New York Community Trust Grants: Human Justice

The NYCTG program seeks to promote a more effective and fairer civil and criminal justice system, through research and monitoring of practices and procedures in City courts, and advocacy to improve local court practices and procedures. Grants are made to provide advocacy, information, and representation in emerging and/or urgent areas of civil law where other funding sources are limited, including: • helping advocates and legal service nonprofits act quickly when laws and policies change; and • supporting advocacy and individual, multi-plaintiff, or class-action litigation to protect New Yorkers' civil rights and make law and public policy more responsive to the needs of the City's most vulnerable residents. • educational opportunities through program evaluation and collaboration with other social service providers. Grants usually range from $5,000 to $200,000; an average grant is around $90,000.