We are pleased to announce that our Strategic Collaboration Impact Award RFP is now available!

 Letters of Intent (LOIs) due Thursday, February 16, 2023, by 11:59 PM EST. (Submit via Online Grants System)

FUNDING PURPOSE: 

To support the creation of authentic collaboration amongst community organizations led by Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and other People of Color (BILPOC), in order to affect change in issues that impact children's social emotional health, especially those that have been made most marginalized in Wake County. This grant is solely for collaborative planning (agreement between two or more organizations) and strategizing efforts and not for individual organizational needs.  

ELIGIBILITY: 

• Be a grassroots organization based in Wake County.
• Advocate for children's social emotional health, with an intentional emphasis on the impacts on BILPOC children (age 0 to 18).
• Be implementing or striving for policy and/or system-level improvement strategies at the municipal and/or county level.
• Have been in operation for at least three (3) years; and
• Have 501(c)(3) status or a designated fiscal sponsor, and fiscal sponsors must have 501(c)(3) status or be a government agency or college/university.

Every organization in the collaborative must demonstrate BILPOC leadership. When referencing BILPOC-led, we are lifting organizational leadership (Executive Director, President, CEO, etc.) who identify as Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and other People of Color. 

GRANT TERMS:

To award $450,000 over three years split between 2-3 organizations in each collaborative with a tiered funding tranche structure. The opportunity will start with $100,000 in year one, increase to $150,000 in year two, and cap at $200,000 for year three.

UPCOMING WEBINARS:

Register below to join us to learn more about our Strategic Collaboration Impact Award RFP!

• REGISTER - Thursday, January 26, 2023, at 11 AM EST
• REGISTER - Tuesday, January 31, 2023, at 3 PM EST

 Questions about this funding opportunity? Contact Gladys Hairston, Director of Learning, Research, and Evaluation.  

 Key Dates in the 2023 Application Process