APPLICATIONS ARE ONLY ACCEPTED ELECTRONICALLY VIA THE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE - WWW.THESTATENISLANDFOUNDATION.ORG THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONS WITH CURRENT 501(C)3 STATUS THAT SERVE STATEN ISLAND RESIDENTS. FOR PRIOR GRANTEES TO BE ELIGIBLE, ALL REQUIRED REPORTS MUST BE SUBMITTED. THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONS WITH ESTABLISHED TRACK RECORDS AND DEMONSTRATED FINANCIAL CAPACITY.

THE FOUNDATION LOOKS FOR PROJECTS OF 501(C)3 ORGANIZATIONS WITH THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS: - PROJECTS THAT CLEARLY AND DIRECTLY BENEFIT THE STATEN ISLAND COMMUNITY WITH MEASURABLE, LONG-TERM RESULTS - PROJECTS THAT DEMONSTRATE THEIR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION - PROJECTS THAT CAN BE EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENTED AND ULTIMATELY CONTINUED WITHOUT OUR FUNDING - PROJECTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO ONE OF THE COLLECTIVE IMPACT INITIATIVES SUPPORTED BY THE FOUNDATION THE FOUNDATION DOES NOT FUND: RENOVATIONS/REPAIRS TO PLACES OF WORSHIP, SCHOLARSHIPS, FUNDRAISING EVENT SPONSORSHIPS, JOURNAL ADS, OR YEARBOOK ADS, PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS OR INDIVIDUALS, POLITICAL CAUSES, CANDIDATES OR LOBBYING EFFORTS, MEDICAL RESEARCH, CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS, ANIMAL WELFARE GROUPS, FRATERNAL AND VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESS, PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS OR CLUBS, MEMORIAL FUNDRAISING, TICKETS TO EVENTS, REQUESTS FROM SOLICITORS ON BEHALF OF AN ORGANIZATION.