Posted on July 7, 2012
Deadline: August 31, 2012

New York City Venture Philanthropy Offers Support for Innovative Arts Organization

The New York City Venture Philanthropy Fund, a giving circle of individuals who combine their professional skills and financial contributions to support local social entrepreneurs focused on tackling persistent social and economic problems, annually provides funding and capacity-building services to an innovative start-up nonprofit that is working to address a major social problem.

VPF seeks to provide an effective method for identifying emerging, underfunded, and underrecognized projects or programs that embody an entrepreneurial spirit and promise high impact and effectiveness in tackling a complex, persistent social problem. VPF is especially interested in supporting start-ups and fledgling organizations that have not yet received significant support from major funders.

In order to focus on issues in a meaningful way, each year VPF makes a grant in one critical area, such as education, the arts, hunger, or poverty. In 2012, VPF members voted to support unique, innovative ideas that address the arts in New York City.

Nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations with annual operating budgets of $500,000 or less working in New York City on issues related to the arts are eligible to apply. The strongest applicants will introduce a highly innovative, well-planned, and scalable model for tackling issues related to the arts; have the potential to demonstrate measurable results; boast a professional leadership team with the appropriate experience and expertise to enable the organization and its programs to succeed; and have a board with a strong contribution record.

The selected organization will receive a one-year cash grant of $6,000 as well as technical assistance from VPF members and partners and access to professional networks, including consulting services, donors and funding, and expanded constituencies.

Visit the NYCVPF Web site for complete program information and application materials.

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Link to Complete RFP

Primary Subject: Arts and Culture
Geographic Funding Area: National

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