How to Apply
GRANT PROPOSAL GUIDELINES
Grants are awarded on a calendar year basis. Completed applications must be submitted no later than SEPTEMBER 15TH in order to be considered for the following calendar year.
Grants are generally in the range of $10,000 - $20,000 for one year.
NYFE has special interest in funding pilot programs that can demonstrate success and show how the program will continue beyond start-up funding.
NYFE is interested in reaching diverse populations of older adults in all five boroughs of NYC.
In general, NYFE does not fund general operating expenses.
While we are interested in considering all programs that align with our mission, we are most interested in the following areas. (Note that the examples given are just examples):
Food Security – access to healthy and adequate food. Some examples could be food pantries, home delivered meals, shopping services, nutrition programming, cooking lessons, vegetable gardens, etc.
Financial Security – defined as having enough money to pay bills. This could include financial literacy programs, accessing entitlements and benefits, bill-paying assistance, etc. This does NOT include direct financial assistance to individuals.
Eviction Prevention and Housing supports – while we realize that housing is beyond our reach, we believe we can make a difference by supporting programs that preserve people’s ability to remain in their homes, including but not limited to eviction prevention, on-site supports, home repair programs, retrofitting for accessibility, etc.
Geriatric Education and Geriatric Education for Professionals for health care professionals and communities
Basic Tasks of Daily Living – accomplishing those tasks that one needs to carry out in order to remain living independently and safely. This could include chore services, mail reading, heavy duty cleaning, meal preparation, transportation, etc.
Social Connection and a Sense of Purpose – coming out of COVID, we have all learned the importance of social connections, whether virtual or in person and sense of purpose – activities that give meaning to one’s life. We are interested in a variety of activities, volunteer programs, friendly visiting, intergenerational activities, walking clubs, virtual learning, technology training, etc.
Family Caregiving – We recognize that families provide the bulk of care for older adults, often in isolation. We are interested in programs that seek to provide support and education to isolated caregivers.
Application Guidelines for Submission to the New York Foundation for Eldercare
Use Face Sheet form below and uploads for requested documents
Open form and answer all items in the order listed.
Use headings and subheadings as provided.
Upload the proposal, Organization/Project narrative and budget information, attachments and click submit.
DO NOT INCLUDE ANY MATERIALS OTHER THAN THOSE REQUESTED.
Brief agency history and mission.
Programs and Activities.
Briefly list major current programs.
What makes your organization unique.
The narrative must include the following information, using the bolded headings:
(Maximum 1-5 pages, brevity is appreciated)
Organization Narrative:
GRANT PROPOSAL GUIDELINES
Proposed Project:
The need to be addressed for the older adult population
Description of the target population participants.
Project activities and timeline.
Include information on the number of people you expect this program to serve and the geographic area served.
The organization’s expertise in delivering this type of program.
Staffing of project.
Projected goals, including short-term, measurable benefits, outcomes or impacts. These will be used to compare and evaluate actual results at the end of the grant period.
Evaluation procedures and data collection methods.
Project Budget
Please use the following line item format for the proposed project and include the following:
Personnel Costs and OTPS (Other than Personnel Services) listing each staff position and each OTPS cost (e.g. supplies, postage, telephone, etc.)
Columns marked NYFE, Agency Match and Other Source and indicate where the other funding is coming from.
Line including total project cost.
Budget Narrative
Total amount requested from NYFE
List of additional funding sources and what each source is funding (e.g. ABC Foundation is providing $x toward director salary and fringe, $x toward telephone. Total amount from ABC Foundation = $x).
Status of each additional funding source (applied, pending, secured, etc.)
NYFE is often unable to give the full amount being requested. Please let us know the impact of partial funding of your project.
Attachments:
Most recently completed audited financial statements.
Organizational operating budget for the last fiscal year and the current fiscal year.
A list of foundation, corporate and government sponsors and all other sources of income.
Reporting Requirements
Grantees will be required to submit (1) an interim progress report during the grant period, and (2) a final report once the program is complete. The interim report will need to include a narrative on progress towards meeting program goals, and how grant funds have been applied to date, compared with the original budget. The final report will need to detail the program’s final results against initial goals, and how grant funds were expended. Grantees will also be required to provide program vignettes which demonstrate the impact of the program on program participants.
Applications are reviewed on an annual basis by the Board of Directors.
Please contact Program Director for more information at director@nyfe.org.
Grant Application Face Sheet