Applications are now open for the 2026 Unity Grant Program!
The 2026 Unity Grant Program will provide $20,000 grants to up to 10 Community-Based Organizations in New York City to fund initiatives and services for the NYC LGBTQIA+ community.
The Unity Grant Program honors the legacy of the NYC Unity Project, absorbed into the NYC Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs, and provides grants to address the needs of the NYC LGBTQIA+ community.
The 2026 Unity Grant Program prioritizes initiatives and services across three thematic areas: Housing & Economic Stability, Education & Employment, and Health & Wellbeing.
Additionally, the 2026 Unity Grant Program will prioritize initiatives and services directly geared towards reaching vulnerable and marginalized members of the NYC LGBTQIA+ community, including Transgender, Gender Non-Conforming, Non-Binary, and Intersex New Yorkers, and LGBTQIA+ People of Color, Youth and Elders, Immigrants, People with Disabilities, and other underserved and marginalized LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers.
The NYC Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs will host a 2026 Unity Grant Program Virtual Information Session on November 2, 2026.
The application deadline for the 2026 Unity Grant Program is November 16, 2026.
To learn more about the 2026 Unity Grant Program, Register for the 2026 Unity Grant Program Virtual Information Session, and Apply for a 2026 Unity Grant, please visit: https://www.nyc.gov/content/lgbtqia/pages/nyc-unity-grant-program
Read the 2026 Unity Grant Program Press Release: https://www.nyc.gov/site/equity/news/expanded-2026-2027-nyc-unity-grant-program.page
The NYC Mayor’s Office of LGBTQIA+ Affairs is part of the NYC Mayor’s Office of Equity and Racial Justice
@equitynycgov, along with our wonderful colleagues at NYC Her Future
@nycherfuture, the NYC Young Men’s Initiative
@nycyoungmen, and the NYC Commission on Gender Equity
@nycgenderequity. Together, we work to address inequities and advance equity across New York City government on behalf of and for the benefit of all New Yorkers.