Grant Readiness and Insights Training (GRIT)

Overview

About Robin Hood

Robin Hood has been fighting poverty in New York City since 1988. Because Robin Hood’s board covers all overhead, 100% of every donation goes directly to the poverty fight. Last year, Robin Hood awarded $172 million in grants, filling a critical void during the COVID-19 pandemic by providing cash assistance, meals, housing, healthcare, education, and other urgent needs to one million New Yorkers impacted by COVID-19, as well as funding an array of programs and initiatives developed to elevate families out of poverty in New York City.

Grant Readiness and Insights Training (GRIT)

Grant Readiness and Insights Training (GRIT) is a cohort-based program that provides training and support for talented executives from the social service nonprofit sector to qualify for and secure funding from foundations in the metro-New York City area. Initially funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies in 2016, the goal of the program is to teach leaders how to obtain support from results-driven, evidence-based funders like Robin Hood.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* Be based in New York City or the tri-state region and serve New York City and metropolitan area residents
* Offer intriguing and important social services for individuals and families
* Be new to Robin Hood in that the group is not a current or former grantee (with the exception of receiving Covid-19 Relief Fund support)
* Experience organizational, governance or programmatic shortfalls or inadequate summary of results that may limit chances for program grants from evidence-based funders
* Oversee a budget between $1 million and $25 million in which philanthropic and other private support does not exceed 20 percent of revenues
* Be a viable organization and be operational for at least five years but not possess a history of more than 50 years (start-up organizations or century-old agencies are sub-optimal fits)

Ineligibility

* Robin Hood’s community partners are not eligible to apply.