Deadline: 19 July 2019

The New York Life Foundation is seeking applications for its “Capacity Building Grant”.

Categories

• Planning activities: organizational assessments; strategic planning; fund development; communications/marketing; recruiting or maintaining volunteer support; business planning.
• Staff/board development: leadership training; defining the role of the board; recruitment of new board members; strengthening governance.
• Strategic relationships/collaboration: technical assistance; consultant support; restructuring; mergers; or business planning
• Internal operations: improvements to financial management, human resources, or volunteer management; development of evaluation systems and training; facility planning.
• Technology improvements: improving IT capacity through upgrades to hardware and software; networking; updating websites; and staff training to optimize use of technology.
• New Organization: Specifically, for organization under 3 years old to conduct an organizational needs assessment or strategic planning.

Funding Information

Up to twenty-five (25) grants available:

• $10,000 grant award. organizations with minimum annual organizational budgets of $50,000 will be eligible to apply for this grant level.
• $20,000 grant award. organizations with minimum annual organizational budgets of $100,000 will be eligible to apply for this grant level.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must:

• Be a US Based private, nonprofit organization, with tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code, and not a private foundation
• Be in operation as a 501(c)(3) for at least one year
• Request an amount not greater than 20 percent of organization’s most recent fiscal year actuals
• Provide 990 tax returns for the past year (if applicable)
• Provide a budget detailing specifically how the requested funds will be used.
• Must be the entity that will provide the children’s bereavement services.
• Have at least one paid staff person

Excluded organizations and areas:

• Individuals or government agencies
• Organizations or activities whose services are limited to members of one religious or sectarian group
• Fraternal, social, professional, athletic, or veterans’ organizations.
• Seminars, conferences, trips
• Endowments, memorials, or capital campaigns
• Fundraising events, telethons, races, or other benefits
• Goodwill advertising
• Basic or applied research
• Organizations which discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, genderidentity/expression, sexual orientation, or national origin
• Organizations who have a current Grief Reach Grant and their Final Report has not been submitted yet.

How to Apply

Applicants can apply via given website.

For more information, please visit https://childrengrieve.org/grief-reach/capacity-building-grant