Grants 

Citizens Committee offers small grants for volunteer-led projects that improve and strengthen communities, and that involve neighbors in a meaningful way. Our grants are for grassroots community groups in economically under-resourced neighborhoods. We do not award grants to individuals, agencies with paid staff, religious, fraternal, or partisan organizations.

 

We are not currently accepting grant applications, our next round of applications will be available this summer. Below is a description of the grants we offer:

 

Through New Yorkers for Better Neighborhoods, Citizens Committee offers grants of $500 to $3,000 to grassroots community groups in economically under-resourced neighborhoods to work on creative community improvement projects that bring neighbors together.

Applications are accepted twice a year. The next application deadline is September 30, 2008.

Applications are accepted twice a year. The next application deadline is September 30, 2008.

Mollie Parnis Dress up Your Neighborhood Contest:

Through the Mollie Parnis Dress Dress Up Your Neighborhood Contest, Citizens Committee offers $1,000 awards to 12 grassroots community groups in economically under-resourced neighborhoods to work on beautification projects that bring neighbors together. The winning group gets an additional $3,000 to use toward another community building project.

Applications are accepted once a year. Our next application deadline will be March 2009.

For more information, email us or call Lixian Hantover or Arif Ullah at (212) 989-0909.