Request for Proposals The Power of Collaboration 2012 | |
| Background: To remain effective, housing nonprofits today must navigate through a rapidly changing landscape that includes regulatory changes, funding cuts, and capacity challenges. In response to these demands, agencies are embracing collaboration as a strategic measure, seeking out new opportunities with partners that have complementary skills and resources. Win/Win strategies involving two or more groups are being pursued, often matching up parties who never previously considered working together.
The New York Mortgage Coalition recognizes that strategic collaboration represents a powerful, low-cost or no-cost tool that carries the potential for major impact in the affordable housing space. To this end, the Mortgage Coalition is pleased to offer the following RFP - we welcome all nonprofit groups engaged in affordable housing in the Tri-State area (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut) to apply. This RFP is a follow up to the highly successful Power of Collaboration Conference co-hosted last November by the Mortgage Coalition, the Center for New York City Neighborhoods, and Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City. Funding for this award is made possible through the generous sponsorship of Astoria Federal, BNY Mellon, Capital One, Chase, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, M&T, and Webster Bank. |
Application Guidelines: Each application must follow these basic considerations: - The collaboration must involve two or more separate organizations, one of which must be a 501(c) 3 working in affordable housing in the Tri-State area.
- The two or more organizations will submit only one joint proposal per collaboration.
- The project should be either A) recently launched, no earlier than November 1, 2011 or B) in the process of being launched, no later than May 1, 2012.
- The range of acceptable areas for collaboration is broad and may include any of the following:
- Affordable homeownership
- Affordable lending
- Neighborhood stabilization
- Pre-purchase counseling
- Post-purchase counseling
- Neighborhood outreach
- Social media
- Training and technical assistance
- Capacity building
- Data collection and reporting
Further considerations: - Proposals are due by 5pm, Friday March 2nd.
- Maximum total award amount is $15,000.
- The selection committee will choose either one proposal for the entire $15,000 grant OR two proposals receiving $7,500 each.
- The winning collaboration(s) must be governed by a written agreement between the participating organizations.
- Applications will be evaluated on the following:
- Value of expected outcome.
- Likelihood of expected outcome.
- Can this grant be leveraged?
- Is the project scalable, replicable?
- Degree of innovation.
- Degree of synergy between and among the partners.
- Award will be announced Thursday, March 15th.
- Winning team(s) will present their project update at the 6 month mark and a written report at the 12 month mark, describing lessons learned and recommendations to guide future collaborative efforts.
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| Deadline: Completed proposals must be emailed by 5pm, March 2nd to: Michael Maloney at Michael.M@NYMC.org 212 742 0762, ext 1 For subject line please use: Power of Collaboration Grant Application |
APPLICATION: Include a description of the mission and work of the organizations involved, as well as the name and contact information of the project leader. For each of the following questions please limit your answer to 300 words: 1. Describe the specific need for the proposed collaboration. 2. What is the desired outcome and by when do you expect it? 3. Describe how the collaborating partners expect to work together to achieve your desired outcome. 4. What are the metrics to be used to benchmark success? |
For any questions, please contact Michael Maloney. |
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