Funding Opportunities

The Department of Labor’s Pathway Home program seeks to provide incarcerated individuals in state correctional facilities or local or county jails with workforce services prior to release. The program also seeks to continue services after release by transitioning the participants into reentry programs in the communities to which they will return. These projects ensure that people transitioning out of the criminal justice system are prepared to meet the needs of their local labor markets with the skills valued by employers. The application deadline is March 16, 2021. Learn more here.

North Star Fund is currently accepting applications for community organizing groups in New York City and the Hudson Valley that have not previously been funded by North Star.  Learn more on their website.

The New York Community Trust Leadership Fellows program was created to address social issues, including affordable housing, gaps in educational achievement, and insufficient living wages. Upon completion of the program, Fellows will receive a certificate from the Office of Executive Programs of the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs. In order to be eligible, you must be a mid-career professional (minimum of five years of overall nonprofit experience) working at an organization that has received a grant from The New York Community Trust. Learn more about the application and eligibility at the New York Community Trust’s website.

The Mary Kay Foundation is committed to ending the epidemic of domestic violence by providing grants to women's shelters throughout the United States. Each year, the Foundation's Domestic Violence Shelter Grant Program awards grants of $20,000 to at least one domestic violence shelter in every state; remaining funds are distributed based on state population. Applying organizations must offer immediate overnight housing to women and children affected by domestic violence. The application deadline is April 30, 2021. Visit the Foundation's website and scroll down the page to access the 2021 shelter application.