GRANT OPPOrTUNITES
Today, our grant opportunities are rooted in addressing the complex interplay of symptoms and drivers of poverty in the region and support the vision of equitable communities where all individuals are healthy, educated, and economically stable.
OUR PATH TO PROSPERITY
We introduced our Blueprint for Prosperity – our plan to eradicate poverty informed by community voices and validated by external research – to present a compelling path toward a stronger and more prosperous Southeast Louisiana for every person, everywhere. Today, our grant opportunities are rooted in addressing the complex interplay of symptoms and drivers of poverty in the region and support the vision of equitable communities where all individuals are healthy, educated, and economically stable.
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STATUS: CLOSED
RESOLVE NOLA COMMUNITY IMPACT GRANTS5
Under the guidance of UWSELA and the Resiliency in Communities after Stress and Trauma (ReCAST) Advisory Board Members, this grant program aims to allocate funds strategically, fostering expanded and fair access to trauma-informed community violence support for youth of color in New Orleans communities plagued by chronic poverty. The overarching goal is to establish a seamlessly coordinated system of trauma-informed, community-based services specifically tailored to mitigate the profound impacts of collective trauma and community violence on youth of color in communities facing chronic poverty.
WHY UNITED WAY
While many efforts exist to support the health and vibrancy of communities across the region, the organizations often lack the funding and collaboration to drive coordination and collective impact. United Way creates space for organizations to create greater change collectively than could be accomplished alone. Through strategic financial investment and targeted planning, we create collaborative spaces for you to work together more effectively and develop comprehensive solutions that meet the needs of residents. A United Way grant will maximize your impact, helping existing resources go further to meet the needs of residents. You will better support the needs of those in the region and generate a holistic impact by participating in shared learning, information sharing, and referrals.
GRANT CRITERIA & ELIGIBILITY
UWSELA seeks grant requests across five priority areas aligned with our Blueprint’s prosperity outcomes that we believe will produce long-term change to sustain our mission of ending poverty. In particular, we will consider proposals that focus on one or more of our four outcomes and five priority areas and align with our guiding principles. Note preference will be given to organizations addressing the priority areas in each parish.
PROSPERITY OUTCOMES
Data, community conversations, and partner convenings conducted in 2014 and 2015 resulted in four interrelated outcomes that describe the region United Way and residents we want to see.
• Stability Today: Families have the skills, resources, & opportunities to access basic needs.
• Prosperity Tomorrow: All families have the social, emotional, and financial assets to create a better future.
• Personal Wellness: People of all ages enjoy a high quality of life and well-being.
• Vibrant Communities: All communities are safe, equitable, and thriving.
PRIORITY AREAS
Additional community conversations held in 2022 drilled down into the four prosperity outcomes, resulting in five priority areas for each parish. Once again, we will give priority to those programs that address these areas for each parish.
• Youth Development: Investing in organizations with a primary focus on serving youth, including both academic and recreational programming, to support the learning, well-being, and prosperity of our next generation.
• Mental Health: Investing in organizations that provide direct counseling and substance abuse treatment to expand the capacity of local providers supporting those facing mental health challenges and creating a more supportive and healthy community.
• Financial Empowerment: Supporting workforce development programs, community-level economic development initiatives, and emergency assistance programs to provide all residents pathways to attaining the skills, opportunities, & supports that undergird economic stability for communities and families.
• Access to Resources: Investing in personnel and community-facing platforms to ensure residents are aware of and able to access existing local supports & resources.
• Coordinating & Convening: Supporting efforts to drive coordination between community-serving organizations with the goal of enhancing accountability, information-sharing, and referrals across the ecosystem, resulting in holistic services and solutions for residents.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
The following six guiding principles represent the core values of our work and, by extension, the work we want to see from and with our partners:
• Connectivity: We coordinate our efforts to create pathways of prosperity that are trusted, culturally appropriate, accessible, and without bias.
• Equity: We strive to lift up all people and eliminate systemic barriers to prosperity.
• Lived Experience We amplify the voices of those we are serving and allow their needs and aspirations to guide our work.
