Wash Heights Funding Opportunity: NY-Presbyterian Launches New Fund

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — One of the city's largest hospitals has launched a new funding program that will provide multi-year grants to community organizations, and Washington Heights has been identified as one of six high priority neighborhoods that will receive preference.

NewYork-Presbyterian's Community Fund Program will provide grants ranging from $80,000 to $150,000 a year for up to two years.

Here were the neighborhoods identified as high priority, meaning that each of the nabes will have one awardee.

• Washington Heights, Manhattan
• Lower East Side & Chinatown, Manhattan
• Corona, Queens
• Crown Heights, Brooklyn
• Peekskill, Westchester
• Mt. Vernon, Westchester

Qualifying criteria for interested local organizations include: must be a nonprofit, religious, or government agency with a community service mission; must be able to demonstrate that the organization has the infrastructure to meet the goals of the grant; and must benefit the residents of the above listed communities.

"This approach, which is innovative among health care systems, will allow NYP to help communities address social determinants of health, specifically in the categories of social isolation, housing insecurity and unemployment and economic recovery," reads a news release from NewYork-Presbyterian about its new Community Fund.

Organizations that have received funding from NewYork-Presbyterian in the past are also allowed to apply.

You can learn more about the application process and read through a "Frequently Asked Questions" section on the NewYork-Presbyterian's website.