Youth Service Capacity-Building Grants
Strengthens the organisational infrastructure of small New York City youth-serving nonprofits, including evaluation systems, staff training, board development and strategic planning.
- Indicative award
- $60k (total award)$60,000 over three years, structured as $30,000 in year one, $20,000 in year two and $10,000 in year three with a $10,000 match required. Roughly three grants awarded per year.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · SepPublished deadline: 2026-09-17 — passed. Kept for reference; check the funder's page for the next cycle.Opened 1 June 2026; deadline 17 September 2026 at 3:00 PM EST.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Community-based 501(c)(3) nonprofits (or fiscally sponsored) in the five boroughs of New York City, operating budget $250,000-$1 million, at least 80% of participants aged 5-25. Must either operate in one of 11 named high-need community districts or serve Mexican-descent or LGBTQ+ youth. National organisations and schools excluded.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- nonprofit capacity building · evaluation systems · youth services · racial and economic segregation
- Apply at
- https://wtgrantfoundation.org/funding/youth-service-capacity-building-grants
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. Funder link last confirmed to resolve on 2026-09-25.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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