• Long-Term Commitment: We commit to continuing our work until the cycle of poverty is broken, communities are thriving, and people are living prosperously.
• Shared Responsibility: We believe success requires the unique contributions of the entire community, including individuals, families, schools, nonprofits, the faith-based community, funders, governments, and the private sector.
• Systems Change: We embrace our work as holistic and dynamic, impacting people, place, practice, and policy.
ORLEANS PARISH PROGRAMS: ALIGNMENT WITH THE YOUTH MASTER PLAN
All youth-serving organizations in Orleans Parish must align with the Youth Master Plan.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Additionally, applicants must also have the following for funding eligibility:
• Collaborations must operate within Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, or Washington parishes.
• Collaborations organized for primarily religious, educational institutions (schools/universities), fraternal, governmental, political, cultural, and animal welfare purposes are not eligible for funding through UWSELA.
• Collaborations may include these organizations but must have a fiscal agent that is a 501(c)(3).
• Collaboration grants will not be awarded for endowment campaigns, land purchases, construction of new facilities or major renovations of existing facilities, or capital campaigns.
GRANT TIMELINE & AWARDS
DATE
ACTIVITY
MARCH 6, 2023
Grant process opens
MARCH 16
2023 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
APPLICANT TRAINING: NORTHSHORE
MARCH 17
2023 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
APPLICANT TRAINING: SOUTHSHORE
March 28
2023 5:00 p.m.
Last day for questions
April 3
2023 11:59 p.m.
Applications due | Incomplete submissions will not be accepted. Extensions will not be granted and late proposals will not be accepted.
June 2023
UWSELA Board of Trustees meeting to approve funding recommendation
MARCH 6, 2023
Funding letters distributed
June 2023
2023-2024 Partner Networking event
If you have questions about submitting your materials, please contact Grants@UnitedWaySELA.org on or before March 28.
DEADLINE
Grant submissions must be submitted electronically by April 3, 2023, by 11:59 p.m. CST. Incomplete submissions will not be accepted. Extensions will not be granted and late proposals will not be accepted. Notification of grant award will be sent in June 2023.
AWARDS
• The 2023 grants process includes a three-year funding commitment based on funding availability and programmatic performance.
• The funding cycle takes places annually from July 1 – June 30, beginning in July 2023 and concluding in June 2026.
• Program grants must support a distinct program or project. Grantees have the flexibility to direct these funds in ways that best support the program or project. However, funds cannot be used to support capital projects.
• Grant awards are up to $75,000 for the twelve-month funding period.
• Funding requested should be no more than 50% of the program budget. Other revenue sources must be identified. Note that this is a competitive process. If a decision is not made in your favor, you may contact Grants@UnitedWaySELA.org for more information. However, there is no appeals process, and all decisions are final.
INSTRUCTIONS & APPLY
APPLICANT TRAINING: Need help with filling out the application? UWSELA will host trainings for your organization. A recording will be made for each location and shared on this website.
IMPORTANT: Before preparing your application, please read the following instructions carefully and provide all requested information.
We strongly encourage applicants to review the Blueprint for Prosperity framework. Organizations must provide the information below in order to be eligible for funding:
• 501c(3) status. Only agencies applying for 501c(3) status are allowed to use a fiscal agent. For-profits are not funded through this process.
• Note: For-profits and agencies organized primarily for religious, fraternal, governmental, political, or to redirect funds are not eligible for funding.
• 2022 or 2021 audited financials, review, or compilation with footnotes (or submit fiscal agent’s)
• 2021 or 2022 IRS 990 or IRS 990N (or fiscal agent’s)
APPLY
Submit your application and required documentation online by 11:59 p.m. CST Monday, April 3, 2022. NO LATE or incomplete applications will be accepted.
All applicants must register through our grant portal, FLUXX, before applying.
Review the registration process steps.
Applicants will receive a registration confirmation email from FLUXX with login instructions within two business hours (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.). Once credentials are received, applicants may log into the portal to start the application process.
DEADLINE TO APPLY: APRIL 3, 2023, BY 11:59 P.M.
