Flexible grantmaking tools and services for institutional funders.

We partner with philanthropic and government funders to efficiently move resources to local changemakers.

Services are tailored to each partner’s goals and capacity. Configurable technology can support application intake, review and selection, fund distribution, and reporting. Additional services may include developing funding criteria, convening and managing community review panels, subawardee compliance, vendor payment, impact dashboards, and providing fiscal sponsorship when appropriate.

Community Regranting Programs We've Managed

The Food Justice Fund (FJF) contracted New Sun Rising to provide grantmaking services in the administration of $1,500,000 of grassroots grants between $2,000 and $75,000 each, in response to community advocates with the Pittsburgh Food Policy Council organizing to build food sovereignty and end food apartheid in their neighborhoods. The purpose of the FJF is to increase public investment in a just, equitable, and sustainable food system that supports our neighborhoods, local economy, and the environment. Follow the impact of the 2025-26 FJF Grassroots Grants program on our dashboard.

The Hear Foundation contracted New Sun Rising to help design, administer, and contract their first ever Community Microgrant program cycle, investing $200,000 to build peace and safety through positive engagements between residents, children, youth and Pittsburgh Police.

Arts Equity Reimagined Collective Action invested $2,090,865 to support 23 collaborations between 97 arts organizations. A collaboration of 17 foundations and an anonymous donor worked with New Sun Rising to administer this responsive funding program, helping to navigate dramatic shifts in the arts sector instigated by COVID-19.

One Northside and The Buhl Foundation worked with New Sun Rising to invest $333,287 in mini-grants and rapid response grants to nonprofits and community members through a community-driven initiative to improve the quality of life in all 18 Northside neighborhoods of Pittsburgh with a focus on building Quality of Education, Employment, Place, Safety, and Health.

New Sun Rising’s Crisis Mitigation Relief Fund was funded by the Henry L. Hillman Foundation to rapidly deploy $75,000 in grants and forgivable impact loans to small businesses and nonprofits who demonstrated the ability to mitigate negative impacts and had critical economic needs as a result of unemployment or underemployment due to the COVID-19 crisis.