The City of Fayetteville is providing micro-grants to community-based organizations to fund, inspire, and boost community crime reduction activities by supporting efforts to prevent crime and violence in Fayetteville.
Donor Name: City of Fayetteville
State: North Carolina
City: Fayetteville
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/31/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $5,000
Details:
The micro-grant is designed to support community groups’ efforts to prevent crime and violence in Fayetteville. Grant awards are limited to the areas of the City that have high or recent spikes in violent crime. The program offers local groups and non-profits micro-grant opportunities, coupled with capacity-building training, to increase crime reduction activities and build the City’s local non-profit capacity. The micro-grant program will operate for another 12 months consisting of subsequent grant cycles of six months each.
The micro-grant program will provide awards to efforts based on the following themes:
- Conflict Resolution and Mediation
- Community Crime Prevention
- Opportunities for Youth / Parents / Families
- Family Stability
- Addressing Upward Mobility
- Implicit Bias and Diversity
Programs that are inclusive, collaborative, resourceful, and innovative while reducing crime and violence within the City will be given priority.
The micro-grant program is a violence prevention and community safety initiative. Therefore, priority will be placed on programming and opportunities that are:
- Inclusive: meaningfully engaging key stakeholders – thoughtfully identifying those needed to create the intended change and including those directly affected by the problem.
- Collaborative: An actual joint effort with partners willing to share ownership and decision-making as they pursue an innovation together.
- Resourceful: Using existing resources and assets creatively to make the most of what a community already has.
- Innovative: Leads to a community innovation – a breakthrough in addressing a community need or opportunity that is more effective, equitable, or sustainable than existing approaches.
Community Safety Micro-Grant Award Tiers
- Tier One
- Award of up to $1,500
- Tier Two
- Award of up to $2,500
- Applicants must have completed Tier One
- Tier Three
- Award of up to $5,000
- Must have completed previous two tiers or have a nonprofit tax status
- Must be a nonprofit or be fiscally sponsored by a nonprofit
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible:
- Organizations must have an annual operating budget of less than $100,000
- Projects must be connected to reducing violent crime in communities
- Must attend capacity-building workshops
Types of Organizations:
- Churches, Temples, or Mosques – do not have to have 501 (c) status.
- Community Watch – residents of a neighborhood who meet to discourage crime.
- Community Group – any group of people who work for the benefit of the public.
- Civic Associations – Boy/Girls Scouts, HOA, Fraternities/Sororities, etc.
- Non-profit Organizations – a legal entity organized for a collective public/social benefit.
- Individuals – Community leaders within the City of Fayetteville
For more information, visit Community Safety Micro-Grant.
