The City of Raleigh (COR) announces the availability of Community Enhancement Grant funds for 2024-25.
Donor Name: City of Raleigh
State: North Carolina
City: Raleigh
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/06/2023
Size of the Grant: $20,000 and $60,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
This grant is designed to support public services that serve low- and moderate-income persons and neighborhoods.
The Community Enhancement Grant program is funded with federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. The primary objective of the federal CDBG program is to develop viable communities by providing decent housing, suitable living environments, and economic development opportunities, principally to low- and moderate-income residents.
Funding Priority Populations
- Projects that serve:
- Persons who are experiencing or exiting homelessness
- Extremely low-income persons (incomes at or below 30% AMI)
- Low-income youth
- Persons who are disabled
- Victims of domestic violence
- Persons living with HIV/AIDS
- Seniors
- New projects that address demonstrated gaps in services for low- and moderate income persons
Funding Information
Total funding for the Community Enhancement Program will be approximately $200,000. To be eligible, applications must request at least $20,000 but no more than $60,000. Applications requesting less than $20,000 or more than $60,000 will be rejected by the Review Committee and will not be reviewed. In keeping with City of Raleigh policy, all applications requesting amounts exceeding $25,000 MUST include audited financial statements in the application packet to be considered by the Review Committee.
Contract Term
The contract awarded from this RFP shall have a term of one year and be effective upon the date of the City’s signature.
Eligible Uses
This program supports public services for persons who are low- or moderate-income (with household income less than 80 percent of area median income (AMI)). Recipients of funds must ensure and document that at least 51% of the persons served are low or moderate income.
Examples of eligible activities include, but are not limited to:
- Assisting households successfully exit homelessness
- Assisting ex-offenders reintegrate into civil society
- Job training
- Youth tutoring/gang prevention
- Substance abuse prevention/treatment
- Counseling
- Childcare
- Services for older adults
Eligibility Criteria
Only applications from nonprofits with 501(c)(3) designation from the federal Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will be reviewed.
For more information, visit City of Raleigh.
