The City Council has a discretionary funding process and each individual member can fund services, programs, and infrastructure projects for their district. The two forms of discretionary funding are expense funding and capital funding.

• Expense funding is discretionary funding that supports programs and services.
• Capital funding is discretionary funding that supports physical infrastructure projects.

These funds are not grants. You must be able to spend the money up front and you will be reimbursed by the City.  To apply, you must fill out an application through the City Council. The expense funding application can be found here and the capital funding application can be found here.

Due Dates for Applications

• Expense Funding:
  • Tuesday, February 20, 2024
• Capital Funding:
  • Thursday, February 22, 2024, 5:00pm: applies if your project requests any funding from Borough Presidents (including those groups that are also requesting funding from the Council or Department of Cultural Affairs)
  • Thursday, March 21, 2024, 5:00pm: applies if your project is only requesting funding from the Council and/or the Department of Cultural Affairs

NOTE: Due to capacity, we are not taking discretionary funding meetings. As alternative, we are asking organizations to fill out a supplementary form. If there are any questions or concerns, we will reach out to organizations for a follow up.

For any questions or concerns, please reach out to May Vutrapongvatana at 718-919-0740 or at mvutrapongvatana@council.nyc.gov. For technical issues with the City Council application, please email discretionary@council.nyc.gov.