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Philip A. Palmesano

Assembly District 132

Palmesano August ‘Grant Action News’ Update

August 7, 2024

Assemblyman Phil Palmesano (R,C-Corning) is sending his “August Grant Action News Update” to residents, organizations and local governments regarding a series of grants available from the state, federal government and private entities. Each month, the Assembly provides an updated list of grants for a variety of categories.

“During a time of economic recovery, grants can play an integral part in helping our local communities complete needed infrastructure repairs or support underfunded projects,” said Palmesano. “Many people don’t realize the scope of available opportunities because they aren’t sure where to look. The ‘Grants Action News’ bulletin makes finding these grants much easier by consolidating the information and making it available to everyone. I hope residents, organizations and local governments throughout the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes regions will be able to use this resource to find much-needed support to strengthen communities in our rural area.”

All not-for-profit applicants must now pre-qualify on the NYS Grants Reform website at grantsreform.ny.gov/grantees in order to apply for certain New York state grant solicitations. Potential not-for-profit applicants are strongly encouraged to begin the process of registering and prequalifying immediately as this is a lengthy process.

The Grant Action News bulletin is updated at the beginning of each month with newly available grants and information on how to apply.

The update can be accessed here: https://nyassembly.gov/gan/?sec=story&story=111385

State Grants:

NYS Dept. of Health (DOH), Nurses Across New York Loan Repayment Funding

These funds are available to help recruit and retain registered nurses and licensed practical nurses and encourage them to serve in medically underserved areas of the state. Funding is provided in exchange for a nurse’s commitment to work in an underserved area for a three-year period.

  • Eligible Applicants: Nurses and health care facilities and organizations must meet the criteria set forth to be eligible to apply for the Nurses Across New York funding (see additional information in the links below).
  • Deadline: August 22, 2024, 3:59 p.m.
  • Total Funding Available: $3 million
  • Contact: Erin Fay
  • Contact Email: erin.fay@health.ny.gov
  • Link to Additional Information: https://health.ny.gov/funding/soi/20526/

NYS Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance, Service to Older Refugees (SORP) Funding

SORP funding provides activities that support integration and wellness for older refugees, including gaining access to mainstream services within their respective communities so they may live independently for a longer period of time. An additional program goal is to help older refugees to become naturalized U.S. citizens.

  • Eligible Applicants: Non-governmental organizations: nonprofit corporations, including charitable organizations incorporated, registered and in good standing with the Charities Bureau of the attorney general in the State of New York; faith-based organizations; educational institutions. Five projects will be selected from the following six impacted areas: Erie, Monroe, Onondaga, Oneida and Albany counties, and New York City (5 boroughs)
  • Deadline: August 23, 2024, 2:00 p.m.
  • Total Funding Available: Approximately $2.7 million
  • Expected Number of Awards: 5
  • Contact: Jacob Slutzky
  • Contact Email: Jacob.Slutzky@otda.ny.gov
  • Links to Additional Information:

NYS Agriculture & Markets, Fresh Connect Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) for SNAP Grant Program

These grants will allow SNAP participants to access the popular CSA model by partially subsidizing the cost of weekly share purchases.

NYS Dept. of Labor (DOL), Teacher Residency Program Funding

This funding partially or fully funds master's degrees for teacher residents who are enrolled in a residency program registered with the New York State Education Department (NYSED). These residents must be graduate-level PK-12 teacher candidates who will complete a residency within a New York State (NYS) public school district, private school, charter school or Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) program. Funded programs would involve the State University of New York (SUNY), the City University of New York (CUNY) and/or NYS independent or proprietary colleges and universities, all with registered residency programs, partnering with public school districts, private schools, charter schools or BOCES.

