Potential Funding Sources for Community and Rural
Development (CRD)
Hometown Helper Grants
Each year, Hamburger Helper gives grants to communities to help with local projects.
Click here for to access the web site for grant details.
The Center for Economic and Environmental Partnership, Inc.
Click here for grant details. (pdf)
300 Second St, Suite 200
Los Altos, CA 94022
(650)-948-7658
Conservation, environment, arts, culture, natural resources, and
eco tourism
Community and Rural Development Funds
Support will be considered for the following activities:
- agent/specialist training
- educational materials
- conferences, workshops, and demonstration
- distance learning/teaching
- curriculum development and implementation
ANR/CRD Office
Box 7602 NCSU
Raleigh, NC 27695
(919)515-3252
Rural business enterprise grant funds may be used to establish
revolving funds; provide operating capital and finance industrial
sites in rural areas including the acquisition and development of
land and construction, conversion, enlargement, repair or
modernization of buildings, plants, machinery, equipment, access
streets and roads, parking areas, transportation serving the
site, utility extensions, necessary water supply and waste
disposal facilities, pollution control and abatement incidental
to site development; provide technical assistance; pay fees; and
refinancing.
Amount of Grant: $2000-$1.5 million; $160,000 average
Contact: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, (202) 720-1400
Sponsor: Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave SW,
Washington, DC 20250
is a private foundation established in 1996 by Michael Warner and
Elizabeth Craven from partial proceeds from the sale of a
privately held software company that Mr. Warner started in 1993.
The foundation supports projects which intend to improve
1) economic opportunities for disadvantaged individuals and
communities and 2) race relations.
For more information call (919) 383-4367.
Guide to USDA and Other Federal Resources for Sustainable
Agriculture and Forestry
Enterprises, 160 pages, USDA SARE program, Michael Fields
Agricultural Institute, Forest
Service and USDA's Resource Conservation and Development program.
The Guide gives basic information about more than 70 federal
programs helpful to farmers, small entrepreneurs, non-profit
organizations, rural communities and others in sustainable
agriculture. For free copies, contact Appropriate Technology
Transfer for Rural Areas
(ATTRA) at (800) 3456-9140.
New University Extension Grants Program;
Aimed at encouraging faculty and students to become more involved
in extension efforts
which address the needs of North Carolina citizens, communities,
schools, businesses,
industries, and governments. Funds will be potentially awarded
in three categories: 1)
campus and field faculty seed grants; 2) student project grants;
and 3) grants to assist
multi-disciplinary groups of faculty in developing and writing
grant proposals. 919-515-9340;
deadline is in October.
The National Tree Trust
Reforestation or landscaping enhancement; growing, planting, and
maintenance of FREE trees in communities; from 100 to 10,000 FREE
trees are given to organizations.
Scott Payne at (919) 515-9606; deadline May
Tourism Matching Funds Program and the Rural Tourism
Development Grant Program
NC Division of Tourism are now available. Deadlines September.
Contact Teresa Watts, Director of Community Development at the
Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development (919)733-
7502.
The NC DOT Enhancement Grants
Enhancement funds are used for programs such as pedestrian and
bicycle facilities, rail station rehabilitations, and scenic
beautification. Deadline September.
Grants in areas having the most environmental impact. DEADLINE:
November/December.
Focus efforts on forestry, green building, recycling, ecology,
and lead poisoning prevention.
Local Government Buy Recyled
RFP available: November
Contact: Heather Sandner, (919) 715-6505
The goal of this initiative is to encourage citizen involvement
in creating and supporting long-term and sustained urban and
community forestry programs at the local level.
Eligibility:
Applicants may include local or state government, educational
institutions, non-profit organizations, and other tax-exempt
organizations.
(919)-733-2162.
FUNDING SOURCE: Economic Development Administration (EDA),
Department of Commerce (DOC)
The average funding level in FY 1999 for Local Technical
Assistance grants was $28,000;
DEADLINE: Applications are accepted on a continuous basis and
will be processed as funds are available.
OVERVIEW: In light of its limited resources and the demonstrated
widespread need for economic development, EDA encourages only
project proposals that will significantly benefit areas
experiencing or threatened with substantial economic distress.
FOR MORE INFO CONTACT: PATTERSON, Gilbert, 401
West Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite 1820, Atlanta, GA
30308, Telephone: (404) 730-3000,
Internet Address:
gpatters@doc.gov.
Funding Sources: CBS Foundation
While there is no dollar limit on grant request, most grants
range between $2,000 and $5,000 with some educational and
institutional grants between $10,000 and $35,000.
Deadline: Continuous
Overview: The sponsor provides support to non-profit, tax-exempt
organizations for programs in the area of arts and culture,
education, and community vitalization.
For more information contact:Helene Blieberg, VP, 51 West 52
Street, New York, NY 10019-6188.
