Grant Selection Criteria and Requirements
Please read below for more information about the Grant Selection Criteria and Requirements for the 2012 Neighborhood Small Grants Program.
Project Criteria:
Grant proposals should clearly describe how the project will help neighborhood and community organizations to build livable, equitable, and sustainable neighborhoods and communities for all by meeting one or more of the following goals:
• Building community
• Attracting new and diverse members
• Sustaining current volunteers and members
Who Can Apply:
Neighborhood, business and community-based organizations will be eligible to apply.
Preference will be given to proposals submitted on behalf of or in direct partnership with one or more of the following:
• Neighborhood associations
• Organizations predominantly led by people from historically under-engaged communities including communities of color, immigrants and refugees, youth, people with disabilities and lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities
• Business associations or individual businesses
Eligibility Requirements:
Project proposals must meet the following requirements:
1. Projects must take place in and benefit the residents of the coalition area within which they are applying.
2. Applicants must partner with at least one organization on the project and show proof of partnership with a formal letter of support from the partner organization.
3. An applicant must have 501 (c) 3 nonprofit status from the IRS, be a government entity or have fiscal sponsorship from one of the above to apply. Groups can apply for fiscal sponsorship through SE Uplift. Contact staff for an application.
*To be eligible for a grant in 2012, past grant recipients must have completed their project and submitted their final report and photo, or a mid-term report in the case of not yet completed projects from the 2011 grant cycle.