The Bronx Community Foundation (BxCF) announces our Fall 2024 Participatory Grantmaking Request for Proposals (RFP) to fund innovative Bronx organizations leading transformative solutions to address systemic problems. For this years fall grant cycle, BxCF requests proposals focused on innovative solutions for Bronx residents around our Community or Health pillars. All proposals using the online submission portal are due Friday, November 22, 2024 5pm EST.
Potential applicants should begin by reading BxCF Guiding Principles, Pillars, Participatory Grantmaking Process and deadlines provided below to ensure organizations and proposed projects meet the RFP criteria.
For more information about how to apply, click here. All applications must be received no later than 4:59pm EST on Friday, November 22, 2024 via the online submission portal. Email or physically mailed applications will not be considered. BxCF strongly encourages applicants to submit their full application materials well in advance of the deadline to prevent any delay in their submission that would make their applications ineligible.
BxCF Participatory Grantmaking Guiding Principles
- Commitment to lead efforts to engage The Bronx community to shape our future, be diligent at dismantling systemic racism, and build community wealth in The Bronx.
- Build for scalability, multi-generational sustainability, and resilience.
- Collaborate with The Bronx community to take a participatory grantmaking approach toward creating solutions to impact our community.
- Leverage racial equity primes and protocols for our grants process.
- Operate with financial rigor and humanity.
- Amplify and elevate community groups and organizations in The Bronx.
- Partner with organizations and community groups in The Bronx to address economic and social challenges and eradicate systemic inequalities.
- Unwavering commitment to social change, confronting racism, and sharing power and resources.
Fall 2024 BxCF Participatory Grantmaking RFP Pillars
- Community: The Bronx Community Foundation believes that every Bronxite deserves social, cultural, and economic support throughout their lifetime; we are committed to providing nonprofits and grassroots organizations in The Bronx with resources to help them and the communities they serve thrive. We provide grant funding to organizations that provide services in arts and culture, intergenerational and social services, community cohesion, and civic affairs to support our vibrant communities.
- Health: The Bronx Community Foundation is immensely proud to offer Fall 2024 heath grant funds. Grants are available to organizations increasing health equity and access through health and mental health services, food sovereignty through food pantries and community gardens, developing a healthier and safer environment, and expanding nutrition and wellness knowledge. These health initiatives work to remove systemic injustices that have caused our health and quality of life to lag behind the rest of the city.
Funds may be used to cover program and training materials, workshops, staff expenses, overhead, etc. In this round of funding, the applicant can use the funds for what is deemed necessary for the success of their proposed project/program and services.
The Participatory Grantmaking Process
BxCF believes that the most equitable and effective way to distribute our grantmaking funds to best support The Bronx community is to share decision-making power with a grantmaking committee comprised of community members, made up of diverse representatives of all stakeholders affected by BxCF grantmaking.
The goal of The Bronx Community Foundation Participatory Grantmaking Committee (PGC) is to bring together all the various stakeholders who work for organizations in the areas affected by our grantmaking to help make funding decisions and harness the collective expertise and experiences of the group, in those respective areas, to lead more effective and equitable grantmaking decisions and increase impact. Guided by BxCF’s mission, vision, and values, the PGC will evaluate and recommend grant awards.
PGC members commit to strict confidentiality and conflict of interest. PGC members also cannot review proposals from organizations with which they are affiliated. We thank our PGC for their time and commitment to this process.
RFP Timeline
BxCF’s Fall 2024 Participatory Grantmaking RFP will provide financial resources to Bronx organizations focused on innovative solutions to address systemic challenges around community and health. Applicants may request grant funding of $10,000 within one of the two focus areas to be considered; Only one application per organization and complete applications will be reviewed.
The grants process invites prospective organizations to apply to the Fall 2024 RFP by Friday, November 22, 2024 5pm EST. Please refer to the grant process timeline below:
- November 1st – Grant Application Opens
- November 22nd 5pm EST – 2024 Grant Application deadline for all applicants
- December 2024 – Award Announcements
Applicants may ask questions via grants@thebronx.org. Questions may not be responded to after November 20, 2024. If you have any questions about the grant process please contact us at grants@thebronx.org.
Grant recipients will be selected solely on the basis of eligibility. Each grant application will be screened for compliance with eligibility and application requirements on an objective and nondiscriminatory basis (regardless of religion, gender, ethnic origin, race, or sexual orientation).
BxCF encourages grantees to save their work separately prior to submission to avoid losing pieces of the application. Only complete grants submitted via the BxCF Application will be considered.
BxCF looks forward to the opportunity and possibility of connecting and partnering with you on the important work of supporting Bronx organizations and businesses through the participatory grants process.