Volunteer board roster that includes race/ethnicity, age, gender, place of employment, and contact information.
CONTACT
Please direct general questions about the framework or the process to Grants@UnitedWaySELA.org.
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STATUS: CLOSED
GRANT CRITERIA
• Proposals must be submitted by organizations with a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. If your organization does not currently have nonprofit status, you may still apply for a RESOLVE NOLA Community Impact Grant by having a 501(c)(3) organization agree to act as your sponsor and fiscal agent for the project’s duration.
• Collaboratives are welcome to apply; however, a 501(c)(3) organization of the collaborative must serve as the fiscal agent and submit the application on behalf of the collaborative.
• All participating organizations or sponsoring organizations must operate within Orleans Parish.
• Priority will be given to small (budget under $500,000) majority-led BIPOC organizations.
• Successful applicants must spend award dollars by December 30, 2024.
The project must focus on activities that address behavioral health disparities and social determinants of health in the areas below:
• Mental Health Conditions
• Substance Abuse and Addiction
• Excessive Alcohol Use
• Physical and Emotional Trauma
Grant submissions are to be submitted electronically by July 12, 2024, by 4:00 p.m. Applications with a submission time later than 4:00 p.m. will not be accepted. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
GRANT TIMELINE & AWARDS
DATE
ACTIVITY
JUNE 18, 2024
RESOLVE NOLA Community Impact Grant opens
JULY 12, 2024
Applications due
JULY 17, 2024 –
AUGUST 4, 2024
Community volunteers review and rate applicants
Week of
August 12, 2024
Funding determination meeting
Week of
August 19, 2024
Notification letters emailed to applicants
By August 26, 2024
Funding distributed
CONTACT
Please direct general questions about the framework or the process to EboneeA@UnitedWaySELA.org.
INSTRUCTIONS
IMPORTANT: Before preparing your application, please read the following instructions carefully and provide all requested information.
APPLICATION
• Cover Page – Completed Cover Page. Collaborative applicants should complete a cover page for each organization in the collaborative.
• Application – Answer the questions as completely as possible in the format provided.
• Application Attachments – In addition to the electronic application, the following must be uploaded to the website along with your application to be considered complete.
• Nonprofit documentation. (See below)
• Fiscal Agent Form (If Applicable-See below)
• Organizational Budget
• Organization’s W-9
• Organization’s completed ACH form
NONPROFIT DOCUMENTATION
• Acceptable documentation of nonprofit status includes the following:
• Copy of IRS determination letter verifying the organization as nonprofit. (Preferred)
• For Catholic Churches – copy of the IRS determination letter provided by the Group Ruling for Catholic Churches, plus a copy showing your listing in the Official Catholic Directory. (Other churches with a similar status may submit such ruling and proof that the individual church is included in the ruling.)
Please note: For profit organizations are not eligible for this grant.
PLEASE NOTE: Articles of incorporation, bylaws, tax ID numbers, or Secretary of State certificates indicating incorporation will not be accepted as appropriate documentation.
FISCAL AGENT FORM
If your organization does not currently have nonprofit status, you may still apply for a Summer Impact Grant by having a 501(c)(3) organization agree to act as your sponsor and fiscal agent for the project. To be considered, you must submit the attached fiscal agent form from the sponsoring organization detailing your sponsor and fiscal agent agreement, along with nonprofit documentation from the sponsor.
DEADLINE
All application materials must be submitted electronically by July 12, 2024, by 4:00 p.m. by uploading documents and clicking the submit button at the bottom of this form.
APPLY
FORMS
After completing your application, please upload the application, along with your supporting documents, using the webform below.
IMPORTANT: Please carefully review these documents prior to uploading your documents.
→ Download the 2024 RESOLVE NOLA Community Impact Grant (docx)
→ Download the Fiscal Agent Form (if applicable) (docx)
→ Download the ACH Form (docx)
→ Download blank W-9 form (pdf)
2024 RESOLVE NOLA COMMUNITY IMPACT UPLOAD FORM
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PROGRAMMATIC GRANTS
Our new ALICE Pathway to Prosperity Grant Request for Proposal (RFP) process integrates collective impact and trust-based philanthropy principles to ensure a collaborative and relationship-centered funding process.
