Deadline: 1-Nov-21
The Winston-Salem Foundation is seeking applications for its Building an Inclusive Economy Grants Program to support even a single individual, yet for many Black residents and families, it’s all that is available to them.
The Building an Inclusive Economy grant program is designed to support organizations that focus on economic empowerment for Black households and work to rewrite the rules to make Forsyth County a place where they all have the resources they need to support their families.
Priorities
Priority will be given to:
- Black-led groups/organizations (Organizations with more than 50% of Black staff in leadership positions and/or more than 50% of board members are Black.)
- Organizations and programs that invest directly in predominately Black neighborhoods (including 27101, 27105, and 27107).
- Organizations that are actively engaging people and communities who are directly impacted by the program, setting goals with them, and listening and responding to their guidance about how the work is implemented.
Funding Information
- Organizations can submit one application for any amount up to $15,000. BPI has discretion as to the amount awarded and may elect to make partial grants. Grants are typically made for one year.
- Thanks to the generous support of the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust, the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, and numerous individual donors, BPI has over $80,000 to grant for this inaugural Building an Inclusive Economy grants program.
What will they support?
Examples of the types of grants Black Philanthropy Initiative (BPI) will support:
- Program or Project grants: to support existing programs or projects, or to start new ones. (Funding for one-time events or for media and art projects will be considered if they are part of a larger strategy that otherwise meets the funding criteria.)
- Planning grants: to develop new programs or to modify existing programs to better meet the needs of Black populations in Forsyth County
- Collaboration grants: to provide funding to bring together groups in collaborative or cooperative projects that will yield greater impact than the groups would be able to achieve on their own
- Evaluation grants: to evaluate the impact on the Black community of an existing or new program that meets the funding criteria. (Evaluation funding may also be included in a program or project grant request.)
- Research grants: to support social sciences research on educational issues that impact Black populations in Forsyth County. Requests for research funding will be considered if the research will have a direct application toward implementing a program to address the root causes of a problem or to create social change around an issue, including for advocacy purposes.
- Pilot Programs: initial small-scale projects that are used to assess the viability of program ideas
Eligibility Criteria
They support grant proposals that:
- address one or more of the following areas they see as critical to building economic security and prosperity for Black households in Forsyth County: creating accessible pathways to family-sustaining and high-paying careers, offering tools for wealth-building and financial stability, and supporting a thriving community of Black-owned businesses.
- are being implemented by a 501(c)(3) organization, public school or higher education institution, or a faith-based organization. (Organizations that do not have a 501(c)(3) may ask an organization with this exemption to serve as a fiscal agent.) While BPI’s grants are not for businesses, BPI will fund nonprofits, schools or faith-based organizations providing resources or programming for Black entrepreneurs and small business owners.
For more information, visit https://www.bpiws.org/our-work/building-an-inclusive-economy-grants