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OUR FOCUS AREAS FOR GRANTS.  

For 2024-2025, we have four broad grant applicant categories that reflect our mission of addressing critical needs and provide immediate impact.  Each category has its own grant cycle and deadlines.

All are grants subject to our eligibility requirements.

FOOD ACCESS

Organizations that provide individuals with access nutritious meals and groceries. This grant category includes food pantries, community kitchens, emergency food service centers, the Bulk Buy and Farm to Pantry Programs.

SHELTER & IMMIGRATION

Organizations that provide services to those experiencing housing insecurity including asylum seekers, migrants, refugees. Services may also include shelter, language skills, etc.

YOUTH EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT

Organizations that provide education and enrichment services to youth, throughout the academic year and summer. This includes academic enrichment, art and music programs, and skill building.

INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION

Organizations that provide supportive services that address addiction recovery, post- incarceration, child protection and the elderly. This can include skills building, language skills, health and wellness, etc.

OUR 4 TYPES OF GRANT APPLICATIONS

Our 4 grant focus areas can fall under these four grant cycles for upcoming 2024-2025 .

These grant cycles range from established programs to innovative new programs.

Your organization should request the application that fits your structure.

TRADITIONAL

Grants to recipient organizations that have established:

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(1) a multi-year operating history

(2) a clear efficacy track record

(3) demonstrated sustainability

(4) multiple sources of grants/funding.

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Traditional grants are considered mature progams.

Please note Youth summer programs will not be granted in the 2024-25 cycle. Going forward we require a site visit in 2025 before we can allocate funds in 2026. These programs can request a site visit in 2025.

LIMITED INFRASTRUCTURE

Grants to recipient organizations that have established:

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(1) a demonstrated operating and financial history (but typically less so than a Traditional Grants applicant)

(2) a demonstrable efficacy track record 

(3) effective management and procedures in place. 

 

Limited Infrastructure Grant applicants typically anticipate having greater dependence in the medium-term on a grant from EC than is often the case for Traditional Grant recipients.

INNOVATION

Grants to recipient organizations that have:​

 (1) limited or possibly no substantive operating history and therefore seek to commence a new initiative;

(2) an immediate, time-sensitive objective to address a compelling, urgent, acute need;

(3) provided EC with a credible feasibility plan;

(4) the leadership in place to undertake their proposed work. 

 

Although Innovation Grants are generally intended for early-stage grantee organizations, Innovation Grants may also be considered for compelling new initiatives undertaken by Traditional Grant and Limited Infrastructure Grant recipients.

PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT

Program Improvement Grants are grants made by EC in partnership with our grantor organization partners. 

 

In certain cases, in order to enable EC programming supported by grantor organizations, EC will fund grants intended strengthen or enhance facilities or other operating infrastructure.

  • SPECIAL RECOGNITION
    DYSON FUND For the ongoing support of programs in Dutchess County and the Hudson Valley, from the proceeds of a designated gift made in 1997. THE KIRK-HAMMOND TRUST Administered by the Trustees of Estate and Property of the Diocesan Convention of New York, for a grant to support programs serving the elderly. THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF NEW YORK The Diocese supports us annually with a generous contribution and administrative support which keeps our organizational overhead expenses low.
  • CORPORATIONS
  • FOUNDATIONS
  • PARISHES, CHURCH-RELATED & OTHER ORGS.
  • INDIVIDUALS
  • IN HONOR OF
  • IN MEMORY OF

APPLICATION TIMELINES

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Click on the tab below that relates to your organization.

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When the application opens we will add a link  to the Granting Overview . We also offer information sessions on the grant making process and application completion- see below.

Youth Education & Development 

For the academic school year 2024-2025, the application opens on October 17th, 2024.

There will be no awards for summer programs specifically in 2025 but we invite applicants to register for a site visit in 2025 to help determine a grant in 2026.

 

For the 2025-2026 academic year, the application opens on October 16th, 2025.

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To learn about informational and application completion workshops click here.

STEP 1 -GRANT SEEKER'S INFORMATION SESSIONS

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Easily register by on this Google Form or you if you have questions you can email us at ecprograms@dioceseny.org. Sessions are held via Zoom at 2 pm unless otherwise noted.

January 9th, 2025

February 20th, 2025

STEP 2 -APPLICATION TRAINING WEBINAR SESSIONS

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We offer a webinar to help you with the application process. Register by emailing us at ecprograms@dioceseny.org. Sessions are held via Zoom.

January 9th, 2025

May 1st,2025

January 23rd, 2025

August 21st, 2025

February 20th, 2025

April 10th, 2025

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

  • Funding is only available to grantee organizations and programs whose beneficiaries are located in the geographic footprint of the Episcopal Diocese of New York.

