Applied Information Management Institute
Award Amount, Year 1:
$500,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
The Applied Information Management
(AIM) Institute is a not-for-profit membership organization whose mission
is to support community growth related to information technology. Founded
in 1991, this consortium of businesses, educational institutions, governmental
agencies, and FBCOs serves Nebraska and the surrounding region with
a wide variety of programs including training, technical assistance
research, and online tools.
Project Description:
The Omaha SOAR Project hosts technical
assistance workshops for organizations interested in the subaward program.
FBCOs participate in online threaded discussion and listserv opportunities;
Lunch-‘n-Learn presentations on best practices; traditional classroom
training, instructor-facilitated training; and an intensive capacity
building Nonprofit Executive Institute. Once organizations are selected
for subawards, AIM Institute provides onsite and offsite technical support
to participants. AIM Institute issues $200,000 in subawards annually.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Fifty-mile radius of Omaha, Nebraska
Subaward Plan:
AIM Institute gives 8-12 awards annually
ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 each. It gives priority in the selection
process to faith-based and community organizations serving the homeless;
elders in need; at-risk youth; families in transition from welfare to
work; those in need of intensive rehabilitation, such as addicts or
prisoners; prisoners re-entering the community and children of prisoners;
and organizations that provide marriage education services. As the intermediary,
AIM Institute gives added priority to organizations with an annual budget
of less than $250,000 with no history of receiving a Federal grant.
Contact Information:
1905 Harney Street
Suite 700
Omaha, NE 68102
402-345-5025
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Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater
Boston, Inc.
Award Amount, Year 1:
$500,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
The Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater
