Deadline: 1-Sep-21
The Quad Cities Community Foundation is inviting applications for its Nonprofit Capacity Building Grants. The grant program focuses on capacity-building projects that improve an identified area of organizational operations including (but not limited to) collaboration capacity, communications capacity, data management capacity, equity capacity, evaluation capacity, financial management capacity, fundraising capacity, governance capacity, leadership capacity, mission & strategy capacity or program delivery capacity.
Nonprofit Capacity Building Grants strengthen nonprofits by increasing their core systems and operations. By improving infrastructure at the organizational level, these time-limited projects help nonprofits more effectively carry out their missions.
Funding Information
- maximum awarded per application: up to $15,000
- total available: $215,000
Eligible and ineligible costs
- The grantee may request that the amount awarded be paid in a single year, or be structured as a multi-year grant over two or three years.
- This grant program does not support capital projects, vehicles, furniture, ongoing operational or program delivery costs, consumable supplies, or food/beverages for meetings or events.
- The first year only of technology costs that will become “ongoing”, such as software licensing costs, may be considered.
- Reasonable travel and per diem costs may be considered as a part of one of the eligible capacity- building activities.
- In limited circumstances, staff salaries may be considered eligible if:
- the organization can show how an existing or temporary staff member will devote specific time to achieving the capacity building project, in similar way to a consultant and
- the organization can show financial need to offset other support for that staff member – for example, that that staff member is usually funded by a restricted source that will not pay for the time to engage in this capacity building project.
- Salaries to carry out existing, new, or increased program delivery and operational activities are not eligible.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible nonprofit organizations:
- Must be located in or serve residents of Rock Island and/or Scott Counties.
- May only receive a Nonprofit Capacity Building Grant once every three calendar years.
- Applications must be for one of the following eligible capacity-building activities:
- Board training and education
- Critical equipment
- Staff training
- Strategic planning
- Succession planning
- Technology/software
- Other assessment, consulting, or facilitation that improves an identified area of organizational capacity.
For more information, visit https://www.qccommunityfoundation.org/nonprofitcapacitybuilding