Our grants help historically marginalized communities to build power, shape development, and win systemic change.

Neighborhoods First Fund makes grants to support community-led planning in New York City, as well as work to develop and advocate for policies to confront displacement, promote community voice and power in development, and hold government accountable for effectively implementing those policies.

We Fund:

Community-led organizations and coalitions that engage local residents, workers, businesses, institutions, and government in creating, enacting, and implementing policies and plans that shape New York City and its neighborhoods.

Organizations that support community engagement by providing technical assistance to our community-based grantees, such as zoning research and analysis, training, facilitation, development of planning and policy alternatives, etc.

We Don’t Fund:

Community-based organizations for work unrelated to land use planning and development issues in New York City.

Research, analysis, or advocacy work unrelated to land use and development planning and policy in New York City.

Individuals or for-profit entities.

Neighborhoods First Fund Grants 2015-2025

2025 and 2024

  • Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development
  • Bronx-Wide Coalition
  • Bushwick Housing Independence Project (BHIP)
  • CAAAV: Organizing Asian Communities
  • CASA - Community Action for Safe Apartments
  • Chhaya Community Development Corporation
  • Community Voices Heard
  • East New York Community Land Trust
  • Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES)
  • Housing Justice For All
  • Justice For All Coalition
  • Make the Road NY
  • New York Communities Organizing Fund, Inc.
  • NYC Community Land Initiative (NYCCLI)
  • Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition (NWBCCC)
  • Queens Power
  • Red Hook Initiative
  • Right to a Roof
  • Right to Counsel NYC Coalition
  • Tenants & Neighbors
  • Youth Alliance for Housing (YAH)

2023

  • Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development
  • Bronx-wide People's Platform
  • CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities
  • Center for Urban Pedagogy
  • Chhaya CDC
  • City Limits News, Inc.
  • Community Action for Safe Apartments
  • Community Voices Heard
  • Cypress Hills Local Development Corp.
  • Fifth Avenue Committee
  • Good Old Lower East Side
  • Housing Justice for All
  • Invest in Our New York
  • Justice for All Coalition
  • Make the Road New York
  • New York Communities Organizing Fund
  • Pratt Center for Community Development
  • Red Hook Initiative
  • Right to a Roof
  • Right to Counsel NYC
  • TakeRoot Justice
  • WE ACT for Environmental Justice

2022 and 2021

  • Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development
  • Banana Kelly
  • Bronx Cooperative Development Institute
  • CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities
  • Center for Urban Pedagogy
  • Chhaya CDC
  • City Limits
  • Community Action for Safe Apartments
  • Community Voices Heard
  • Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation
  • Fifth Avenue Committee
  • Good Old Lower East Side
  • Invest in Our New York - Budget Justice Campaign
  • Justice for All Coalition
  • Make the Road NY
  • Mothers on the Move
  • New York Communities for Change
  • North West Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition
  • Nos Quedamos
  • Pratt Center for Community Development
  • Right to a Roof Coalition
  • Right to Counsel NYC
  • TakeRoot Justice (formerly) Urban Justice Center Community Development Project
  • The Point
  • Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice

2020

  • Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development
  • Banana Kelly
  • Bronx Cooperative Development Institute
  • CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities
  • Center for Urban Pedagogy
  • City Limits
  • Community Action for Safe Apartments
  • Community Voices Heard
  • Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation
  • Fifth Avenue Committee
  • Good Old Lower East Side
  • Justice for All Coalition
  • Make the Road NY
  • Mothers on the Move
  • New York Communities for Change
  • North West Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition
  • Nos Quedamos
  • Pratt Center for Community Development
  • Right to Counsel NY
  • TakeRoot Justice (formerly) Urban Justice Center Community Development Project
  • The Point
  • VOCAL NY - Housing Justice for All
  • WE ACT
  • Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice

2019

  • ALIGN Amazon Campaign
  • Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development
  • Banana Kelly
  • Bronx Cooperative Development Institute
  • CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities
  • Center for Urban Pedagogy
  • Citizens Housing & Planning Council / Community Voices Heard
  • City Limits
  • Community Voices Heard
  • Fifth Avenue Committee
  • Good Old Lower East Side
  • Invest in Our New York
  • Justice for All Coalition
  • Mothers on the Move
  • New York Communities for Change
  • Nos Quedamos
  • Pratt Center for Community Development
  • Real Rent Reform
  • Red Hook Initiative
  • Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance
  • TakeRoot Justice (formerly) Urban Justice Center Community Development Project
  • The Point
  • UPROSE
  • Upstate Downstate Coalition
  • VOCAL NY - Housing Justice for All
  • WE ACT
  • Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice

2018

  • Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development
  • Banana Kelly
  • CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities
  • Center for Urban Pedagogy
  • Chhaya CDC
  • City Limits
  • Collective for Community, Culture, & Environment
  • Community Action for Safe Apartments
  • Community Voices Heard
  • Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation
  • Decade of Fire
  • Fifth Avenue Committee
  • Good Old Lower East Side
  • Hester Street Collaborative
  • Justice for All Coalition
  • Make the Road NY
  • Pratt Center for Community Development
  • Right to Counsel NYC
  • Urban Justice Center Community Development Project

2017

  • Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development
  • Banana Kelly
  • CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities
  • Center for Urban Pedagogy
  • City Limits
  • Community Action for Safe Apartments
  • Community Voices Heard
  • Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation
  • Fifth Avenue Committee
  • Good Old Lower East Side
  • Hester Street Collaborative
  • Justice for All Coalition
  • Make the Road NY
  • Pratt Center for Community Development
  • Urban Justice Center Community Development Project

2016

  • Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development
  • Center for Urban Pedagogy
  • City Limits
  • Community Action for Safe Apartments
  • Community Voices Heard
  • Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation
  • Fifth Avenue Committee
  • Hester Street Collaborative
  • Make the Road NY
  • MinKwon Center
  • Pratt Center for Community Development
  • Urban Justice Center Community Development Project

2015

  • Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development
  • Center for Urban Pedagogy
  • Community Action for Safe Apartments
  • Community Voices Heard
  • Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation
  • Hester Street Collaborative
  • Pratt Center for Community Development
  • Urban Justice Center Community Development Project

Inquire About a Grant

If you believe that your organization meets the above criteria, please visit the Contact Us page.

All funds for 2025 have already been allocated. Please do not submit a full proposal. We endeavor to respond to inquiries meeting our criteria within 60 days.