Focus: Advancing individuals living below the ALICE Threshold along the ALICE Pathway to Prosperity
Purpose: Deploy flexible and collaborative funding that accelerates movement across the ALICE Pathway to Prosperity
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COLLABORATIVE GRANTS
As a part of our Blueprint, we introduced the three-year Programmatic Grants to foster systems-level change across the region. We designed the grants to support groups of relevant stakeholders taking a collaborative approach to addressing the complex interplay of the local symptoms and drivers of poverty.
WHY UNITED WAY
While many efforts exist to support the health and vibrancy of communities across the region, the organizations often lack the funding and collaboration to drive coordination and collective impact. United Way creates space for organizations to create greater change collectively than could be accomplished alone. Through strategic financial investment and targeted planning, we create collaborative spaces for you to work together more effectively and develop comprehensive solutions that meet the needs of residents. A United Way grant will maximize your impact, helping existing resources go further to meet the needs of residents. You will better support the needs of those in the region and generate a holistic impact by participating in shared learning, information sharing, and referrals.
GRANT CRITERIA & ELIGIBILITY
UWSELA seeks grant requests across five priority areas aligned with our Blueprint’s prosperity outcomes that we believe will produce long-term change to sustain our mission of ending poverty. In particular, we will consider proposals that focus on one or more of our four outcomes and five priority areas and align with our guiding principles. Note preference will be given to organizations addressing the priority areas in each parish.
PROSPERITY OUTCOMES
Data, community conversations, and partner convenings conducted in 2014 and 2015 resulted in four interrelated outcomes that describe the region United Way and residents we want to see.
• Stability Today: Families have the skills, resources, & opportunities to access basic needs.
• Prosperity Tomorrow: All families have the social, emotional, and financial assets to create a better future.
• Personal Wellness: People of all ages enjoy a high quality of life and well-being.
• Vibrant Communities: All communities are safe, equitable, and thriving.
PRIORITY AREAS
Additional community conversations held in 2022 drilled down into the four prosperity outcomes, resulting in five priority areas for each parish. Once again, we will give priority to those programs that address these areas for each parish.
• Youth Development: Investing in organizations with a primary focus on serving youth, including both academic and recreational programming, to support the learning, well-being, and prosperity of our next generation.
• Mental Health: Investing in organizations that provide direct counseling and substance abuse treatment to expand the capacity of local providers supporting those facing mental health challenges and creating a more supportive and healthy community.
• Financial Empowerment: Supporting workforce development programs, community-level economic development initiatives, and emergency assistance programs to provide all residents pathways to attaining the skills, opportunities, & supports that undergird economic stability for communities and families.
• Access to Resources: Investing in personnel and community-facing platforms to ensure residents are aware of and able to access existing local supports & resources.
• Coordinating & Convening: Supporting efforts to drive coordination between community-serving organizations with the goal of enhancing accountability, information-sharing, and referrals across the ecosystem, resulting in holistic services and solutions for residents.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
The following six guiding principles represent the core values of our work and, by extension, the work we want to see from and with our partners:
• Connectivity: We coordinate our efforts to create pathways of prosperity that are trusted, culturally appropriate, accessible, and without bias.
• Equity: We strive to lift up all people and eliminate systemic barriers to prosperity.
• Lived Experience We amplify the voices of those we are serving and allow their needs and aspirations to guide our work.
• Long-Term Commitment: We commit to continuing our work until the cycle of poverty is broken, communities are thriving, and people are living prosperously.
• Shared Responsibility: We believe success requires the unique contributions of the entire community, including individuals, families, schools, nonprofits, the faith-based community, funders, governments, and the private sector.
• Systems Change: We embrace our work as holistic and dynamic, impacting people, place, practice, and policy.
ORLEANS PARISH PROGRAMS: ALIGNMENT WITH THE YOUTH MASTER PLAN
All youth-serving organizations in Orleans Parish must align with the Youth Master Plan.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Additionally, applicants must also have the following for funding eligibility:
• Collaborations must operate within Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, or Washington parishes.
