The Regional Foundation has announced an open window for eligible organizations to submit Letters of Intent (LOI) for its Neighborhood Planning grant opportunity.
Donor Name: Regional Foundation
States: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
Counties: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/22/2023
Size of the Grant: $125,000
Grant Duration:12-18 months
Details:
Neighborhood Planning Grants support the creation of neighborhood plans that address root causes of inequality and address any number of community development priorities including but not limited to affordable housing, workforce development, human services, commercial corridor initiatives, environmental justice, transportation, and education.
Comprehensive neighborhood planning initiatives typically address several development domains; however, the foundation recognizes that smaller, more targeted plans may be a catalyst for long-term neighborhood health and resiliency.
Priorities
- Fall within their 62-county service area;
- Geographic and demographic diversity – rural, small town, small city and dense urban areas.
- Center resident-driven process and the building of community leadership throughout the course of the investment, from start to finish;
- Support wealth creation and neighborhood stabilization in communities that have experienced historical disinvestment and experience concentration of poverty;
- Support for place-making, place-keeping, and anti-displacement efforts through community development tactics;
- Feature collaborations with allied organizations, government entities, and other institutions to support long-term buy-in.
- Inclusion of newer, smaller, historically underinvested BIPOC-led initiatives in underinvested rural, urban, or other geographies.
The Regional Foundation supports organizations in their capacity to define “neighborhood” as they see fit, regardless of population density: rural, suburban, small town, small city and large city neighborhoods are eligible to apply.
Funding Information
Requests may be made between $50,000 and $125,000 for a period of 12-18 months.
Eligibility Criteria
- Registered 501c3 organization
- Organization utilizing a 501c3-registered fiscal sponsor
- Current Regional Foundation grantee partners may be eligible in certain situations (e.g. to create a plan for new neighborhood, as part of a joint collaborative. These requests will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.)
- Counties they Serve:
- Pennsylvania
- Adams, Berks, Bradford, Bucks, Carbon, Centre, Chester, Clinton, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Delaware, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Lycoming, Mifflin, Monroe, Montgomery, Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Philadelphia, Pike, Potter, Schuylkill, Snyder, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Union, Wayne, Wyoming, and York.
- New Jersey
- Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Salem, Somerset, Sussex, Union, and Warren.
- Delaware
- Kent, New Castle, and Sussex.
- Pennsylvania
For more information, visit Neighborhood Planning Grants.
