Call for EOIs: Community Development Grant Program (US)

Deadline: 17-Jan-25

The Roy A. Hunt Foundation is seeking applications for its Community Development Grant Program to rebuild and strengthen healthy and sustainable neighborhoods.

Funding Information

• The Foundation considers proposals for programs, projects, facilities, and public amenities. The Foundation annually awards 3-6 grants. Grants for programs and projects range from $25,000 to $75,000. Grants for facilities and public amenities range from $50,000 to $250,000. The Foundation makes multi-year grants on a selective basis. The Foundation may act as early risk capital when the applicant shows a method for assessing risk, adapting along the way, and learning from any changes or failure.

Geographical Focus

• Dorchester, Roxbury, and their contiguous neighborhoods in Boston, MA; the Hill and East End in Pittsburgh, PA. The Foundation occasionally considers grants in other neighborhoods in those cities and for city-wide projects.

Eligibility Criteria

• Strategies: Proposals with clear and measurable objectives to serve those geographies through one or more of these strategies:
  • Economic Development: Expanding economic opportunity for low-income and disadvantaged people through workforce readiness and retention, entrepreneurship and business development, and wealth creation and asset development.
  • Neighborhood Revitalization: Bringing hope, vitality, and economic benefits to disadvantaged areas through renovating or building new community centers, commercial areas, and public amenities.
  • Partnerships: Working closely with other funders with deep connections to those geographies and/or finding opportunities to align work with the Foundation’s Youth Violence Prevention Initiative.
• All proposals should closely connect with a neighborhood-approved vision or plan and/or regional economic development plan.

For more information, visit Roy A. Hunt Foundation.