Proposals from organizations are accepted and reviewed on a continuous basis during the calendar year. All requests must be submitted online; no other solicitations will be considered.
Proposals must fall within the Foundation's Nurturing the Children. Preference is given to requests that provide an opportunity for volunteer involvement on the part of New York Life agents, employees and retirees.
General Limitations:
Grants are made only to private, nonprofit organizations which have tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and which are not private foundations. The Foundation does not make grants to individuals or government agencies.
Excluded Organizations and Areas:
- organizations or activities whose services are limited to members of one religious or sectarian group
- fraternal, social, professional, athletic or veterans' organizations
- seminars, conferences or trips
- endowments, memorials or capital campaigns
- fundraising events, telethons, races or other benefits
- goodwill advertising
- organizations whose programs are principally international
- basic or applied research
- organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, gender or national origin
Geographic Considerations:
The Foundation funds projects in New York City, where New York Life's Home Office is located and Westchester County, New York. The Foundation also considers multi-site projects implemented by national organizations. These projects must serve two or more of the following locations: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Clinton, NJ; Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Edison, NJ; Ft. Lauderdale, Houston, Kansas City, KS; Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Parsippany, NJ; Philadelphia, Phoenix, Richmond, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa, and Washington, DC.
Review and Evaluation:
All requests are screened, researched and evaluated by the Foundation's staff to determine conformity to grant guidelines and relationship to current Foundation programs and priorities.
After initial review, if there is sufficient Foundation interest in a proposal, interviews with the organization's staff, as well as site visits, will be arranged. If additional information is needed, the Foundation will contact the applicant organization.
The Foundation's Board of Directors makes the final decisions on funding requests.
Since the Foundation receives many more requests for support than it has funds available to contribute, it must focus its grants within carefully defined guidelines. Therefore, a decision not to support a particular organization or project should not be considered a reflection of its merits.
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