The Pinellas Community Foundation is accepting applications for the ARPA Nonprofit Capital Project Fund to provide recovery from the economic impacts of COVID-19
Donor Name: Pinellas Community Foundation
State: Florida
County: Pinellas County (FL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/08/2022
Size of the Grant:
- Small Purchases: $3.75 million
- Large Projects: $10 million
Details:
Pinellas Community Foundation, in collaboration with Pinellas County government, is leading the county’s nonprofit granting efforts to support capital needs in response to and in recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. This granting effort utilizes funds provided by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The ARPA Nonprofit Capital Fund is divided into two grantmaking tracks based on project complexity: small purchases and large projects. These grant tracks are NOT based on the cost of purchases and projects, but rather on the type of purchase or project being requested.
- Small Purchases
- Small Purchases are the acquisition of capital assets with a useful life of five years, costing less than $200,000 and do not involve modifications to real property. Examples are trucks, forklifts, vans, solar panels, and IT equipment. Applications for small purchases will be solicited in two rounds, with an initial total of $3.75 million available.
- Large Projects
- Large projects are defined as acquisitions of or modifications to real property. There is no minimum request amount, and a maximum grant request amount will be finalized before the application launch date of August 8, 2022. Phased projects are permitted. PCF has initially budgeted $10 million to award in this pool of applicants.
Priority Populations
In accordance with the aims of ARPA, as well as the aims of PCF and its work in the community, equity is a central goal of distributing this funding. In accordance with U.S. Treasury guidance and Executive Order #13985, the ARPA Nonprofit Capital Project Fund defines equity as the following:
- The consistent and systematic fair, just, and impartial treatment of all individuals, including individuals who belong to underserved communities that have been denied such treatment, such as Black, Latino, and Indigenous and Native American persons, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other persons of color; members of religious minorities; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) persons; persons with disabilities; persons who live in rural areas; and persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality.
Funding Information
- Small Purchases: $3.75 million
- Large Projects: $10 million
Eligibility Criteria
This grant opportunity is open to organizations that are:
- 501(c)(3) direct service nonprofits that have been offering programming AND had 501(c)(3) status with the IRS for at least one year as of August 8, 2022
- Providing services in Pinellas County to Pinellas residents
- Able to demonstrate a negative, unremedied economic harm caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
- Able to apply under its own tax-exempt EIN
- Not government entities or government-affiliated institutions (unless it is a 501(c)(3))
For more information, visit Pinellas Community Foundation.