• Collaborations organized for primarily religious, educational institutions (schools/universities), fraternal, governmental, political, cultural, and animal welfare purposes are not eligible for funding through UWSELA.
• Collaborations may include these organizations but must have a fiscal agent that is a 501(c)(3).
• Collaboration grants will not be awarded for endowment campaigns, land purchases, construction of new facilities or major renovations of existing facilities, or capital campaigns.
GRANT TIMELINE & AWARDS
DATE
ACTIVITY
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Grant process opens
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
APPLICANT TRAINING: NORTHSHORE 11 a.m. — 12:30 p.m.
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
APPLICANT TRAINING: SOUTHSHORE 11 a.m. — 12:30 p.m.
December 15
2023 5:00 p.m.
Last day for questions
Updated: Week of
March 18, 2024
Applications due | Incomplete submissions will not be accepted. Extensions will not be granted and late proposals will not be accepted.
Updated: Week of
March 18, 2024
Invitations extended to collaboratives for presentation to Committee
WEEK OF APRIL 15, 2024
Invited applicants present to Committee
June 2024
2023-2024 Partner Networking event
If you have questions about submitting your materials, please contact Grants@UnitedWaySELA.org org on or before March 28.
DEADLINE
Grant submissions must be submitted electronically by January 5, 2024, by 11:59 p.m. CST. Incomplete submissions will not be accepted. Extensions will not be granted, and late proposals will not be accepted. Notification of grant award will be sent in June 2024.
AWARDS
Eligible collaboratives must support a group of organizations and stakeholders taking a unified approach to systems change. The grants may be used for:
• Planning: Up to $25,000 in funding to help collaboratives come together to create a steering committee, common agenda , and working groups.
• Infrastructure-Backbone: Up to $50,000 in funding to support backbone organizations or functions.
• Infrastructure-Shared Measurement: Up to $50,000 in funding to support shared measurement systems.
• Implementation: Up to $100,000 in funding to support systems-change strategies developed by working groups.
• Continuous Improvement: Up to $50,000 in funding to conduct evaluations.
UWSELA intends to be a long-term partner in supporting collaboratives. As such, at the end of a funding cycle, grantees will have the opportunity to reapply for a funding extension based on a successful evaluation of the work. The funding timeframe for this three-year grant is July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2027. Funding for the second and third year of the grant is contingent on available dollars and the funded collaborative’s performance in the previous year.
Note there is another funding pool available to applicants designed to support programmatic efforts that align with UWSELA’s Blueprint for Prosperity. Program grants have a separate application, process, and timeline.
Note that this is a competitive process. If a decision is not made in your favor, you may contact Grants@UnitedWaySELA.org for more information. However, there is no appeals process, and all decisions are final.
NEXT STEPS
If your collaborative grant request is approved by the United Way Board of Trustees, you will be scheduled to meet with the Community Impact staff to discuss your objectives and operating budget before signing the grant agreement. All grantees’ fiscal agents must submit an annual audit or financial compilation with footnotes, an IRS 990, and a collaboration budget. Grantees must also host an annual site visit and submit quarterly progress reports. Funding will be held until all documents are submitted to Community Impact.
INSTRUCTIONS & APPLY
Need help with filling out the application? UWSELA will host two trainings for applicants on the Northshore and Southshore. A recording will be made for each location and shared on this website.
IMPORTANT: Before preparing your application, please read the following instructions carefully and provide all requested information.
We strongly encourage applicants to review the Blueprint for Prosperity framework. Organizations must provide the information below in order to be eligible for funding:
• 501c(3) status. Only agencies applying for 501c(3) status are allowed to use a fiscal agent. For-profits are not funded through this process.
• Note: For-profits and agencies organized primarily for religious, fraternal, governmental, political, or to redirect funds are not eligible for funding.
