Strategic Impact Grants

Single Neighborhood Grants will be awarded on a rolling basis – contingent upon available funds – and provide exactly $20,000 in dedicated project funding for terms up to six months.

The winter/spring 2020-21 strategic focus is to fund single neighborhood service providers to implement a place-based approach to COVID-19 commercial district support services, specifically 1) Business Support and Retention and 2) Merchant Organizing activities, in one of the designated target neighborhoods.

View the Designated Target Neighborhoods

Who Can Apply

Applicants must be:

• Incorporated nonprofit corporations that operate, or have the authority to operate, in New York;
• Compliant with annual State and Federal filing requirements that are pertinent to their type of organization, including NYS Charities Bureau filings; and
• A community-based development organization providing services to a local commercial district.

Read the Strategic Impact Grant (Single Neighborhood) program guidelines for more information.

Applications closed at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, December 30, 2020.

Multi-Neighborhood Grants will be awarded on a rolling basis – contingent upon available funds – and provide exactly $20,000 in dedicated project funding for each neighborhood selected, up to a maximum of five, for terms up to six months.

The winter/spring 2020-21 strategic focus is to fund multi-neighborhood or borough-wide service providers to implement a place-based approach to COVID-19 commercial district support services, specifically 1) Business Support and Retention and 2) Merchant Organizing activities, in two or more of the designated target neighborhoods.

Multi-neighborhood or Borough-wide service providers must apply to work in a minimum of two and a maximum of five of the designated service areas within the same borough in order to be eligible.

View the Designated Target Neighborhoods

Who Can Apply

Applicants must be:

• Incorporated nonprofit corporations that operate, or have the authority to operate, in New York;
• Compliant with annual State and Federal filing requirements that are pertinent to their type of organization, including NYS Charities Bureau filings;
• Providing services to multiple community-based development organizations located across multiple boroughs of the city; and
• Not receiving other concurrent grant funding from SBS neighborhood development programs.

Read the Strategic Impact Grant (Multi-Neighborhood) program guidelines for more information.

Applications closed at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, December 30, 2020.

Citywide Grants will be awarded on a rolling basis – contingent upon available funds – and provide up to $200,000 in dedicated project funding, for terms of up to six months.

Citywide Grants provide funding to organizations serving multiple boroughs and neighborhoods across the city for the development and deployment of new tools, strategies, and frameworks for collective impact to address commercial district needs and provide direct technical assistance to place-based organizations serving different neighborhoods and boroughs.

The winter/spring 2020-21 strategic focus is to fund one or more citywide service providers to provide technical assistance and project implementation support for 1) Business Support and Retention and 2) Merchant Organizing activities to multiple place-based organizations across multiple neighborhoods and boroughs that are granted Commercial District Support Grants.

View the Designated Target Neighborhoods

Who Can Apply

Applicants must be:

• Incorporated nonprofit corporations that operate, or have the authority to operate, in New York;
• Compliant with annual State and Federal filing requirements that are pertinent to their type of organization, including NYS Charities Bureau filings;
• Providing services to multiple community-based development organizations located across multiple boroughs of the city; and
• Not receiving other concurrent grant funding from SBS neighborhood development programs.

Read the Strategic Impact Grant (Citywide) program guidelines for information.

Applications closed at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, December 30, 2020.