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Max Funding
Up to $25K
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Application Due Date
Apr 1, 2026
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Funder Details:
Funder Type:
Private
Funding Frequency:
Annual Grant
Use of Funds:
Programs/Projects
Funding Duration:
One-Year Grant
Application Type
Full Application
Eligibility:
✅ 501(c)(3) Organizations, ✅ Nonprofits with an Affiliate Sponsor
Program Areas:
Youth, Education, LGBTQIA+
Locations:
New York
About The Grant
The Youth Service Improvement Grants (YSIG) program supports activities to improve the quality of direct services for young people ages 5 to 25 in the five boroughs of New York City. The goal is to strengthen existing services by helping youth-serving nonprofit organizations address challenges or remedy problems at the point of service, where staff and youth interact.
The YSIG program is aligned with the Foundation’s broader focus on reducing inequality in youth outcomes. Inequality in New York City is reflected in racial and economic segregation across boroughs and neighborhoods, in inadequate services for Mexican-descent youth and LGBTQ+ youth, and in a lack of racial, ethnic, gender identity, and sexual-orientation diversity among executive directors and CEOs of youth-serving organizations. We seek to help improve the quality of direct service programs provided by youth-serving non-profit organizations that confront these challenges.
Currently provide youth services in one of the eleven community districts identified as having the highest community risk to child well-being by the Citizens’ Committee for Children:
Bronx
CD 1 – Mott Haven
CD 2 – Hunts Point
CD 3 – Morrisania
CD 4 – Concourse/Highbridge
CD 5 – University Heights
CD 6 – East Tremont
CD 7 – Bedford Park
CD 9 – Union Port/Soundview
CD 12- Williamsbridge
Brooklyn
CD 5 – East New York
CD 16 – Brownsville
Requirements
The YSIG program awards grants only to youth-serving community-based nonprofit organizations physically located in any of the five boroughs of New York City whose staff have direct programmatic contact with youth at the point of service.
Have their own 501(c)(3) tax-exemption.
If operating under fiscal sponsorship, confirmation of fiscal sponsorship agreement is required.
Serve youth ages 5 to 25: At least 80 percent of youth participating in the services targeted for improvement must be in this age range. The applicant’s staff must have direct contact with youth at the point of service.
The applying organization (not the fiscal sponsor) must have an operating budget between $250,000 and $5 million in the prior year (e.g., 2023), if the organization serves youth only.
If the applying organization serves youth and other populations, its operating budget must be less than $20 million and its youth services budget must be between $250,000 and $5 million.
Grantor Information:
Name:
William T. Grant Foundation
Type:
Private
Contact:
Not Provided
More Info:
Restrictions:
Not Specified