Eligible applicants include 501 (c)(3) organizations, school districts, municipalities, and faith communities (only for programs available to all). Prospective applicants not in these organizational forms may secure a fiscal sponsorship relationship from an entity in these categories to become eligible. Eligibility is limited to those organizations serving the greater Tompkins County, NY communities.
Each grant cycle application is reviewed by a community-represented review team that will provide feedback for the applicant. All grant cycle grants will require a written report at the end of the grant period.
Grant Range: $500-$10,000, depending on number of applications received
Questions about your grant application? Questions about eligibility, capacity, or other opportunities? Make an appointment with Gloria to connect and collaborate! YOUR PARTICIPATION IS VOLUNTARY. ONLY SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT IF YOU TRULY NEED SUPPORT WITH THE GRANT PROCESS. YOUR PARTICIPATION HAS NO IMPACT ON ANY FUNDING DECISIONS. Schedule your appointment HERE!
This cycle will provide flexible unrestricted support to organizations meeting community needs, some longstanding, some new, or revealed in the aftermath of the pandemic. This Grant Cycle makes grants from the Community Foundation’s Tompkins, Today, and Tomorrow Fund as well as varied donor advised and field of interest funds.
Please contact Chief Inclusion & Community Engagement Officer Gloria Coicou, at gcoicou@cftompkins.org if you have questions related to this grant cycle. Technical Support questions should be directed to Administrative Manager, Madeline Rosas at admin@cftompkins.org
OFF-CYCLE REQUESTS MADE DURING ACTIVE GRANT CYCLES WILL BE DIRECTED TO APPLY TO THE CURRENT CYCLE.
Prior Year (2022) Resilient Communities Fall Grant Cycle
2023 Grant Report Due: Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at 5pm.
This cycle will provide flexible unrestricted support to organizations meeting community needs, some longstanding, some new, or revealed in the aftermath of the pandemic. The Spring Grant Cycle makes grants from the Howland Foundation (assets held at M & T Bank) and the Community Foundation’s Tompkins, Today, and Tomorrow Fund as well as varied donor-advised and field-of-interest funds.
Please contact Chief Inclusion & Community Engagement Officer Gloria Coicou, at gcoicou@cftompkins.org if you have questions related to this grant cycle. Technical Support questions should be directed to Administrative Manager, Madeline Rosas at mrosas@cftompkins.org
Prior Year (2022) Resilient Communities Spring Grant Cycle
2022 Community Foundation Report Due: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 at 5pm.
Thank you to our 2022 Resilient Communities Spring Grant Cycle grantees for their good work in service to our Tompkins County communities. The report form is now available.
To access the report, please follow the directions below:
Application Deadline: has passed. All applicants have been notified of funding decisions. This cycle will next be offered in 1st Quarter of 2024.
Grant Range: $200-$16,000
Library Grant Cycle applications and reports must be received through CommunityForce, an online grant management platform.
Application is now available for the 2023 cycle (deadline: February 22, 2023).
Click button below for guidelines.
This grant cycle was inspired by the Bernard Carl and Shirley Rosen Library Fund which seeks to promote genuine intellectual curiosity and a lifelong love of reading and learning, by promoting greater and easier access by youth to local libraries. Eligible applicants are the 33 public libraries in Cayuga, Cortland, Seneca, Tioga and Tompkins counties, the 5 counties of the Finger Lakes Library System.
