NextGen Innovation Award
Funding Amount
$5,000
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
NCS launched the NextGen Innovation Award to stimulate and encourage creative solutions to the challenges of homelessness in New York City.
Background: This is the 2nd annual award (as of 2020). The inaugural award was presented to the Streetlives team, whose $5,000 award enabled them to launch GoGetta in May 2020, a "Yelp" for social services that empowers those in need of services to find what they need and share what they know.
Focus Areas:
- Creative approaches to homelessness
- Problem-solving solutions to challenges faced by unhoused individuals
- Innovative services and platforms addressing homelessness in NYC
- Solutions addressing impacts of COVID-19 on homelessness and social services
Geographic Scope: New York City
Contact Information:
- Organization: Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter (NCS)
- Address: 50 Broadway, Suite 1301, New York, NY 10004-1607
- Phone: (212) 537-5100
- Fax: (212) 860-2301
- Website: ncsinc.org
What NCS Housing Development Fund Company Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 1
- Total given
- $449K
- Median grant
- $449K
- By dollars: New York 100%. Top recipient cities: New York, NY.
Example grants
Neighborhood Coalition for Shelter Inc · New York, NY
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$449K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Homeless
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