Thank you for your interest in applying for a VPF grant.
The application deadline for the 2010-2011 partnership cycle was September 17, 2010.

Please check back again this summer for our 2012 grant information.

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VPF seeks to provide an effective method for identifying emerging under-funded, under-recognized projects or programs that embody an entrepreneurial spirit, and promise high impact and effectiveness for complex, persistent social problems. VPF is especially interested in supporting startups and fledgling organizations that have not yet received significant support from major funders.

In order to focus on issues in a meaningful way, VPF invests in one of six designated areas: arts, education, environment, health, poverty and youth.

Past topics and investees:
2010
Topic – education
Investee – Full Circle Education

2009
Topic – poverty
Investee – Brooklyn Young Mothers’ Collective

2008
Topic – environment
Investee – Concrete Safaris

Questions? Please contact us at: grants@nycvpf.org

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