The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) and the WHEDA Foundation, Inc. announce the availability of grant funds through the 2022 Housing Grant Program competition.
Donor Name: Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA)
State: Wisconsin
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 08/26/2022
Size of the Grant: $50,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
The program’s mission is to assist in the improvement of the state’s housing for the following special-needs populations; homeless, runaway youth, youth-in-crisis and/or out-of-home placement, veterans, alcohol or drug dependent persons, persons in need of protective services, domestic abuse victims, developmentally disabled, low-income or frail elderly persons, chronically mentally ill, physically impaired or disabled persons, people living with HIV disease, and individuals or families who do not have access to traditional or permanent housing.
Grant Program Categories
The WHEDA Foundation will make awards through the following competitive grant program:
- Housing Grant Program Fund: $1,000,000 to support the development or improvement of emergency, transitional, or permanent housing facilities for low-income persons with special needs. This fund will support two separate competitions: an emergency/transitional housing category, and a permanent housing category.
For flexibility in awarding grants to the “best of the best,” review teams will be able to allocate more or less than 50% of the grant pool to each category depending on the quality of applications. However, no category will be allocated less than 25% or more than 75% of the total available pool.
Funding Information
- Grant funds totaling $1,000,000 will be awarded to support the development or improvement of housing facilities in Wisconsin for low-income persons with special needs.
- Maximum individual grant award is $50,000 per project. There is no minimum grant award and smaller funding requests are allowed. Applicants may submit only one application per category.
- Generally, a project completion shall not exceed a 12-month period following receipt of WHEDA Foundation grant funds.
Eligibility Criteria
Grant recipients that received three consecutive funding awards through the WHEDA Foundation 2019, 2020 and 2021 Housing Grant Program competitions are not eligible to apply for the 2022 WHEDA Foundation Housing Grant Program. At the time of grant submission, applicants must fall into one of the following organizational categories:
- Nonprofit organizations or cooperatives organized under Chapters 181, 185, or 187 of the Wisconsin Statutes.
- Community development, redevelopment and housing authorities.
- Local units of government.
- Native American tribal authorities.
Nonprofit organizations and cooperatives who are required to register with the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) must be in good standing, not delinquent.
For more information, visit Housing Grant Program.
