GoVoteNYC grants are by invitation. Contact Neill Coleman at info@govotenyc.org for more information on funding priorities and future grant rounds.
If your organization is active in civic engagement in New York City and you would like to participate in learning opportunities, contact Neill Coleman at info@govotenyc.org for more information.
What We Will Support
GoVoteNYC operates in a strictly nonpartisan manner and will provide funding only to organizations that are both exempt from tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (“the Code”) and are a public charity described in sections 509(a)(1), (2), or (3) of the Code, for one or more of the following purposes:
Increasing voter participation in NYC’s municipal elections and narrowing participation gaps.
Increasing the capacity of NYC’s nonprofits to educate, engage, and mobilize voters.
Strengthening coordination among NYC organizations who are building a more inclusive, representative, and engaged citizenry.
Fostering a “voter-friendly” ecosystem in NYC where barriers to voting are minimized and election administration is competent and fair.
What We Will Not Support
GoVoteNYC will not spend funds to:
Carry on propaganda, or otherwise to attempt, to influence legislation (within the meaning of section 4945(d)(1) or the Code),
Influence the outcome of any specific public election, or to carry on, directly or indirectly, any voter registration drive (within the meaning of section 4945(d)(2) of the Code),
Conduct voter registration drives (within the meaning of section 4945(f) of the Code),
Make any grant to an individual for travel, study, or other similar purposes (within the meaning of section 4945(d)(3) of the Code), or
Undertake any activity for any purpose other than one specified in section 170(c)(2)(B) of the Code.
Current Grantees
GoVoteNYC’s grantees are “trusted messengers” to their communities, work in coalition across hundreds of neighborhoods, and are combining on-the-ground relational organizing with a host of digital platforms to reach close to two million New Yorkers – many of whom have not voted in the past or are typically overlooked in the democratic process.
Former Grantees
