Eligibility

Please review the following eligibility requirements to be sure that both your Organization and your Project meet the criteria for a grant from Impact100 Westchester.

Eligibility Criteria – Organization must:

• Be a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization operating or proposing to operate programs for the benefit of Westchester residents and communities

• Be in operation for at least 36 months prior to applying for this grant
• Maintain 2 years of CPA audited, or reviewed, financial statements (as required by NYS)
• Have total revenue between $250,000 and $25,000,000, excluding Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements
  
• Not have received an Impact100 Westchester Transformational Project Grant payment in the past 36 months
• Not be a Town or Village
  

Eligibility Criteria – Project must:

• Serve residents of Westchester
• Expend funds in Westchester
• Be a new program, the expansion of an existing program or a capital project

• Be transformational for the organization and/or those it serves

• Have a plan for sustainability and assessment
  

• Expend Grant funds within 18 months of the initial Grant installment

• Not have allocated organizational overhead in excess of 15% of the Transformational Project Grant amount*

Impact100 Westchester will not fund Transformational Project Grants for the following:

• Activities that are: partisan, religion-based, annual or political appeals, or in support of any political party
  
• Loans or debt reduction, interim/bridge financing
• Operating Funds
• Endowments
• Research
• Projects benefiting a for-profit organization, private foundation or individual
  
• General capital campaigns or fund drives

Consult the FAQ page for additional guidance.

* The Transformational Project Grant amount will depend on the number of members in any particular grant cycle and will be announced in early January. Organization overhead allocated to a project (referred to as “Allocated Organizational Overhead”) must not exceed 15% of the Transformational Project Grant amount.  For this purpose, we consider "Allocated Organizational Overhead" to include: rent, insurance, utilities and other facility costs, general staff salaries, supplies and other expenses which are allocated to the project but which will be incurred by your organization whether or not the project goes forward.

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