  • New York State counties comprising The Episcopal Diocese of New York State include: New York (Manhattan), Richmond (Staten Island), Bronx, Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, Orange, Ulster, and Sullivan.

  • Grantees must complete a grant application on a timely basis and execute a grant agreement.

  • Grantees must complete an interview with each of (1) a member of Episcopal Charities staff and (2) a member of the Episcopal Charities Advisory Committee.

  • Grantees must be dedicated to non-religious, charitable missions that are non-sectarian and inclusive in all respects.

  • Grantees must be sponsored by a church within the Episcopal Diocese of New York.

  • Grantees must participate in certain mandatory training prior to receiving a grant and, in some cases as determined by Episcopal Charities, as a condition of receiving a grant.

THE GRANT PROCESS

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Basic Human Needs (BHN)

Basic Human Needs grants support parish-based human services programs that address the specific needs of diverse communities throughout the diocese, including:
 

 

Timeline

  • Applications open the first Friday of September and are due the last Friday in September.

  • Members of our Advisory Committee visit programs in October.

  • The Advisory Committee meets in regional sub-committees during the first week of November and meets as a full committee in the second week of November to make final recommendations.

  • The Board of Directors meets in January to review and approve the Advisory Committee's recommendations.

  • Grants are paid on March 1st and September 1st. 

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We will no longer be offering BHN grants. More information about our new grant offerings will be provided Summer 2024

Learn More

Youth Opportunity (YOG)

Youth Opportunity Grants are awarded to parish-based outreach programs addressing the needs of children and youth in communities throughout the diocese, including:​​

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Timeline

  • Applications open mid-January and are due in mid-February. 

  • Members of our Advisory Committee visit programs in February and March.

  • The Advisory Committee meets in regional sub-committees and as a full committee by Mid-March to make final recommendations.

  • The Board of Directors meets in April to review and approve the Advisory Committee's recommendations.

  • Summer programs are visited from June through August and evaluated for the following year.

  • Summer program grants are paid July 1st; academic-year program grants are paid on September 1st and March 1st.

 

The application for 2024 YOG grants closed on March 8th. We will not be taking applications for Summer programs.

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Bulk Buy Program

Our Bulk Buy program aggregates demand among feeding programs to negotiate discounted rates from vendors.
 

  • Programs work directly with vendors to purchase food and supplies, billing Episcopal Charities

  • Through this initiative, feeding programs are able to supply culturally relevant foods as well as expensive foods (like proteins) that are typically expensive to buy or difficult to acquire.

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Programs have purchased 10,000 pounds of meat proteins, 330 dozen eggs, 2,843 pounds of beans, and 1,500 pounds of masaríca corn flour.

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We are taking applications for this program on a rolling basis, placing particular emphasis on culturally-relevant foods for programs' constituent populations. 

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To date, the Bulk Buy program has provided more than $200,000 in free food. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

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Apply Here!

Farm to Pantry Program

In partnership with the Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming's Food Sovereignty Fund, we have matched four of our Food Access Programs with local Hudson Valley farms, centering the leadership of LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and/or female-identifying partners​

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  • Our contracts guarantee business for these farms, investing in the local economy, and provide local, fresh produce directly to emergency food program clients.

  • Farm to Pantry invests in a more sustainable food system, fortifying it against future crises.

  • Current grantees include:

    • Mt. Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry (St. Mark's Church, Mt. Kisco) - $12,000​

    • Fred's Pantry (CHHOP) (Church of the Divine Love, Montrose) - $20,000

    • God in Action Food Distribution Alliance (Grace Church/La Gracia, White Plains) - $11,500

    • Caritas/Meals on Main Street (St. John's Church, Wilmot, New Rochelle) - $16,500

  • A key element of this project is the case management and one-on-one problem-solving services provided by Glynwood to each of our programs and their partnered farms. Episcopal Charities paid a 15% administrative fee for the 2021 pilot for these services.

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This is an invite-only program

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Program Investment Grants

Program Investment Grants support capacity building projects and new ministries in outreach programs affiliated with parishes in the Episcopal Diocese of New York, including:​​

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  • Space upgrades

  • Equipment purchases

  • New staff positions

  • Seed money for new programs, with a special preference for collaborative projects

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We are not currently accepting applications for Program Investment Grants.

Professional Development (PD)

Professional Development Grants assist programs to provide high-quality professional development training to staff and volunteers in the areas of:

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  • Non-profit Management, including governance and human resources, volunteer management, financial management, fundraising and communications

  • Program Development, including advocacy, strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation; and program specific trainings

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We are not currently accepting applications for Professional Development Grants.

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