Deadline: 30-Jun-21
The Roy A. Hunt Foundation is seeking applications for its Community Development Grant Program to rebuild and strengthen healthy and sustainable neighborhoods.
Priorities
- Geographies: 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.
- 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.
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.
For more information, visit https://rahuntfdn.org/community-development/