Strategic Partnership Fund

• 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organizations, publicly supported organizations such as schools and municipalities, and organizations using a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor
• Organizations serving residents of Onondaga, Madison, Oswego, Cortland or Cayuga counties
• Funds will be made available for nonrecurring costs related specifically to implementing strategic partnership activities. Typical expenses include professional, legal, human resource management, information management, organizational development and/or technical assistance required to accomplish a merger or affiliation between organizations.

Grants from the Strategic Partnership Fund support willing organizations pursuing the following:

• Exploration, Pre-Negotiation, Negotiation & Due Diligence
• Administrative consolidation
• Joint programming
• Joint venture
• Regionalization
• Formation of subsidiary or parent-subsidiary
• Reengineering or restructuring
• Mergers and consolidations
• Nonprofit dissolutions

• Applications to the Strategic Partnership Fund are accepted year-round.
• Grant requests should generally not exceed $25,000. However, collaborative and/or innovative projects may exceed a $25,000 request.
• Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to discuss their grant request with Community Foundation staff before beginning the application process. Please call our office at (315) 422-9538 or email us at grants@cnycf.org to set up an appointment.

If your nonprofit has received a Strategic Partnership grant, we request that you submit a final report. These reports assist us in assessing our grantmaking efforts.