• 2022 or 2021 audited financials, review, or compilation with footnotes (or submit fiscal agent’s)
• 2021 or 2022 IRS 990 or IRS 990N (or fiscal agent’s)
Failure to comply with directions, answer questions, or absence of any of the attachments will cause the dismissal of your proposal.
APPLY
Submit your application and required documentation online by 11:59 p.m. CST Monday, April 3, 2022. NO LATE or incomplete applications will be accepted.
All applicants must register through our grant portal, FLUXX, before applying.
Review the registration process steps.
Applicants will receive a registration confirmation email from FLUXX with login instructions within two business hours (9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.). Once credentials are received, applicants may log into the portal to start the application process.
DEADLINE TO APPLY: APRIL 3, 2023, BY 11:59 P.M.
CONTACT
Please direct general questions about the framework or the process to Grants@UnitedWaySELA.org.
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SUMMER IMPACT GRANTS (ORLEANS ONLY)
ABOUT
United Way of Southeast Louisiana (UWSELA) announces the availability of grants for summer programs to expand and deepen services for children and youth ages 11 to 24 in New Orleans over the summer of 2023. Understanding that the summer months can feel more volatile and youth may not have access to the supportive services traditionally provided in educational settings, UWSELA has made funds available for small, Black Indigenous, people of color-led youth-serving organizations to broaden or enhance their existing summer 2023 programming for low-income, vulnerable youth over the summer months. Such broadened supports may include, but are not limited to, reduced program cost to families, increased behavioral health supports, expanded summer nutrition/meals, and expanded hours or duration of programming and ensuring youth are connected with an educational, vocational, or employment when summer programming ends. Grant amounts will range from $5,000 to $10,000. UWSELA will provide funding to approved nonprofits no later than June 6, 2023..
GRANT CRITERIA
• Proposals must be submitted by public or charitable, nonprofit (tax exempt) organizations or may be sponsored by such an organization (fiscal agent). For profit organizations are not eligible for this grant.
• Collaborations are welcome to apply; however, a lead 501(c)(3)organization must be identified and provide nonprofit documentation and an eligible budget for the collaboration.
• All participating organizations or sponsoring organizations must operate within Orleans Parish.
• Priority will be given to small (budget under $500,000) BIPOC-led youth-serving organizations.
• Proposed projects must be designed to be completed within the scope of the Grant timeline: June 1 – August 26, 2023.
• A project may focus on a wide variety of youth issues or may be very narrowly focused. Nevertheless, proposed projects must align with one of the six priority areas of focus of the New Orleans Youth Master Plan:
• Health and Wellbeing
• Youth Voice
• Learning
• Safety & Justice
• Space & Place
• Economic Stability Organization must serve BIPOC youth ages 11 to 24 living below the ALICE Threshold.
Funds must be used to expand or enhance summer 2023 programming – not used to start a new summer program.
Grant submissions must be submitted electronically by May 11, 2022, by 11:59 p.m. Applications with a time signature later than 11:59 p.m. will not be accepted. Notification of grant award will be e-mailed by May 30, 2023.
APPLICATION TRAINING: United Way hosted an informational workshop and networking event via Zoom on Wednesday, April 26, at 1:00 p.m. to answer questions about the application forms and process and offer a chance for summer program providers to convene and coordinate activities.
GRANT TIMELINE & AWARDS
DATE
ACTIVITY
APRIL 20
Summer Grant Application Process Opens
APRIL 26
Virtual Grant Application Training
MAY 11
Applications due
May 12 – 23
Grant Review
May 24
Board Approval
By May 30
Notification letters emailed to applicants
By June 6
Funding out to organizations
CONTACT
Please direct general questions about the framework or the process to EboneeA@UnitedWaySELA.org.
INSTRUCTIONS
IMPORTANT: Before preparing your application, please read the following instructions carefully and provide all requested information.
APPLICATION
• Cover Page – Completed Cover Page. Collaborative applicants should complete a cover page for each organization in the collaborative.
• Application – Answer the questions as completely as possible in the format provided.
• Application Attachments – In addition to the electronic application, the following must be uploaded to the website
along with your application to be considered complete.
