The Rhode Island Foundation is seeking applications for its Community Priority Grants.
Donor Name: Rhode Island Foundation
State: Rhode Island
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/03/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Community Priority Grant program is one of the three core grant programs and primarily provides programmatic and general operating support to organizations and programs that respond to one or more of the community priorities, and related focus areas, in the Foundation. At the center of each community priority is a focus on diversity, equity, inclusion, and access, ensuring that the efforts address systemic inequities and support thriving communities.
Funding Information
Community Priority grants may range from $15,000 to $150,000, with an overall average of approximately $65,000.
Eligibility
Community Priority Grants are awarded for programmatic or general operating support to 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations based in Rhode Island.
Other Considerations
- Stage of development: Whether your organization is just starting out, growing, or well-established, they welcome applications for funding through the Community Priority Grant Program.
- Organizational health: There are many ways for you to show the health of your organization, including by demonstrating a clear mission and vision, commitment to financial stability, capacity to learn from your work, strong board and staff leadership, and evidence of your connection with the community you serve.
- Potential for community impact: Demonstrate how the work of your organization and your experience, partnerships, technical/content expertise, or other capabilities or unique qualities help your proposal respond to one or more of the community priorities, and related focus areas, in the Foundation’s Five-Year Action Plan.
- Support thriving communities: Show how your organization demonstrates trust between, and engagement with, the population you serve, and how that helps your proposal respond to the needs of the community served and ensure their voice is part of the planning process.
- Sound implementation plan: Provide a practical budget, demonstrate sufficient capacity to accomplish the work described in the grant proposal, have a plan to track progress and outcomes, and identify ways to sustain the work in the future.
- Sustainability plan: You have an identified path towards sustainability, with the understanding that sustainability can come in many different forms and timelines.
For more information, visit RIF.
