{"id":1254,"date":"2023-01-06T20:49:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T20:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/?page_id=1254"},"modified":"2026-02-03T19:56:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T19:56:47","slug":"discretionary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/discretionary\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiscal Year 2027 Funding Requests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for your interest in partnership for Fiscal Year 2027 (July 2026\u2014June 2027). As we enter into a new discretionary funding season, our office receives many requests and inquiries regarding the process and we want to ensure you have the information to participate.<\/p>\n<p>The City Council FY27 expense funding application <strong>will close on Wednesday, February 18, 2026<\/strong>.&nbsp;<strong>No further applications will be accepted after this date.<\/strong> If you did not complete your discretionary funding application prior to this date, you will <strong>not be eligible for funding during this budget cycle.<\/strong> The form below is used to schedule meetings for those who have already submitted their application.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Trainings<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">NYC Council Discretionary Funding: What is it and how to apply<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hosted by the JCCGCI NonProfit Help Desk<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, February 5th | 7:30 PM &#8211; 9:00 PM<\/li>\n<li>Register <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/nyc-council-discretionary-funding-what-is-it-and-how-to-apply-tickets-1796479160529?aff=oddtdtcreator\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Get Registration Ready for 2026 NYC Council Discretionary Applications<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hosted by the JCCGCI NonProfit Help Desk<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, February 9th | 4:00 PM &#8211; 6:30 PM<\/li>\n<li>Register <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/get-registration-ready-for-2026-nyc-council-discretionary-applications-tickets-1981425722675?aff=oddtdtcreator\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">You Ask, We Answer: NYC Discretionary Expense Application<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hosted by the JCCGCI NonProfit Help Desk<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, February 11th | 6:30 PM &#8211; 8:00 PM<\/li>\n<li>Register <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/you-ask-we-answer-nyc-discretionary-expense-application-tickets-1796742076919?aff=oddtdtcreator\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">NYC Council Discretionary Capital Funding<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hosted by the JCCGCI NonProfit Help Desk<\/li>\n<li>Friday, February 12th | 3:00 PM &#8211; 4:30 PM<\/li>\n<li>Register <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/nyc-council-discretionary-capital-funding-tickets-1981944293735?aff=oddtdtcreator\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/nyc-council-discretionary-capital-funding-tickets-1981944293735?aff=oddtdtcreator\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">You Ask, We Answer: FY27 NYC Discretionary Expense Application<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hosted by the JCCGCI NonProfit Help Desk<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, February 17th | 12:00 PM &#8211; 1:30 PM<\/li>\n<li>Register <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/you-ask-we-answer-fy27-nyc-discretionary-expense-application-tickets-1981790037350?aff=oddtdtcreator\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/you-ask-we-answer-fy27-nyc-discretionary-expense-application-tickets-1981790037350?aff=oddtdtcreator\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Application<\/h2>\n<p>Please note, in order to be considered for discretionary funding (both expense and capital), you <strong>must <\/strong>fill out the City Council application <strong>in addition<\/strong> to our office\u2019s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=SH9iCmVrfkWUN3M-Tf3b5oi7sxoF1XhDnVHRBLWnkHxUNUk1WEs0QU9BQkY4MFhUOURZRDlWWDk0OCQlQCN0PWcu&amp;route=shorturl\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=SH9iCmVrfkWUN3M-Tf3b5oi7sxoF1XhDnVHRBLWnkHxUNUk1WEs0QU9BQkY4MFhUOURZRDlWWDk0OCQlQCN0PWcu&amp;route=shorturl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">supplementary form<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Expense Funding<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Application Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/bbgm-apply.yourcausegrants.com\/apply\/programs\/b702984b-c8df-4a69-86f5-01ebf930b314\">Council Discretionary Application<\/a><br \/>More Information: <a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/budget\/\">NYC Council Budget<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Capital Funding<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Application Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/nyccapgrants.powerappsportals.us\/\">CapGrants Portal<\/a><\/strong><br \/><strong>More Information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/capitalgrants\/index.page\">Capital Funding Grants<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table class=\"has-fixed-layout\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Requests to Borough Presidents:<\/td>\n<td>Thursday, February 19, 2026 | 5:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Requests to City Council ONLY:<\/td>\n<td>Thursday, March 19, 2026 | 5:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Requests to Both Entities for the Same Project:<\/td>\n<td>Thursday, February 19, 2026 | 5:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<p>If you or your organization have questions regarding your Council application, please email <a href=\"mailto:discretionary@council.nyc.gov\"><strong>discretionary@council.nyc.gov<\/strong><\/a>, and if you have specific questions regarding your application for the district, please email our office at <a href=\"mailto:district45@council.nyc.gov\"><strong>District45@council.nyc.gov<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for your interest in partnership for Fiscal Year 2027 (July 2026\u2014June 2027). As we enter into a new discretionary funding season, our office receives many requests and inquiries regarding the process and we want to ensure you have the information to participate.<\/p>\n<p>The City Council FY27 expense funding application <strong>will close on Wednesday, February 18, 2026<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/discretionary\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1254","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1254\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/farah-louis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}