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants Program for
Fiscal Year 2001
Funding Source: United States Department of Agricultural
(USDA),
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
(CSREES)
Deadline: August
Overview: The objectives of this three-phase program include
stimulating technological innovation in the private sector,
strengthening the role of small businesses in meeting federal
research and development needs, increasing private sector
commercialization of innovations derived from USDA-supported
research and development efforts, and fostering and encouraging
participation of women-owned and socially and economically
disadvantaged small business concerns in technological
innovation.
For more info contact: Director, Small Business Innovation
Research Program - Proposal Services Unit, Cooperative State
Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, STOP 2245, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington,
DC, 20250-2245; phone: 202-401-4002; fax: 202-401-6070
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Community Development
Funding Source:
Fuller Company Foundation, H.B.
Deadline: October
Overview: H.B. Fuller Company, through its contributions
program, is committed to building strong communities that create
economic and educational opportunities for children and their
families. Recognizing that healthy families and nurturing
communities are necessary in order to create a healthy
environment for young people, priorities within each
contributions category include: education; community
development; health and human services; environment; and arts and
humanities.
For more information contact: H.B. Fuller Company Foundation,
P.O. Box 64683, 1200 Willow Lake Boulevard, St. Paul, MN, 55164-
0683; Phone: (651) 236-5217
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
The mission of the foundation is to promote the well-being and
betterment of humankind by assisting people in the US Southeast
to build communities that nurture people, spur enterprise, bridge
differences, foster fairness, and promote civility. Grants will
be made in three program area: organizational development,
community problem solving, and grassroot leadership
development.
The deadline for proposals under the organizational development
program is February. There is as rolling deadline for community
problem-solving grants
Amount of Grant is typically $15,000-$75,000.
Date Application is Due: February
Contact: Grants Manager, (910) 748-9222; fax: (910) 777-0095
Sponsor: Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, 102 Reynolds Village,
Winston-Salem, NC 27106-5123.
The foundation supports nonprofit organizational in North and
South Carolina, especially in the greater Charlotte, NC area, in
five areas. Building Families grants help prepare preschool
children to enter kindergarten. Building Bridges grants address
growing racial, cultural, and economic diversity in the
community. Building Potential grants empower individuals to be
self-reliant and economically independent. Building Civic Vision
grants increase civic understanding of key local ussues.
Building Youth grants help school-age children make the
transition from youth to adulthood.
Date(s) Application Is Due: February, June, and October.
Contact: Vice President, (704) 376-9541, fax: (704) 376-1243
Sponsor: Foundation for the Carolinas, 1043 E. Morehead St, Ste
100, Charlotte, NC 28204
The fund offers grants and technical assistance to grassroots
social change organizations. The fund prefers to support
projects that work for an equitable distribution of economic and
political power and that are unlikely to be funded nation,
working for the rights of workers, promoting self-determination
in in low-income and disenfranchised communities, protecting the
environment, creating alternative arts and media, or promoting
peace and responsible US foreign policy.
Amount of Grant: $1000-$5000, average grant $2500
Contact: Grants Manager, (404) 876-4147; fax (404) 876-3453
Sponsor: Fund for Southern Communities, 547 Ponce de Leon Ave NE,
Atlanta, GA 30308
Fund of the Four Directions Grants
The fund makes grants to nonprofits that help Native Americans
preserve their human rights, improve their socioeconomic status,
prevent erosion of their land base, and open opportunities for
advancement.
Amount of Grant: Typically $5000-$10,000
Contact: Codirector, (212) 768-1430
Sponsor: Fund of the Four Directions, 8 W 40th St, Ste 1610, New
York, NY 10018
Supports the work of nonprofit, organizations in the fields of
culture, education, marine conservation worldwide, health and
human services, public policy, and religion.
Contact: Guidelines Contact, (215) 575-9050,
fax: (215) 575-4939
Sponsor: Pew Charitable Trusts, 2005 Market ST, Ste 1700,
Philadelphia, PA 19103-7017
Two-year grants are awarded to nonprofit organizations to support
programs to identify and train citizens and leaders (civic
entrepreneurs) to tackle pressing local problems.
Date(s) Application is Due: April, December
Contact: Guidelines Contact, (215) 575-4939, fax: (215) 575-
4939
Sponsor: Pew Charitable Trusts, 145-C Ednam Dr., Charlottesville,
VA 22903
James River Corporation Foundation Grants
Suppports nonprofits in communities where James River
Corporation has major operations or employee populations. The
foundation awards the majority of grants in the area of
education, focusing on higher education institutions that provide
courses and opportunities to present of potential James River
employees. Culture and the arts, health and human services, and
civic affairs and community programs receive funding
consideration.
Amount of Grant : $1.6 million total
Contact: Executive Administrator, (804) 649-4406, fax: (804)
343-4500
Sponsor: James River Corporation Foundation, PO Box 2218,
Richmond, VA 23218
Is accepting proposals for their two grant programs, the Matching
Funds Grants, and the Rural Tourism Development Grant. The
former is for advertising, brochures, and other marketing
materials; the latter is for "bricks and mortar" development.
For more information please contact Teresa Watts, NC Division of
Tourism, Film and Sports Development at 919-733-4171
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