We invest in community-based organizations who share our vision to combat extreme weather and improve resiliency, support disadvantaged communities, and build clean energy job skills in New York.
Grant Cycle
Our grant cycle runs from January 1 through June 30. Grants in the priority focus areas for Con Edison will be awarded through a competitive process in the fall. View additional information about our Focus Areas and priorities.
About the Application Planning Process
Nonprofits can only receive one grant per calendar year
Requests must be for an upcoming grant cycle and cannot be back dated for a grant term that has concluded. For example, if applying for a summer program, keep in mind that decisions will not be made until the fall of the current calendar year, therefore funding requests should be for the following year’s summer program.
Current Grantees
If you plan to apply for a grant during the current cycle, please contact your Con Edison program officer for the invitation code.
Prospective grantees, including first time-grantees and those who did not receive funding in the last grant cycle, must submit a concept paper as the initial step in the grant application process to assess alignment with Con Edison’s funding priorities.
Forms will be reviewed on a rolling basis until April 30. Qualifying submissions will receive an invitation to submit a formal grant application.
Submissions received after April 30 will not be considered and may be resubmitted the following year.
Con Edison will consider funding requests for specific programs and projects within our areas of interest.
Note: Arts-related and medical/health related initiatives are not within our current funding priorities.
Be a community-based organization; educational institution; or coalition, or alliance, of institutions. This includes environmental justice networks.
Your organization must be a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable entity, as described in Section 509(a)(1) or 509(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code. In a collective group scenario, a designated 501(c)(3) nonprofit is required as the fiscal agent for funding.
Be located in Con Edison’s service territory (New York City and Westchester).
Support one of Con Edison’s grant funding priority areas – adaptation and mitigation to extreme weather, social justice and community resilience, or clean energy and technology careers – and one focal point.
Requests must be for program support. Consideration will be granted for requests focused on capacity building. Generating operating, capital campaigns, capital projects, bricks and mortar, third-party support, and event sponsorships will not be considered.
Be able to provide measurable outcomes for communities within Con Edison service territories.
Have a strong leadership team that is highly engaged with the communities it serves and demonstrates a high level of community input into the project or program.
Individuals
Endowments or endowment campaigns
Scholarship funds
Other private foundations
Debt retirement or to cover past operating deficits
Candidates for political office or to influence specific legislation (lobbying)
Religious organizations for realizing a doctrinal purpose*
