
For more information, visit William T. Grant Foundation.
