Five for Friday: Grant Opportunities July 2, 2021
Collected by the Western Nevada Development District
Economic development grants and loans can help revitalize and build sustainability in urban, rural, and tribal communities. Strategic investments help support local economies, create jobs, and attract private investments to better residents’ lives. Every first Friday, the Western Nevada Development District will share our Five for Friday; grant programs from a variety of sources that can help kickstart a business, raise up a neighborhood or integrate the arts into the community.
Federal Funding for Rural Communities
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s COVID-19 Federal Rural Resource Guide organizes funding opportunities identified in the CARES Act and other federal resources that can help support rural America. This resource matrix organizes funding opportunities identified in stimulus bills and other federal resources that can help support rural America. Opportunities are categorized by customer and assistance type.
Rural Innovation Stronger Economy
Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) is intended to help rural communities identify and maximize local assets and connect to networks and industry clusters within their region. The new grant encourages a regional, innovation-driven approach to economic development. RISE grant funds can be used to build or support business incubators, provide worker training, or re-train workers for higher paying jobs. Grant ceiling is $10 million
USDA Launches Grant Program to Help Expand Regional Economies and Create High-Wage Jobs in Distressed Rural Communities | USDA
Application deadline: August 2, 2021.
Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE)
Our Town
Our Town OUR TOWN | National Endowment for the Arts is the National Endowment for the Arts’ creative placemaking grants program. These grants support projects that integrate arts, culture, and design activities into efforts that strengthen communities by advancing local economic, physical, and/or social outcomes.
Successful Our Town projects ultimately lay the groundwork for systems changes that sustain the integration of arts, culture, and design into local strategies for strengthening communities. These projects require a partnership between a nonprofit organization and a local government entity, with one of the partners being a cultural organization. Cost share/matching grants range from $25,000 to $150,000, with a minimum cost share/match equal to the grant amount.
Application deadline: August 5, 2021.
Our Town National Endowment for the Arts
Community Navigator Pilot Program The SBA
Community Navigator Pilot Program allocates grants to eligible organizations which promote awareness of and participation in SBA programs among small businesses in underserved communities. The program is designed to promote the use of SBA COVID relief programs and other SBA programs by small businesses owned and controlled by:
• Women
• Veterans
• Socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns as defined by section 8(a)(4)(A) of the Small Business Act, including economically disadvantaged minorities and other disadvantaged individuals
Competitive grant awards will range from $1 million to $5 million for a two-year performance period.
Application deadline: July 23, 2021.
Community Navigator Pilot Program Notice of Funding Opportunity
Tribal Tourism Grant Program
The Department of Interior solicits proposals from federally recognized Tribes to receive grants to support Tribal tourism feasibility studies and/or Tribal tourism business plan development. The Program supports Tribes to increase capacity of Tribes to plan, develop and manage tourism and related infrastructure in support of economic development and the NATIVE Act.
Application deadline: August 6, 2021.
