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Design Corps supports the vital role that design can play in addressing critical issues and needs of communities. Through the Social Economic Environmental Design (SEED) initiative, Design Corps provides communities, institutions and design professionals with the tools and services they need to integrate community-engaged processes into design activities, leading to projects that reflect a community's values and cultural identities. Public inclusion as a "best practice" in design is...

Prospective applicants should submit a letter of inquiry (type "Letter of Inquiry" at the beginning of the letter) and include the following information:

Organizational Information:

  • Name of organization
  • Address
  • Telephone and fax numbers
  • Web site address
  • Tax ID number
  • Annual organizational budget
  • Organization's mission/background


Contact Information: (if the primary contact person for the organization is different from the contact person for this project, please include this information for both people):

  • Name (including prefix)
  • Title
  • Telephone (if different from organization's telephone)
  • E-mail address


Request Information:

  • Program area to which you are applying.
  • Program abstract: A one-two sentence description of the project
  • Total request amount
  • Duration of the grant requested
  • Project budget
  • Project description
  • Additional sources of funding


Organizations that have received funding from Surdna may apply for continued support. If you intend to apply for additional support you must inform us in writing within eight months of the receipt of your grant. Please note that organizations are eligible for a maximum of three consecutive years of funding.

Correspondence should be addressed to:

Grants Manager
Surdna Foundation
330 Madison Avenue, 30th Floor
New York, NY 10017-5001
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