Funding Guidelines
Tiger Foundation currently gives funding consideration to programs in New York City in three main areas: education, job training, and social services/youth development (which includes the support of early childhood (ages 0-3) and family support programs). In addition to the guidelines below, please make sure to read the “What We Look for” section of this website, which outlines several Tiger Foundation evaluation hallmarks that are applied to our consideration of requests in all program areas.
The Social Services/Youth Development program is dedicated to a comprehensive, long-term approach to breaking the cycle of poverty through a three-pronged approach: intervening at a critical time for very young children, aged birth to three years, who are born in high-risk environments; supporting fragile families in their efforts to maintain self-sufficiency and keep families intact; and breaking the cycle of poverty for at-risk youth by supporting in-school and out-of-school youth development programs that work to prevent dropping out and high-risk behaviors and work to engage youth aging out of the foster care system.