Ira W. DeCamp Foundation

The Community Health Grants Program is dedicated to enhancing the quality and accessibility of healthcare services in New York City through support of community health centers (primarily federally qualified health centers) and select primary care providers in the metropolitan area. Priority will be placed on applicants that serve populations that have historically been medically-underserved, including, but not limited to individuals experiencing housing insecurity; older adults; and youth, families and communities living below the federal poverty threshold. Additional priority will be placed on supporting organizations focused on boosting the healthcare workforce and organizations supporting better maternal health outcomes, particularly among communities of color. The contact email for this initiative is DeCamp_Community_Health@jpmorgan.com.  

We invite proposals that address one or more of the following funding interests:

• Capacity-building and specifically activities that will help an organization better deliver on its mission (e.g., leadership development; staff training; enhancement of fundraising capabilities or similar critical organizational resources);
• initiatives that drive organization performance and sustainability (e.g., staff retention; operation and system analysis; implementation or improvement of performance measurement and process improvement frameworks); and
• capital projects (limited support for e.g., renovations; new space acquisition and development; information technology and infrastructure enhancements).

The Foster Care Grants Program seeks to support programs in the metropolitan area that address one or more of the following:

• Programs designed to support service linkages and partnerships with different service providers within the child welfare community (e.g., substance abuse, domestic violence, mental health and housing).
• Training and strategies to recruit and retain qualified caseworkers and front-line staff at foster care agencies.
• Recruitment, training, and support for caregivers, including foster parents and kinship caregivers.
• Services for older and transition-age youth, including housing, education, job training, and independent living skills, with a focus on innovative and youth-driven programming.
• Services for special populations such as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth.
• Policy and advocacy efforts around issues such as (but not limited to) housing for youth in foster care, legal support for youth in care, and dismantling of systemic inequities embedded in the child welfare system.

The contact email for this program is DeCamp_Foster_Care@jpmorgan.com. 

The Workforce Development Grants Program will support workforce development organizations (including intermediaries) in the metropolitan area. Preference will be given to job training organizations that offer hard skills and life skills training; have support services available to trainees; focus on placing adults in full-time, competitive employment; provide post-placement support; and collect data about graduation, placement, starting salaries and retention. Additionally, priority will be placed on organizations serving populations that experience barriers to employment, including, but not limited to: individuals experiencing housing insecurity, individuals struggling with addiction, justice-involved individuals, and individuals with low incomes. The Workforce Development Grants Program is very competitive. Thus, organizations must have either their main mission focused on workforce development or have a significant, robust workforce development program that connects people to full-time jobs. Proposals focused on internships are not competitive for funding. The contact email for this initiative is DeCamp_Workforce_Development@jpmorgan.com.  

Funding will be provided for:

• Capacity-building and specifically activities that help an organization better deliver on its mission (e.g. infrastructure investments that enable the organization to expand, sustain and manage its services more effectively).
• Program development, including  investments in new aspects of the program that will enhance the training and placement experience.
• Research and evaluation to understand the impact of job training programs and of public policy in this area, including research that focuses on improving workforce outcomes and systems in NYC.
• Organizations receiving two or more consecutive years of funding are required to take at least one year off before reapplying (Only applies to Workforce Development applicants).

Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, New York, NY
$100,000 as the final installment for Callen-Lorde Bronx Capital Expansion

Center for Comprehensive Health Practice, Inc, New York, NY
$100,000 as the first installment for Building Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity to continue to Improve Patient Care and Experience within CCHP’s Integrated Care Model

Community Health Care Association of New York State, Inc, New York, NY
$75,000 as the first installment for capacity-building activities

East Harlem Health Outreach Partnership at the Icahn of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
$60,000 as the final installment for East Harlem Health Outreach Program (EHHOP)

FJC, New York, NY
$100,000 as the first installment for the NYC Fund to End Youth and Family Homelessness

The Floating Hospital, New York, NY
$70,000 as the first installment for Enhancing Data Capacity to Serve NYC’s Homeless and Low-Income Families

Fund for Public Health in New York, New York, NY
$150,000 as the first installment for Evaluation of the Maternal Home Collaborative

Grameen America, Jackson Heights, NY
$75,000 for Strengthen the Community Health Workforce: Capacity Building and Program Innovation for Grameen Promotoras in New York City

Hudson Guild, New York, NY
$75,000 for Expanding Access to Mental Health Resources for Children and Families

Independence Care System, New York, NY
$100,000 as the first installment for Improving Primary Care Access & Experience for Individuals Living with Physical Disabilities – Putting Evidence into Practice

The Kaleidoscope Foundation, New York, NY
$35,000 for Final Phase of Pilot for school-based mental health: SBLA and CBLA

Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
$75,000 for Bronx Health Collective Strategic Planning

Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
$100,000 as the first installment for Expansion of a system-wide Community Health Worker program

New York City Health + Hospital, New York, NY
$50,000 as the first installment for General Housing Intake Tracker (GHIT)

New York Presbyterian Fund, Inc, New York, NY
$150,000 as the final installment for creating an Obstetrics Community Health Worker

New York School-Based Health Foundation, New York, NY
$90,000 as the first installment for using data to improve oral health care in NYS Schools

Project Renewal, New York, NY
$75,000 as the final installment for Addressing New York City’s Behavioral Health Workforce Crisis: Psychiatric Social Health Technician Training

Sunset Park Health Council, Inc DBA Family Health Center at NYU Langone, Brooklyn, NY
$120,000 as the first installment for Digitally enabled Care in a Health Equity focused FQHC Learning Health System

Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition, New York, NY
$70,000 as the first installment for a Foster Family Advocacy Specialist

Advocates for Children of New York, Inc, New York, NY
$75,000 as the final installment for Project Achieve

