From: Jane DeMarines [larry@naceda.ccsend.com] on behalf of Jane
DeMarines [jdemarines@naceda.org]
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 12:50 AM
To: mcgrain@cedam.info
Subject: Funding Opportunity News from NACEDA, September 22, 2008
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The Treasury Department, Community Development Financial
Institutions (CDFI) Fund publishes application deadlines for the
FY09 funding round. Financial Assistance and/or Technical Assistance
funding applications are due October 29, 2008. CDFI certification
applications are due October 1. The Fund will post application
information at: www.cdfifund.gov.
See the August 15, 2008 Federal Register, p. 48011. The Neighborhood Design Center in Maryland provides
technical assistance and funding for the earliest stages of community
development projects. Neighborhood Design Center helps nonprofits and
community-based organizations prepare the necessary drawings, studies, and
cost estimates that will be attractive to public or private investors. NDC
serves low- and moderate-income communities throughout the Baltimore and
Prince George's County area of Maryland. Applications are due October 15.
Web: http://www.ndc-md.org/html/assistance.htm.
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The Maryland Affordable Housing Trust (MAHT) holds
two funding rounds per year, generally in February and August. The maximum
award amount is $150,000.Funding for project-specific capacity building,
operating expenses and support services are generally made as grants. Funding
for capital costs are offered as deferred-payment loans or recoverable grants
payable if the project is sold and/or ceases to be used for low-income
occupancy. Applications are due September 26, 2008. (Info.)
Adobe Community Relations. Adobe is currently
accepting grant proposals in the following communities for their Commitment
to Community program: San Jose/Silicon Valley, California; San Francisco,
California; Seattle/King County, Washington; and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Adobe supports nonprofit organizations and programs located in Adobe
communities that address community-specific needs, with an emphasis on
providing services to reduce hunger and homelessness and provide affordable
housing. The Adobe Action Grant program provides one-time cash-only grants
for general operating and program support through a competitive, quarterly
online application process. Grant amounts range from $5,000 to $20,000. (Info.)
The Allstate Foundation supports national and local
programs that fit within three focus areas: Safe and Vital Communities:
catastrophe response, youth anti-violence, neighborhood revitalization; Economic
Empowerment: financial and economic literacy, empowerment for victims of
domestic violence; Tolerance, Inclusion and Diversity: hate crimes,
alleviating discrimination. (Funding
guidelines.) The Blue
Moon Fund seeks economically sustainable development models that do not
displace people while taking advantage of market forces. LOIs and full
proposals are considered on a rolling basis. Desired outcomes of the
initiative are: creation and financing of community-based enterprises that
are environmentally sound, have value in the global marketplace, and are
replicable; government commitment to policies that encourage the formation of
and investment in micro-enterprises in remote areas; increase in demand for
green products; and poverty reduction. Ben
and Jerry's Foundation provides grants for programs
that focus on community development, the economically disadvantaged,
employment, environment, homeless, housing, immigrants and refugees,
intergroup relations, minorities, Native Americans, race relations, women and
youth. Contact: Debby Kessler, (802) 846-1500. The
Bank
of America Charitable Foundation has funds available for neighborhood
excellence. Bank of America's local grant making activities can vary,
depending on what the local community needs. Previous recipients included:
Affordable housing organizations and small business incubators. The majority
of local grant making programs have no deadline and nonprofits are eligible.
(Online
application.) The Wachovia Foundation is offering grants to
nonprofits that have broad community support and address specific community
needs, demonstrate fiscal and administrative stability and align with one or
more of the Foundation's focus areas: Education, Community Development,
Health/Human Services. The organization should: Exhibit significant support
from a Wachovia employee; target individuals or communities with low- to
moderate-income, help build inclusive and diverse communities and foster
collaborative efforts that leverage our community investments. Nonprofits
that perform the following community development activities are eligible:
create and sustain affordable housing; revitalize low- to moderate-income
neighborhoods; facilitate job creation, work force development, and financial
literacy/empowerment and provide economic development for minority and
underserved groups and/or low- to moderate-income areas. All applicants must
take an eligibility
quiz to qualify for funding. The Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation
supports community improvement projects that fall within the following focus
areas: neighborhood beautification, building repair/renovation and
landscaping enhancements of facilities serving the community and community
clean-up initiatives. Lowe's provides funding only to tax-exempt
nonprofit organizations and public agencies in communities where Lowe's
operates stores and distribution centers. Grants generally range from $5,000
to $25,000. Application
available online. The Kresge
Foundation provides Green Building Initiative Planning Grants
on an ongoing basis for the renovation and historic preservation of
existing structures--as well as new green construction. Grants range from
$50,000 to $100,000 to support the integrated design process for the
following projects: renovation, historic preservation, new construction
designed to achieve certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, new
construction designed to meet the Cascadia Region Green Building Council's
Living Building Challenge and new construction designed to be net-zero energy
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