The Funders Network, in partnership with the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN), is excited to announce the round 20 of Partners for Places Mini Grant.
Donor Name: The Funders Network
Country: United States and Canada
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/27/2023
Size of the Grant: $180,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
Partners for Places enhances local capacity to build equitable and sustainable communities in the United States and Canada. It does this through trust-based grantmaking that supports equitable collaborative partnerships. Partners for Places is hosted by The Funders Network (TFN).
Funds support the:
- spreading of local Equitable Climate Action (ECA) and / or Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) practices; and
- advancing opportunities for local government, frontline communities, and place-based funders to build trust and develop projects together.
Funding Information
These one-to-one matching awards provide partnership investments between $45,000 and $150,000 for one-year projects, or between $75,000 and $180,000 for two-year projects, with one or more local foundations required to provide at least a 50% matching grant.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible, all applications must meet the following requirements:
- At least a 50% cash match of the requested amount has been identified.
- A funding match of at least 50% of the Partners for Places request from at least 1 placebased funder is required for the implementation phase.
- Place-based funders must provide evidence of this match, by including either: a signed grant letter or grant agreement; or a signed letter showing a strong intention to approve the matching grant within three months, should Partners for Places approve the application for funding.
- In-kind support will not be counted toward the cash match. The local match may not be provided by a national funder that currently invests in Partners for Places.
- A funding match of at least 50% of the Partners for Places request from at least 1 placebased funder is required for the implementation phase.
- There are no open general grants with Partner for Places
- Proposing teams with mini grants are eligible to apply.
- Open general grants (e.g., Rounds 17, 18, and 19) are not eligible to apply, as they are already funded for planning and/or implementation work.
- Only one application per grant cycle has been submitted by each collaborative partnership.
- The application is submitted by one of the partners, with a grant recipient identified.
- A 501c3 non-profit must be identified as the grant recipient, willing to accept and manage grant funds on behalf of the partners post-award. This can be a fiscal sponsor, a place-based foundation, or a non-profit organization. In most cases, one of the partners is already equipped for this role
For more information, visit The Funders Network.
