The Initiative offers grant programs that provide core operating support to high-performing community organizations and seed capital to test innovative approaches to community economic development. 


Core Operating Investment

New Initiative grant guidelines coming in June 2012. 

The Initiative provides Core Operating Investment grants of up to $100,000 a year to high-performing community organizations to help them build capacity and productivity.

A pioneer in the core operating grant concept, the Initiative has made such grants to N.C. community economic development organizations continuously for the past 19 years. Core Operating Investment grants provide stable funding for day-to-day operations, allowing grantee organizations to focus more of their resources on local community development projects.

Innovation Fund
 

The Initiative’s Innovation Fund, launched in spring 2012, provides grants of $30,000-$50,000 to serve as seed capital for developing and testing promising and innovative community economic development projects. 

The fund seeks to promote the testing and implementation of creative, effective approaches to generating significant economic impact in persistently poor communities.

 

For more information on the Initiative's grant programs, contact Millie A. Brobston, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .