Community Development Grant News

Selected community development grants and philanthropy news from foundations and the federal government from around the Web.

How Foundation Center Helps Nonprofits with Digital Transformation

Modern computing is changing all industries, including the non-profit sector. More and more they are investing in cloud computing and big data, especially to determine client relations and donor...more

Community Collaboration Grants
Foundation: Initiative Foundation

The Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation works under a guiding principal that collaboration is a necessary component in creating communities that propel growth. During the last year, the...more

Social Innovation and Civil Society in Urban Governance: Strategies for an Inclusive City

This scholarly article seeks to explore the role of civil society in new urban governance arrangements that will hopefully contribute to counter the trends towards social exclusion. This article...more

Capacity Building Grants Can Stimulate Financial Growth

Organizations that received any capacity grant are growing by around 10 percent in the three years following the grant. Grants that specifically targeted financial capacity development did not lead...more

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Largest Foundation Support for Human Services for 2012

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Rank

Foundation

Grants

Total Given

Kellogg Foundation

238

130,480,094

Wal-Mart Foundation

718

80,311,627

Gates Foundation

117

79,529,515

Ford Foundation

220

70,345,234

Annie E. Casey Foundation

380

57,543,888

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Source: Foundation Stats (Foundation Center) / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Government Grants for Community Development

Community Facilities Technical Assistance and Training Grant
Utilities Programs
The Agency will make grants to public bodies and private nonprofit corporations, (such as States, counties, cities, townships, and incorporated towns and villages, boroughs, authorities, districts,...more

Posted On - 2018-05-03

Ambassador's Special Self Help Fund
Utilities Programs
Embassy Kinshasa's Special Self Help (SSH) program provides small grants of less than $13,000.00 to registered self-help groups, community based organizations, and certain educational instutions...more

Posted On - 2018-05-02

U.S. Ambassador's Special Self Help Fund for the Republic of Congo
Utilities Programs
The Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Fund (SSH) assists Congolese community groups to develop lasting, self-sustaining projects that benefit entire communities. SSH grants in the Republic of...more

Posted On - 2018-05-01

Rural Commmunity Development Initiative (RCDI)
Utilities Programs
Qualified private, nonprofit and public including tribal intermediary organizations proposing to carry out financial and technical assistance programs will be eligible to receive the funding. The...more

Posted On - 2018-04-26

MARAWI RESPONSE PROJECT
Utilities Programs
Marawi Response project seeks to advance durable solutions for individuals displaced by the Marawi crisis (IDPs) in a manner that reduces the threat of conflict and extremism. Through the project,...more

Posted On - 2018-04-25

Rwanda: Ambassador’s Small Grants Program (ASG) former Ambassador’s Special Self-Help (SSH) program
Utilities Programs
The U.S. Embassy in Kigali, Political and Economic section is seeking proposals for community projects designed to support high-impact, quick-implementation activities which benefit a large number...more

Posted On - 2018-04-25

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