FY26 Appropriations Requests

Senator Gillibrand’s office is currently accepting appropriations requests for fiscal year 2026 (FY26). The deadline to submit appropriations requests is 11:59PM EST on Friday, April 4. Please contact appropriations@gillibrand.senate.gov with any questions.

Senator Gillibrand is now accepting preliminary requests for New York-based projects for Fiscal Year 2026.

The annual Congressionally Directed Spending process is a component of the annual Congressional appropriations process which allows Members of Congress to request that federal funds be set aside for specific projects, programs, or initiatives in their states. This is an opportunity for state, local, and tribal governments and nonprofit organizations to apply to obtain funding for projects that would benefit from a one-time allocation of federal funds. This is also known as “Community Project Funding” or a CPF request. Before applying, please carefully review eligible funding accounts here.

Senator Gillibrand is accepting information about federal programmatic funding that benefits New York and our nation. 

The vast majority of federal discretionary spending is programmatic funding. Programmatic funding includes most federal agency programs, including programs that award money to New York entities (e.g. state and local government, non-profit organizations, and for-profit businesses) through funding formulas, competitive grant applications, or loans. Programmatic requests are requests for Congress to fund an authorized federal program at a specific level or to include language directing a federal agency to implement a program in a specific way.

In contrast, Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) Requests (also known as “Community Project Funding” or CPF requests) are applications for a one-time allocation of federal funds to support a specific project, program, or initiative in New York.