The City of Raleigh awards Human Services Agency Funding annually to local nonprofit agencies who provide direct services to older adults, youth, persons with disabilities, persons with a substance use disorder, and people experiencing housing insecurity.
Donor Name: City of Raleigh
State: North Carolina
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/24/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Programs and programs must benefit low-income persons and residents of Raleigh.
Target group definitions as defined by the City of Raleigh are:
- Youth: Persons 19 years old or younger.
- Older Adults: Persons 55 years old or older.
- Housing Insecurity: Persons having difficulties finding safe, affordable, quality housing, having inconsistent or unreliable housing, and overall loss of housing.
- Persons with a Disability: Person who has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities; has a record of such impairment; or is regarded as having such impairment. Mental impairments include psychological disorders and intellectual disabilities. This definition is consistent with the definitions found in federal law regarding a person with disabilities.
- Persons with a Substance Use Disorder: Persons recurrently using illicit or legal substances to the point that it causes clinically significant impairment, including health problems, disability, and failure to meet major responsibilities in life, work, and home.
Contract Period
July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025
Eligibility Criteria
The following criteria are minimum qualifications for an application to be considered. All funding recommendations will be based on available funds.
- Raleigh Headquarters: The organization’s headquarters must be located within the corporate limits of the City of Raleigh. Agency headquarter address is verified through NC Secretary of State records.
- Not-for-Profit & 501c3 Status: Human services grant funds may be awarded only to not-for- profit organizations with 501c3 status, that have federal and state tax- exempt status. To ensure tax-exempt status, the organization’s IRS Form 990 from the most recently completed fiscal year will be reviewed.
- Population Served: Programs and programs must benefit low-income persons and households residing in Raleigh.
- Agency Experience: Qualified applicants must have at least one year of recent experience in the delivery of services to the specified target group(s) and demonstrate sensitivity to the special needs of their clientele.
- One Year Program Service Delivery: Only programs or programs that have been established and providing services for at least one year will be considered.
- Request Amounts: Request must not exceed 25% of the agency’s total actual operating expenses for the last completed fiscal year. Additionally, requests must not exceed 50% of the total program budget.
- Fiscal Responsibility: Must have an adequate financial management system in place to maintain effective control and accountability over all funds, property, and other assets covered by this proposal. Must be able to produce sufficient backup documentation for costs of the program and files for review and audit.
- Agency Audits: With the application, organizations must submit annual financial statements audited within 120 days of fiscal year end by a certified public accountant licensed in North Carolina. If an organization was awarded City grant funding for the fiscal year audited, that funding must be disclosed in the audit report submitted. The audit report must be accompanied by a management letter, if one is prepared by the auditor, or a letter signed by the organization’s Executive Director or Board President attesting that no management letter was issued.
For more information, visit City of Raleigh.
