Access COH Nonprofit Support Grant Program Criteria

1) Please complete the entire form.

2) Read the information at the end of this application, including the financial and other information that will be required prior to grant award, if approved.

3) Sign and attach any required documents; submit the application by clicking submit below.

Applications must include all required documentation in order to be considered for funding. If an application does not contain all required documentation, it will be incomplete and ineligible for award.

Your application must demonstrate that your nonprofit organization has incurred eligible expenses equaling the amount of grant funding you are requesting.

** NOTE: Application submission deadline has been extended to 11:59PM ET on Friday, November 19, 2021.

• Health and Safety (including/not limited to food insecurity, housing instability, mental health support, domestic abuse support, access to medicine, transportation t/f healthcare, child welfare, etc.)
• Education 
• Childcare
• Economic Security

Eligible nonprofits can request grant funding up to a maximum amount of $50,000. Your application must demonstrate that your organization has incurred eligible expenses equaling or exceeding the amount of grant funding you are requesting.

Grant funding can be used to reimburse previously unbudgeted expenses incurred between March 1, 2020 and October 1, 2021 related to:

• organization/agency emergency needs due to the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic; and/or
• specific programmatic needs/objectives related to offering community programs and services specifically for pandemic response and recovery.

For example, NPS grants may support activities such as, but not limited to:

• Planning and development of new COVID-19 related programs or reimagining or revision of existing programs
• New (unbudgeted) staff and operational costs associated with COVID-19 relief programs
• Technical or consulting needs related to digital transition or access
• Strategic planning or capacity building activities related to coronavirus impacts.

Please note: All NPS grant funds must be used for expenses associated with COVID-19 response and recovery efforts. This is particularly important for applicants to keep in mind when determining what organizational expenses can be included in your request. All expenses must be COVID-19 relief related. It is also important to make this distinction when considering other funding you may have received or applied for as NPS grant funds must not overlap with other federal funds or grant awards. This is a reimbursement program and documentation of expenses encumbered is required.

Download Expense Worksheet Here

Please use the Expense Worksheet to detail your organization's incurred expenses for COVID-19 relief program/services.

Applications must include all required documentation in order to be considered for funding. If an application does not contain all required documentation, it will be incomplete and ineligible for award.

The following Expense documentation will be required to support your Expense Worksheet:

• for Materials purchases: invoices, purchase orders, proof of payment
• for Contracts: contract documentation/proposals/bid docs (including cost estimates where applicable)
• for Labor: timesheets, payroll reports, or activity logs for any previously unbudgeted labor or new hires. 

Should we need additional detail/documentation, our grant reviewers will reach out to you directly via email. Please keep an eye on your junk mail just in case the info request email gets caught in your spam filter.

Please provide your organization's bank account information. The City of Hoboken will distribute awarded grant funds via ACH transfer.

I understand that I am applying for the City of Hoboken’s COVID-19 Nonprofit Support Grant Program to assist my nonprofit organziation with addressing the immediate and long-term needs of our community through offering programs and services that specifically address COVID-19 challenges in our community.  

I declare under pain and penalty of perjury that my nonprofit organization has incurred the previously unbudgeted expenses detailed in this application between March 1, 2020 and October 1, 2021 for programmatic needs/objectives related to offering community programs and services specifically for COVID-19 pandemic response and recovery.

I / we agree to provide, upon request, documentation of all income sources to the City for verification.

By signing below, I consent to having the information provided in this application shared with the City and its program operators, as needed, in order to process this application.