Deadline: 22-Oct-2021
Applications are now open for the Technical Assistance Grant Program in the United Kingdom.
The Cambridge Redevelopment Authority’s (CRA) Forward Fund is a grant program intended to make targeted investments throughout the City of Cambridge’s non-profit community. The Fund’s goal and purpose are to provide financial assistance to capital projects that will improve or maintain the quality, efficiency, and accessibility of organizations that provide direct services for the benefit of all the City’s residents, workers, or visitors.
Funding Information
Funding Level Request up to $10,000
Types of technical assistance may include, but are not limited to:
- Architectural and engineering studies,
- Business plans and market research related to an expanded or new facility,
- Comprehensive facility maintenance planning,
- Organizational capacity building,
- Information technology installations or equipment purchases that directly assist community programs.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligibility is open to all Cambridge-based non-profit organizations that own and/or operate community facilities. The organization’s mission should provide support, social services, and resources to the City’s residents, workers, or visitors to improve or maintain the local quality of life, the organization’s efficiency, or accessibility for the benefit of all.
- Applicants will be asked to provide a clear narrative on how their proposed project and organization’s mission are aligned with the purpose and goals of the Fund.
- Projects must meet the entire following yes/no criteria in order to be eligible:
- Is the project is located within Cambridge?
- Once completed will the project require any additional ongoing funding from the CRA or the City to operate or maintain?
- Does your fund request not exceed the award maximum?
- Is the applicant a Cambridge-based nonprofit organization?
- Can the applicant clearly explain how the proposed project is feasible?
- When completed, will the proposed project improve or maintain the local quality of life, the organization’s efficiency, and accessibility for the benefit of the City’s residents, workers, or visitors?
- Does the applicant have control over the proposed project site or have a letter of support from the property owner detailing a long-term lease agreement upon submission of their proposal?
For more information, visit Cambridge Redevelopment Authority.
For more information, visit https://www.cambridgeredevelopment.org/2021-forward-fund-information