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Neighborhood Challenge

The NYC Department of Small Business Services, along with partners New York City Economic Development Corporation and New York City Business Assistance Corporation, are proud to offer the Neighborhood Challenge Innovation Grant competition.

This year’s Neighborhood Challenge 5.0 competition pairs nonprofit community organizations and tech companies to create and implement tools that address specific commercial district issues. The competition seeks to make awards of up to $100,000 to fund innovative ideas that use data-driven capacity building solutions to improve operations, target services, or address local public policy challenges.

Who Can Apply

Proposal teams must include a lead applicant and a tech company. Proposed projects should leverage public and/or proprietary data, and must assist the lead applicant’s operations and decision making in meeting the needs of their commercial district and local stakeholders.

Lead applicants are nonprofit organizations that target a single New York City commercial district or neighborhood. Potential applicants with operating budgets over $2 million must partner and co-apply with another organization with a budget under $2 million from a different neighborhood.

What Neighborhood Challenge Funds

Neighborhood Challenge 5.0 awards provide funding to nonprofit organizations, in partnership with technology companies, to create and implement technology tools that address challenges in New York City commercial districts. Tools and solutions may assess, measure, or address issues in these areas:

Capital construction impact mitigation

Community engagement and stakeholder outreach

Management of public space and streetscape amenities

Quality of life conditions and tracking

Real estate development and land use changes

Retail/office vacancy tracking and commercial leasing

Sanitation and district maintenance

Small business assistance and promotion

Street vendor siting and fine reduction

Sustainability and energy efficiency

Transportation, transit, and parking

View complete program guidelines.

How to Apply

Applications have closed. Check back for updates on when applications open for next year's projects.

Contact us for more information.