  • Eligible Applicants: A NYS public school district, a consortium of NYS public school districts, a NYS BOCES, a consortium of NYS BOCES, a NYS private school, a consortium of NYS private schools, a NYS charter school, a consortium of NYS charter schools or any combination of these entities. If applying as a consortium, one NYS district, school or BOCES in the consortia must serve as the lead fiscal agent/ applicant and apply for this opportunity on behalf of the consortia. Eligible applicants must partner with one or more institutions of higher education (IHEs), which can include those within SUNY, CUNY and/ or NYS independent and proprietary colleges and universities
  • Deadline: August 30, 2024, 4:00 p.m.
  • Total Funding Available: $30 million
  • Contact: Beth Geleta
  • Contact Email: Beth.Geleta@labor.ny.gov
  • Link to Additional Information: https://dol.ny.gov/teacher-residency-program-trp-round-2-requestapplications-rfa

Federal Grants:

US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate & Postgraduate Fellowships

This grant program supports training students for master's and doctoral degrees in food, agricultural and

natural resource sciences and special international study or thesis/dissertation research travel allowances (IRTA) for eligible USDA NNF beneficiaries. Applications are being solicited from institutions that confer a graduate degree in at least one of the following targeted expertise shortage areas:

♦ animal and plant production

♦ forest resources

♦ agricultural educators and communicators

♦ agricultural management and economics

♦ food science and human nutrition

♦ sciences for agricultural biosecurity

♦ training in integrative biosciences for sustainable food and agricultural systems

US Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Eye Institute (NEI) Research for Low Vision and Blindness Accessibility Tools

This funding will help stimulate translational efforts in developing and implementing accessibility devices or interventions that apply new technologies to address challenges faced by individuals living with visual impairment.

  • Eligible Applicants: Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; state governments; nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; county governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; independent school districts; for-profit organizations, other than small businesses; small businesses; city or township governments; Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments); Native American tribal governments (federally recognized); others (see information in the links below)
  • Deadline: August 13, 2024, 5 p.m. local time of applicant organization
  • Estimated Total Program Funding: $5 million
  • Expected Number of Awards: 5-8
  • Contact Email: grantsinfo@nih.gov
  • Links to Additional Information:

National Endowment for the Humanities, Public Humanities Projects

This funding supports projects that bring the ideas and insights of the humanities to life for general audiences through in-person, hybrid or virtual programming. Projects must engage humanities scholarship to analyze significant themes in disciplines such as history, literature, ethics and art history.

  • Eligible Applicants: County governments; special district governments; Native American tribal governments (federally recognized); public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; state governments; city or township governments; nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education
  • Deadline: August 14, 2024
  • Estimated Total Program Funding: $2.7 million
  • Expected Number of Awards: 20
  • Award Ceiling: $1 million
  • Contact Email: publicpgms@neh.gov
  • Links to Additional Information:

US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Lead Hazard Reduction Grants

These grants help maximize the number of children under the age of six protected from lead poisoning by assisting states, cities, counties/parishes, Native American Tribes or other units of local government in undertaking comprehensive programs to identify and control lead-based paint hazards in eligible privately owned rental or owner-occupied housing populations.

  • Eligible Applicants: Special district governments, city or township governments, state governments, county governments, Native American tribal governments (federally recognized)
  • Deadline: August 19, 2024
  • Estimated Total Program Funding: $469.65 million
  • Expected Number of Awards: 71
  • Award Ceiling: $7 million
  • Award Floor: $1 million
  • Contact: Damian Slaughter
  • Contact Email: damian.l.slaughter@hud.gov
  • Link to Additional Information: https://www.grants.gov/search-results-detail/355076

US Dept. of Interior, National Park Service (NPS), History of Equal Rights (HER) Preservation Grants

These grants will preserve sites related to the struggle of all Americans to achieve equal rights. HER Grants will fund a broad range of preservation projects for historic sites including architectural services, historic structure reports, preservation plans and physical preservation to structures.

  • Eligible Applicants: Private institutions of higher education; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; county governments; special district governments; state governments; Native American tribal governments (federally recognized); city or township governments; nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; independent school districts; Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments)
  • Deadline: August 20, 2024, 11:59 p.m.
  • Estimated Total Program Funding: $5 million
  • Award Ceiling: $750,000
  • Award Floor: $15,000
  • Contact Email: STLPG@nps.gov
  • Links to Additional Information:

US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Eviction Protection Grants

These grants will fund nonprofit organizations and government entities to provide no-cost legal assistance to low-income tenants at risk or subject to eviction. Additionally, projects will expand the evidence base around eviction prevention and diversion programming, by reporting information about tenants served, legal assistance services provided, outcomes achieved and milestones reached and collaborative activities.

