The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven is seeking applications for its Small Grants Program.
Donor Name: The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
State: Connecticut
Town: Selected Towns
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): Ongoing
Size of the Grant: $15,000
Details:
Grants of up to $15,000 to small nonprofit organizations for work that either addresses COVID-19 impacts or advances racial equity.
Funding Request Types
The following requests will be considered:
- Project Support – A grant for a new or existing specific project.
- Capacity Building Support – A grant for short-term financial assistance to build the infrastructure of an organization for long-term success. Requests for capacity building include but are not limited to: board development; strategic planning; evaluation; and capital expenditures including equipment, building renovations, or relocation.
- General Operating Support (GOS) – A grant made to further the general mission and work of an organization, rather than for a specific purpose or project. General Operating Support gives nonprofits flexibility to direct their spending where it is needed most and allows greater focus on achieving an organization’s mission.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must meet The Foundation’s minimum eligibility requirements.
- Applicants must be tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) or any applicable statute of the Internal Revenue Code or have a fiscal agent with the appropriate tax status.
- Applicants must be serving people within the Community Foundation’s twenty-town region.
- Applicants must have an operating budget of $2M or less.
- Applicants who received a grant from The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven in the previous three years must be up to date with all reporting requirements.
Minimum Eligibility Requirements
You must be a tax-exempt organization: While each grant process has its own criteria, all applicants must be defined as tax-exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) or any applicable statute of the Internal Revenue code. While grants are occasionally made to governmental agencies, local nonprofits receive priority. Requests will be considered from groups that do not have tax-exemption status, provided that they have a fiscal agent with the appropriate tax status. In projects involving a partnership of agencies, a single agency with the appropriate tax status and financial management capacity must assume the role of lead organization.
Individuals are not eligible for grants except for participants in the New Haven Neighborhood Leadership Program and applicants to academic scholarships.
You must provide services within our 20 town area:
- Ansonia, Bethany, Branford, Cheshire, Derby, East Haven, North Branford, North Haven, West Haven, Oxford, New Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Milford, Seymour, Shelton, Wallingford, Orange, Woodbridge
You must comply with all applicable local, state, and federal anti-discrimination laws on the basis of: age, sex, religion, national origin, sexual preference.
This pertains to all aspects of organizational operations including hiring, leadership and service provision.
Projects that do not generally receive consideration:
- religious activities
- endowment campaigns
- lobbying
- travel
- previously incurred debts
- funding deficits
For more information, visit Small Grants.