The Neighborhood Fund provides neighborhood-based project grants addressing a neighborhood issue or concern. Organizations must be located and provide services in Historic Thomasville, South Cobb and South Fulton.
Donor Name: Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
State: Georgia
County: Thomas County (GA), Cobb County (GA), and Fulton County (GA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/14/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
Creating change in a community requires the passion and leadership of the residents who live in that community. The Neighborhood Fund seeks to empower metro Atlanta residents who aim to positively impact their immediate neighborhood and community. The Neighborhood Fund is committed to supporting grassroots leaders driving social change through financial and coaching support. They provide resources to community groups (including non-501(c)(3) entities) within the Foundation’s place-focused portfolio (South Cobb, South Fulton, and Historic Thomasville).
Community Building
Neighborhood Fund Community Building grants are neighborhood-based project grants addressing a neighborhood issue or concern. Grants range from $5,000 to $10,000. Groups are defined as three or more individuals. Grant periods are six or 12 months.
- Through this funding opportunity, the Neighborhood Fund seeks to support groups providing the following types of programming and advocacy:
- Support neighborhood-centered programming and action, inclusive of but not limited to:
- Develop active, engaged and knowledgeable residents, inclusive of but not limited to:
- Increased voter education/turnout
- Asset mapping
- Advocacy
- Electoral education
- Engaging government partners
- Strengthen community organizing and leadership
- Coalition building
- Diversity and inclusion building events
- Activism
- Economic development
- Door-knocking campaigns
- Showcase cultural vibrancy
- Through this funding opportunity, the Neighborhood Fund will prioritize groups that:
- Center equity, particularly racial equity, throughout their work
- Address community issues and have clear benefits for the entire neighborhood
- Demonstrate broad community support and participation, led by at least three active community members
- Provide a reasonable budget and request amount achievable within the grant period (six or 12 months)
- Employ and build on the strengths already existing in the community, such as residents specific skills, volunteer skills and labor or a neighborhood’s public spaces, institutions, businesses, faith organizations, schools or other community partners.
Eligibility Criteria
To apply for this funding opportunity, groups must meet with following requirements:
- Geography
- Be located and providing services within the following places; all grant funds must be spent within the following places:
- Historic Thomasville (30315)
- South Cobb (30060, 30126, 30168, 30106)
- South Fulton (30337, 30344, 30349)
- Project must serve a geographically distinct neighborhood that has defined project boundaries and is known by name to a majority of residents
- Be located and providing services within the following places; all grant funds must be spent within the following places:
- Leadership and membership
- Projects must be planned and led by at least three unrelated residents (including marriages and same household) who are directly affiliated with and reside in the community that the project intends to serve
- Operations
- Applicants who are previous Neighborhood Fund grantees must have submitted all required reports and be in good standing
- Applicants do not need to have tax exempt status, such as a 501(c)(3)
- If a 501(c)(3), nonprofit organizations must be in good standing with the Georgia Secretary of State (click here to verify) and Internal Revenue Service.
- Funds may be requested for food, material, stipends, honorariums, equipment, space rental, entertainment, etc. requests for funding for administrative or overhead expenses such as rent, utilities, personnel, etc., will not be considered.
For more information, visit CFGA.