Alex House Project, Brooklyn, NY
$35,000 for the parenting journey and job readiness experience

Anthos Home, New York, NY
$75,000 as the final installment for Aftercare Services for Youth Aging Out of Foster Care: Capacity Building and Program Enhancement

At the Table, Brooklyn, NY
$75,000 as the final installment for the College Tutoring Program

Center for Family Representation, New York, NY
$50,000 as the first installment for the Center’s policy advocacy and community affairs work

Center for New York City Affairs, New York, NY
$50,000 as the final installment for the Child Welfare Watch

Children's Aid Society, New York, NY
$60,000 as the final installment for the Supporting the Fostering Youth Success Alliance

Children’s Rights, New York, NY
$35,000 as the first installment for Centering Lived Experience to Strengthen Support for New York Children and Families

Children’s Village, Dobbs Ferry, NY
$35,000 for Families Supporting Teens (FaST)

City Living New York, New York, NY
$75,000 as the first installment for City Living NY: Housing Support Program

Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies, New York, NY
$60,000 as the first installment  for Growing Together: Sustaining Success

Court Appointed Special Advocates – NYC, New York, NY
$70,000 as the first installment for the youth transition form care project

Family Justice Law Center, New York, NY
$60,000 as the first installment for the Family Justice Law Center

The Felix Organization, Locust Valley, NY
$25,000 as the first installment for Camp Felix Pride

Fostering Change For Children, Rocky Point, NY
$50,000 as the final installment for the Children's Corps – Caseworker Employment Initiative

Fostering Media Connections, Los Angeles, CA
$30,000 as the first installment for Ensuring a Voice for New York’s Foster Youth

Fund for the City of New York, New York, NY
$65,000 for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for the Underserved – CAP4Us

Fund for the City of New York, New York, NY
$125,000 as the final installment for the Center for Fair Futures capacity-building

Fund for the City of New York, New York, NY
$50,000 as the final installment for the NYC Family Policy Project to support a Parent-Led Research and Advocacy Project to Accelerate NYC’s shift to “Support, Not Report” Families

Fund for the City of New York, New York, NY
$50,000 as the first installment to Power of Two support Fostering Relationships

Graham Windham, Brooklyn, NY
$75,000 as the final installment for the Family Success Initiative

Hearts to Homes Furnishings, Yonkers, NY
$35,000 for Housewarmings for Foster Youth

Mobilization for Justice, Inc, New York, NY
$50,000 as the final installment to support the Kinship Caregiver Law Project

Rising Ground, Brooklyn, NY
$100,000 as the final installment for the Co-Parenting Program

The Door – A Center for Alternatives, Inc, New York, NY
$50,000 as the final installment for The Door’s legal services for foster care youth in New York City

You Gotta Believe! The Older Child Adoption and Permanency Movement, New York, NY
$70,000 as the first installment for Youth Clinical Services to prevent disruptions

Buildings Skills NY, New York, NY
$60,000 for Scaling Job Placement Services through Sustainable Employer Relations Strategies

CEC Stuyvesant Cove Inc, Long Island City, NY
$60,000 as the final installment to support the Community Engagement Green Workforce Externship

Commonpoint Queens, Little Neck, NY
$70,000 as the first installment for the Electrical Training Program

Emma’s Torch, Brooklyn, NY
$70,000 as the first installment for the new site in Inwood, Manhattan

Footsteps, Inc, New York, NY
$75,000 as the final installment for Footsteps Proposal to Ira W. DeCamp Foundation July 2024

GenSpace, Brooklyn, NY
$70,000 to support Growing NYC’s Nontraditional Life Sciences Talent Pipeline

Getting Out Staying Out, New York, NY
$25,000 for career services for formerly incarcerated and at-risk youth

Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey, Inc, Brooklyn, NY
$125,000 as the final installment to hire a FT VP of Employer and Corporate Partnerships

FJC, New York, NY
$70,000 as the first installment for Shared Lane for scaling capacity for career navigation

Fund for the City of New York, New York, NY
$75,000 for general operating support for the New York City Employment and Training Coalition

Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
$70,000 as the first installment for the Leap Fund for the NYC Workforce Benefits Cliff Pilot

Hot Bread Kitchen, New York, NY
$75,000 as the final installment for Investing the Culinary Workforce Development for Women of Color: Employer Partnerships and Evaluation Capacity Building

JobsFirst NYC, New York, NY
$50,000 as the final installment for general operating support

The New York Community Trust, New York, NY
$75,000 as the first installment for The New York City Workforce Development Fund

New York Foundling, New York, NY
$50,000 for General Operating Support for Bring Up Minimum Pay

Pursuit, Long Island City, NY
$60,000 as the final installment for Strengthening the Fellowship Program

Queens Community House, Forest Hills, NY
$70,000 as the first installment for Airport Career Pathways

Reel Stories Teen Filmmaking Inc DBA Reel Works, Brooklyn, NY
$70,000 as the first installment for infrastructure development for MediaMKRS

St. Nicks Alliance, Brooklyn, NY
$75,000 as the final installment for the Hire of a Director of Technology & Innovation

Staten Island Performing Provider System, Staten Island, NY
$50,000 for the workforce development program

STRIVE International, New York, NY
$70,000 as the first installment for the STRIVE Brooklyn Career Coach

The EAGLE Academy Foundation, New York, NY
$70,000 as the first installment for The Eagle Academy Foundation workforce program expansion: NYPD School Safety Pipeline

The Marcy Lab, Brooklyn, NY
$70,000 as the first installment for investing in org-wide data infrastructure

Workforce Professionals Training Institute, New York, NY
$50,000 as the final installment for General Operating Support