Applications are now being accepted for the Aid to Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Industries Business Assistance Program, Nonprofit Assistance Program, and Nonprofit Subawards to Enhance Services to Disproportionately Impacted Communities.
Donor Name: Rockingham County
State: New Hampshire
County: Rockingham County (NH)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/30/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Rockingham County was awarded State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) as part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Funds for each project will be evenly distributed amongst the three Commissioner districts of Rockingham County, in an effort to ensure that assistance is spread throughout the County.
Grant Categories
- Aid to Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Industries
- The purpose of the Rockingham County Business Assistance Program is to support the local travel, tourism and hospitality industries by providing funding to those Rockingham County businesses that have incurred negative financial impacts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Negative financial impacts include a reduction in revenues, business disruption or closure, event cancellation, increase in operating costs related to implementing COVID-19 prevention and/or mitigation measures or other cost increases related to the pandemic, and/or other similar circumstances during the pandemic that created an economic hardship. A preference shall be given to providing assistance to small businesses in Rockingham County that received little or no State of New Hampshire “Main Street” or federal Payroll Protection Program funds.
- If an applicant believes that an award greater than $25,000 is warranted, it can appeal to the County Commissioners for such an amount, based upon the following:
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- Severity of negative economic impact due to the COVID public health emergency
- The importance of the applicant’s business to the Rockingham County economy
- The significance of mitigation actions taken by the applicant during the COVID pandemic for which no prior reimbursement funding from the federal or State government was received
- Other relevant factors
- Subawards for Assistance to Rockingham County Communities Disproportionately Affected by COVID-19
- The purpose of the Rockingham County Nonprofit Subawards Program is to provide grant subawards to Rockingham County nonprofit organizations which will utilize the funds towards enhancing services provided to Rockingham County communities disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 public health emergency.
- The Board of County Commissioners has approved the allocation of $2,226,000 of its State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) awarded by the federal government as part of ARPA towards this Nonprofit Assistance Program.
- If an applicant believes that a subaward greater than $50,000 is warranted, it can appeal to the County Commissioners for such an amount, based upon the following:
- The proposed project scope by the applicant (e.g., duration, number of anticipated beneficiaries, amount of personnel involved)
- The severity of the negative impact/inequity the project is addressing
- Other relevant factors
- Assistance to Rockingham County Non Profit Organizations
- The purpose of the Rockingham County Nonprofit Assistance Program is to support those Rockingham County nonprofit organizations that have incurred negative financial impacts due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Negative financial impacts include a reduction in revenues/funding, business disruption or closure, event cancellation, increase in operating costs related to implementing COVID-19 prevention and/or mitigation measures or other cost increases related to the pandemic, and/or other similar circumstances during the pandemic that created an economic hardship. A preference shall be given to providing assistance to Rockingham County nonprofits that received little or no State of New Hampshire “Main Street” or federal Payroll Protection Program funds.
- The Board of County Commissioners has approved the allocation of $501,000 of its State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) awarded by the federal government as part of ARPA towards this Nonprofit Assistance Program.
- If an applicant believes that an award greater than $25,000 is warranted, it can appeal to the County Commissioners for such an amount, based upon the following:
- Severity of negative economic impact due to the COVID public health emergency
- The importance of the applicant’s organization to the residents of Rockingham County
- The significance of mitigation actions taken by the applicant during the COVID pandemic for which no prior reimbursement funding from the federal or State government was received
- Other relevant factors.
Funding Information
- Aid to Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Industries
- The program will provide assistance in the form of grants between $1,000 and $25,000.
- Subawards for Assistance to Rockingham County Communities Disproportionately Affected by COVID-19
- The program will provide assistance in the form of grants between $1,000 and $50,000.
- Assistance to Rockingham County Non Profit Organizations
- The program will provide assistance in the form of grants between $1,000 and $25,000.
For more information, visit Rockingham County.