• Nonprofit documentation. (See below)
• Fiscal Agent Form (If Applicable-See below)
• Organizational Budget
• Organization’s W-9
• Organization’s completed ACH form
NONPROFIT DOCUMENTATION
• Acceptable documentation of nonprofit status includes the following:
• Copy of IRS determination letter verifying the organization as nonprofit. (Preferred)
• For Catholic Churches – copy of the IRS determination letter provided by the Group Ruling for Catholic Churches, plus a copy showing your listing in the Official Catholic Directory. (Other churches with a similar status may submit such ruling and proof that the individual church is included in the ruling.)
• Please note: For profit organizations are not eligible for this grant.
PLEASE NOTE: Articles of incorporation, bylaws, tax ID numbers, or Secretary of State certificates indicating incorporation will not be accepted as appropriate documentation.
FISCAL AGENT FORM
If your organization does not currently have nonprofit status, you may still apply for a Summer Impact Grant by having a 501(c)(3) organization agree to act as your sponsor and fiscal agent for the project. To be considered, you must submit the attached fiscal agent form from the sponsoring organization detailing your sponsor and fiscal agent agreement, along with nonprofit documentation from the sponsor.
DEADLINE
All application materials must be submitted electronically by May 11, 2023, by 11:59 p.m. by uploading documents and clicking the submit button at the bottom of this form.
APPLY
FORMS
After completing your application, please upload the application, along with your supporting documents, using the webform below.
IMPORTANT: Please carefully review these documents prior to uploading your documents.
→ Download the 2023 Summer Impact Grant Application (docx)
→ Download the Fiscal Agent Form (if applicable) (docx)
→ Download the ACH Form (docx)
AWARDS
2023 SUMMER IMPACT GRANTS UPLOAD FORM
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EFSP FUNDS AVAILABLE TO NONPROFITS
The Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) is a FEMA-funded program authorized by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987. The program supplements and expands ongoing work of local nonprofit and governmental social service organizations to provide shelter, food, and supportive services to individuals and families who are experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, hunger and/or homelessness. The program also provides supplemental funding for humanitarian relief efforts by social service organizations for the purposes of providing shelter and supportive services to families and individuals encountered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). EFSP Phase 41 funds are now available in Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes have been awarded Federal funds made available through the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency in the amount of $498,239. Funds must be used to supplement food, shelter, rent-mortgage & utility assistance efforts in ongoing programs to assist people with economic emergencies unrelated to disasters.
GRANT CRITERIA
Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes have been awarded Federal funds made available through the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency in the amount of $498,239. Funds must be used to supplement food, shelter, rent-mortgage & utility assistance efforts in ongoing programs to assist people with economic emergencies unrelated to disasters. The spending period for Phase 41 is October 23, 2023 – December 31, 2024. If funded, EFSP funds must be expended within this time period.
ELIGIBILITY
Only non-profit organizations, faith-based, or units of government in Jefferson, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes are eligible to apply and must abide by the following:
1. Be a non-profit with a voluntary board, faith-based, or government agency,
2. Be eligible to receive Federal funds,
3. Have a financial control system that allows for effective control over and accountability for all funds,
4. Practice non-discrimination, 5. Have demonstrated the capability to deliver emergency food and/or shelter programs. 6. Agencies with outstanding compliance issues need not apply.
DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS
PARISH
PHASE 41
Jefferson
$155,278
Orleans
$169,805
Plaquemines
$6,679
St. Bernard
$17,679
St. Tammany
$80,659
Tangipahoa
$52,774
Washington
$15,365
Total
$498,239
QUESTIONS?
APPLY
Tangipahoa CammieP@UnitedWaySELA.org
Jefferson, Orleans, St. Bernard, and Washington JasonC@UnitedWaySELA.org
Instructions: After completing your application, YOU MUST UPLOAD DOCUMENTS USING FORM BELOW.
→ Download the Emergency Food & Shelter Program Phase 41 application.
→ Download the Fiscal Agent/Fiscal Conduit Relationship Certification form. Note: If you are applying for multiple parishes, submit only one application but include a budget for each parish you are applying for.
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