Application Form
Philanthropy New York • 79 Fifth Avenue, Fourth Floor • New York, NY 10003-3076
212-714-0699 • www.philanthropynewyork.org
The Council of New Jersey Grantmakers • 101 West State Street • Trenton, NJ 08608 • 609-341-2022 • www.cnjg.org
New York/New Jersey Area
Common Application Form
The foundations and corporations that developed this common application form hope it
will help nonprofit organizations in the New York/New Jersey area save time in the grant
application process. Please note the following important points:
Every funder has different guidelines and priorities.
Every funder has different deadlines and timetables.
Any funder that has agreed to accept this application may request
additional information at any stage in their application process.
Some funders choose to provide both general and project support
grants, while others choose specifically only to award project grants.
Before submitting this application to a potential funder, you need to check to see
whether your project or program matches their published interests and what forms of
grant support that they will consider providing (e.g., general support, project support,
capital grants, etc.). Information about individual grant programs is available from each
funder, and at The Foundation Center’s New York library, 79 Fifth Avenue (between
15th and 16th Streets), 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10003, and its cooperating collections
in the greater New York tri-state metropolitan area.
Instructions
Please type and single-space all proposals.
Please answer all of the questions in the order listed.
Please use headings as provided.
Please submit only one copy.
Please do not include any materials other than those
specifically requested at this time.
Please do not send videotapes.