The Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development (EOHED) is pleased to announce its Urban Agenda Grant Program to support economic vitality and cultivating stronger urban neighborhoods across the entire Commonwealth.
Donor Name: Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development
State: Massachusetts
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/02/2023
Size of the Grant: $100,000
Grant Duration: 6 months
Details:
The Urban Agenda Grant Program is a competitive grant program that seeks proposals or projects that entail community-driven responses to community-defined economic opportunities, and that build leadership, collaboration, and capacity at the local level.
The program is designed to support community economic development that is grounded in collaboration and local leadership development. Generally, applicants should base their project proposal on locally significant economic opportunities. The key is that the project be in direct response to a need or opportunity that the community group has identified and deemed important.
The Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development recognizes that urban centers face unique economic and quality of life challenges, and that the path to success lies in tapping into the unique local assets that they already possess, rather than in one-size-fits-all directives from government. Urban Agenda is focused on supporting economic vitality and cultivating stronger urban neighborhoods across the entire Commonwealth.
Funding Information
- Total Funds Available $2,500,000
- Maximum Award $100,000
- Project timeline should be no longer than 6 months (January through June 2024).
Eligible Projects
Urban Agenda Grant Program is designed to support community economic development that is grounded in collaboration and local leadership development. Generally, applicants should base their project proposal on locally significant economic opportunities. The key is that the project be in direct response to a need or opportunity that the community group has identified and deemed important in a single geographic community. The primary funding priorities of the program, based on the development continuum outlined in the Community One Stop for Growth, will be Community Activation and Placemaking, specifically action grants focused on implementing a community development program. Project categories include:
- Entrepreneurship, Small Business Development and Technical Assistance
- Workforce Development, Training Initiatives, and Job Pipelines
- Supporting Access to Opportunity (providing services to support workers e.g., childcare, housing stabilization, reentry services)
- Community Organizing and Leadership Development.
Eligibility Criteria
- Municipal governments or nonprofit organizations in Massachusetts cities and towns proposing to create or expand a community-based coalition and/or to develop/implement a coalition-based project are eligible to apply. In all cases, the application must be led by the municipality in partnership with a main community organization, either of which can act as the lead applicant. Priority will be given to projects located in urban communities with median household income that is less than 90% of state average.
- All members of a coalition or partnership should collaborate to submit a single application. Multiple applications for the same project will not be funded, even if the lead applicant is different.
For more information, visit MEOHED.
