Opportunity Fund
Opportunity Fund supports organizations in Onondaga and Cayuga Counties, funding programs, operations, and capacity building to strengthen families, neighborhoods, shared spaces, and community voice.
Funder: Allyn Family Foundation
Due Dates: Rolling (Opportunity Fund requests)
Funding Amounts: Most requests are $5,000–$25,000; requests above $25,000 do not qualify
Summary: The fund supports work that strengthens families, neighborhoods, shared spaces, and community voice in Onondaga and Cayuga Counties.
Key Information: Applicants without 501(c)(3) status must identify a fiscal agent and provide its IRS determination letter.
Description
The Allyn Family Foundation’s Opportunity Fund supports organizations whose work contributes to a vibrant, equitable, and prosperous community in Onondaga and Cayuga Counties. It accepts proposed projects and other funding requests across health, education, economic stability, human services, arts and culture, and civic engagement.
The foundation is particularly open to work that supports healthy development for children and families, builds family economic stability and self-sufficiency, creates places that bring people together, builds neighborhoods of choice, or amplifies community voice and power-building. Requests may include program support, new or expanded programs, general operating support, capacity building, infrastructure, emergency or bridge funding, evaluation, and advocacy.
