The Mercy Corps Northwest (MCNW) is one agency administering the Clackamas County Nonprofit Capacity Building Recovery Assistance Program (CBRA).
Donor Name: Mercy Corps Northwest (MCNW)
State: Oregon
County:
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/31/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $80,000
Details:
MCNW will offer qualified non-profit 501(c)(3) or 501 (c)(19) organizations technical assistance and up to $80,000 in assistance payments toward capacity building efforts to help strengthen those that have been negatively impacted by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Assistance payments will be tailored to address: decreased revenue (e.g., from donations and fees), financial insecurity, increased costs (e.g., uncompensated increases in service need), capacity to weather hardship, challenges covering payroll, rent or mortgage, and other operating costs.
As an intermediary, Mercy Corps Northwest will provide assistance payments, organizational technical assistance and strengthening to a minimum of 8 and maximum of 12 nonprofits/Community Based Organizations (CBOs) to build their resiliency and provide capacity-building support so that they can better serve communities negatively impacted by COVID-19 in Clackamas County, Oregon. Technical assistance may include, but is not limited to, advice on the following: board composition consultations, policy and procedures development, applying for federal awards, outreach strategies, equity consultations, and service capacity strategies.
Eligibility Criteria
- Must have a physical office andoffer services within Clackamas County, Oregon (Note: Organizations can offer additional services outside of the County.)
- Must be registered with federal 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(19) status and established prior to January 1, 2022
- Must be registered as a non-profit with the State of Oregon and be active by time of application submission
- Must be registered as a non-profit with Clackamas County, Oregon
- Non-profit entities can not be delinquent on federal, state or local taxes that were due before April 1, 2020
- Must be an organization with 150 or fewer employees
- The organizational annual operating budget does not exceed $20 million
For more information, visit CBRA Program.