  • Eligible Applicants: State governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (federally recognized) Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments); nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; city or township governments; others (click on links for more information); county governments
  • Deadline: August 20, 2024, 11:59 p.m.
  • Estimated Total Program Funding: $40 million
  • Award Ceiling: $2.5 million
  • Award Floor: $500,000
  • Expected Number of Awards: 25
  • Contacts: Randall Sisco and D'Andre Chambers
  • Contact Email: EvictionProtectionGrant@hud.gov
  • Links to Additional Information:

US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Youth Homeless Demonstration Program (YHDP) Funding

Funding for the YHDP will help develop and execute a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness.

Private Grants:

Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) Grants

These grants aim to convene and support partners advancing patient-centered, innovative, evidence-based solutions impacting people experiencing opioid use disorder (OUD), their families and their communities.

  • Eligible Applicants: Applicants must be U.S.-based public charities that are tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or nonprofit, tax-exempt universities. The foundation will also consider grant requests from state, local and Native American tribal government units or agencies for specific charitable projects
  • Deadline: Concept notes are due August 8, 2024, at 11:59 a.m. ET. Upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal.
  • Contact: Ken Shatzkes
  • Contact Email: kshatzkes@ForeFdn.org
  • Link to Additional Information: https://forefdn.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Innovation2_RFP_FINAL.pdf

Nasdaq Foundation, Diversity Entrepreneurship Grants

These grants support underrepresented communities by reimagining investor engagement and equipping communities with the financial knowledge needed to share in the wealth that markets create. The foundation will award funding in the following focus areas:

♦ empowering organizations that equip diverse investors with the financial knowledge and confidence they need to share the wealth that markets can create. Grants will be awarded to organizations and programs that enhance financial literacy among women and underrepresented communities and those that improve access to knowledge and tools among women and underrepresented communities

♦ supporting entrepreneurs who promote diversity with the resources to strengthen and scale their businesses and contribute to the prosperity of society. Grants will be awarded to organizations and programs that impact women and diverse founders in one or more ways: providing mentorship and resources and improve access to capital

American Hearing Foundation, Discovery Grants

These grants support studies investigating various aspects of hearing and balance disorders related to the inner ear. Priority will be given to investigators early in their careers who need seed funds to generate results and data that can be used to support applications for larger grants (i.e., NIH grants) in the future

Lois Lensky Bookmobile Grants

These grants are awarded to organizations that operate a lending bookmobile that travels into neighborhoods populated by underserved youth. The grants are for purchasing books published for young people in preschool through grade 8. Grants are provided specifically for book purchases to organizations that serve economically or socially at-risk children, have limited book budgets and demonstrate financial need.

Explorers Club, Impact Grants

These grants support the critical fieldwork of researchers and explorers from around the world, while also providing them with a platform to illuminate their findings without restrictions on scientific publication or infringement on ownership of research. Fieldwork in the following disciplines will be considered: biological sciences, archaeology, anthropology, paleontology, earth sciences, ecology and astronomy, as well as exploratory projects that reveal new knowledge about the planet and its inhabitants, including regions undergoing environmental or cultural change.

The Pollination Project (TPP), Daily Microgrants

These grants are designed to kick-start an organization or individual’s work and give them the lift they need to thrive and grow.

Saxena Family Foundation, STEM Grants for Women

These grants support programs that have a particular focus on S.T.E.M (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) education and empowering women in the U.S. and in India.

  • Eligible Applicants: Organizations classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and as public charities, under Section 509(a) of that code; organizations cannot be a private foundation under Section 509 (a). For-profit organizations are not eligible for funding. Churches and religious organizations may be eligible to receive funding for activities that are non-sectarian and benefit the larger community
  • Deadline: Rolling
  • Award Amounts: Range from $5,000-$50,000
  • Contact Email: info@saxenafoundation.org
  • Links to Additional Information:

Scholar Awards:

Our Family Cares College Scholarships

These scholarships are available to those students who are pursuing post-secondary education, throughout America’s Heartland. Shoppers who serve the communities we love and help make them better places to live, play and grow can apply for the 2024 scholarships.

Center for Women in Government and Civil Society (CWGCS), Women & Public Policy Fellowships

These fellowships are open to graduate students in any NYS college or university who are pursuing careers in public policy. Participants receive a stipend to cover living expenses and receive nine graduate credits from the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, SUNY. Fellows must have a minimum of three years of prior work experience.