[New York Community Trust](https://thenytrust.org)

October 3, 2025 | January 23, 2026 | May 22, 2026

Typical grants range from $20,000–$200,000 per year; multi-year funding possible but rarely exceeds three years.

Supports projects addressing public policy, systems, or service delivery challenges to improve outcomes for Westchester County residents.

--- ## Description The New York Community Trust’s Westchester Ongoing Competitive Grants Program provides funding for nonprofit-led projects that address critical public policy, systems, or service delivery issues in Westchester County, New York. The program is designed to support initiatives that result in meaningful, measurable improvements to policies, systems, or services, with a focus on advancing equity, capacity-building, and innovative solutions for local challenges. Proposals must demonstrate a clear problem statement, describe how the project will lead to positive change, and provide a plan for measuring outcomes. Renewed funding requests should include evidence of previous progress and strategies for sustaining the project after grant support ends. --- ## Due Dates - October 3, 2025: Grant application submission deadline (decision notification by end of March 2026) - January 23, 2026: Grant application submission deadline (decision notification by end of June 2026) - May 22, 2026: Grant application submission deadline (decision notification by end of November 2026) --- ## Funding Amount - Typical grant awards range from $20,000 to $200,000 per year. - Multi-year grants are possible but rarely exceed three years. - Funding is project-based; general operating support, capital campaigns, endowments, and equipment are not supported. - For universities, hospitals, and affiliated nonprofit fiscal sponsors, overhead costs for grant administration may not exceed 5% of the total project budget. --- ## Eligibility - Nonprofit organizations serving Westchester County, or those headquartered elsewhere but providing programs in Westchester, are eligible. - Applicants must be public charities or have a qualified fiscal sponsor. - Boards must have at least four (preferably five) unrelated members, with no more than one paid board member. - Projects must align with one or more of the Trust’s Westchester funding areas, such as arts, education, environment, health and behavioral health, human services, social justice, and youth development. - Grants are not made to individuals, for general operating support, capital/building campaigns, endowments, equipment, deficit financing, conferences, or religious purposes. --- ## Application Process - Applications must be submitted online via the [Grantseeker Portal](https://proposals.nycommunitytrust.org/). - Required materials: - Cover letter signed by the organization’s paid staff head or designee - Narrative proposal (max 5 pages) detailing agency background, problem statement, project goals, activities, expected outcomes, and measurement plans - Itemized project budget (full project cost, not just amount requested), listing other income and in-kind support - Current annual operating budget - Board of directors list with affiliations - For renewed funding, include a summary of progress and sustainability plans. - See the [full RFP guidelines](https://grantseeker.thenytrust.org/Rfp/DownloadRfp/?id=114) for detailed instructions. --- ## Additional Information - Administrative costs: No general cap, but must be reasonable and appropriate. For universities and similar institutions, administrative overhead is capped at 5% of the total project budget. - Projects should be time-limited, with clear deliverables and evaluation plans. - Multi-year and renewal grants are possible but require strong justification and evidence of progress. --- ## External Links - [Westchester Ongoing Competitive Grants Program RFP (PDF)](https://grantseeker.thenytrust.org/Rfp/DownloadRfp/?id=114) - [New York Community Trust Grantseeker Portal](https://proposals.nycommunitytrust.org/) - [What We Fund in Westchester](https://www.thenytrust.org/grant-funding/arts-westchester/) - [Nonprofit FAQs and Eligibility](https://thenytrust.org/nonprofits/nonprofit-faqs/) - [Contact The Trust](https://thenytrust.org/contact/) --- ## Contact Information | Name | Title | Email | Phone | |---------------------|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------| | Laura Rossi | Vice President, Westchester | [lrossi@thenytrust.org](mailto:lrossi@thenytrust.org) | (914) 257-3521 | | Sheila R. Dinkins | Senior Manager, Grants & Scholarship Admin. | [sdinkins@thenytrust.org](mailto:sdinkins@thenytrust.org) | (212) 871-6413 | | General Inquiries | | [info@thenytrust.org](mailto:info@thenytrust.org) | (212) 686-0010 |

Proposals for The New York Community Trust, Westchester’s Ongoing Competitive Grants Program

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