Upcoming Grants Related to Community Development/Housing
New Mexico Indian Affairs Department: Tribal Infrastructure Project Fund
Deadline: Jul 17, 2017
The Tribal Infrastructure Act (“Act”) recognizes that many of New Mexico’s tribal communities lack basic tribal infrastructure, including but not limited water and wastewater systems, roads, and electrical power lines. The lack of such infrastructure results in poor social, health, and economic conditions in communities. The Act created the Tribal Infrastructure Fund, the Tribal Infrastructure...
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Community Economic Development Projects
Deadline: Jul 24, 2017
The Community Economic Development (CED) program provides funding for projects aimed at business development opportunities and creating employment for individuals with low incomes located in geographic areas with a demonstrated need for the proposed project. To accomplish this, the program requires that all businesses and positions created support a service area with unemployment and poverty...
PeopleForBikes: Community Grant Program
Deadline: Jul 21, 2017
The PeopleForBikes Community Grant Program supports bicycle infrastructure projects and targeted advocacy initiatives that make it easier and safer for people of all ages and abilities to ride. PeopleForBikes focuses most grant funds on bicycle infrastructure projects such as: Bike paths, lanes, trails, and bridges Mountain bike facilities Bike parks and pump tracks BMX facilities...
U.S. Department of Agriculture: Rural Housing Preservation Grants
Deadline: Jul 17, 2017
The Housing Preservation Grant (HPG) program provides qualified public agencies, private nonprofit organizations, and other eligible entities grant funds to assist very low- and low-income homeowners in repairing and rehabilitating their homes in rural areas. In addition, the HPG program assists rental property owners and cooperative housing complexes in repairing and rehabilitating their units if...
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Living Well-Model Approaches for Enhancing the Quality, Effectiveness and Monitoring of Home and Community Based Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities
Deadline: Jul 24, 2017
The Living Well-Model Approaches for Enhancing the Quality, Effectiveness and Monitoring of Home and Community Based Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities aims to increase community integration and independence of individuals with developmental disabilities and to improve the quality of home and community-based services (HCBS) by developing and testing one or more model approaches of...
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Basic Center Program
Deadline: Jul 14, 2017
The Basic Center Program (BCP) aims to provide temporary shelter and counseling services to youth who have left home without permission of their parents or guardians, have been forced to leave home, or other homeless youth who might end up in contact with law enforcement or in the child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice...
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Transitional Living Program and Maternity Group Homes
Deadline: Jul 14, 2017
The Transitional Living Program and Maternity Group Homes program (TLP/MGH) goal is to help runaway and homeless youth between the ages of 16 to under 22 establish sustainable living and well-being for themselves and, if applicable, their dependent children. Through the provision of shelter and services, TLP youth between the ages of 16 to under...
U.S. Department of Agriculture: Rural Community Development Initiative
Deadline: Jul 25, 2017
The Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI) program provides funding to help non-profit housing and community development organizations support housing, community facilities, and community and economic development projects in rural areas. Funds may be used to improve housing, community facilities, and community and economic development projects in rural areas. This includes, but is not limited to:...
Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation: Community Partner Grants
Deadline: Aug 25, 2017
Lowe’s Community Partners grant program helps build better communities by providing monetary assistance to nonprofit organizations and municipalities looking for support of high-need projects such as: building renovations/upgrades, grounds improvements, technology upgrades, and safety improvements. Amount: Grants range from $2,001 to $100,000, with most projects falling between $10,00 and $25,000. Eligibility: Tax-exempt nonprofit organizations and...
National Endowment for the Arts: Our Town Creative Placemaking Projects
Deadline: Sep 11, 2017
The Our Town grant program supports creative placemaking projects that help transform communities into lively, beautiful, and resilient places – achieving these community goals through strategies that incorporate arts, culture, and/or design. Creative placemaking is when artists, arts organizations, and community development practitioners deliberately integrate arts and culture into community revitalization work – placing arts...
National Credit Union Administration: Office of Small Credit Union Initiatives Grant Program – Round One
Deadline: Jul 31, 2017
The National Credit Union Administration’s Grant Program was established by Congress to provide funds to low-income designated credit unions that serve low-income communities. The Office of Small Credit Union Initiatives (OSCUI) administers the congressionally appropriated funds. OSCUI will fund the following initiatives: 1. Digital Services and Security: Building a digital relationship with members is a...
Wells Fargo Foundation: Housing/Economic Development/Environment
Deadline: Jun 15, 2017
Wells Fargo makes contributions in areas that it believes are important to the future of our nation’s vitality and success. Its first priority is to support programs and organizations whose chief purpose is to benefit low- and moderate-income individuals and families. In community development, the Wells Fargo Foundation supports programs improving low- and moderate-income communities...
U.S. Soccer Foundation: Safe Places to Play
Deadline: May 26, 2017
Safe Places to Play transforms abandoned courts, empty schoolyards, vacant lots and the like into state-of-the-art soccer fields for kids. The Foundation awards grants three times a year to underserved communities to help cover the costs of lighting, irrigation, construction, surfacing and enhancement. Safe Places to Play grants are available in four categories: Synthetic Turf:...
New Mexico Department of Tourism: Cooperative Marketing Grant Program
Deadline: May 23, 2017
In support of the Tourism Department’s mission to make New Mexico the primary destination for adventuresome travelers, the Cooperative Marketing Grant Program (Co-Op) offers an avenue for tourism related, non-profit organizations, local, and tribal governments to attract visitors to their destinations and events through advertising. The Co-Op program allows organizations to leverage the successful New...
U.S. Department of Transportation: Low or No Emission Bus Program
Deadline: Jun 26, 2017
The Low or No Emission Bus Program (Low-No Program) provides funding for the purchase or lease of zero-emission and low-emission transit buses, including acquisition, construction, and leasing of required supporting facilities such as recharging, refueling, and maintenance facilities. A significant transformation is occurring in the transit bus industry, with the increasing availability of low and...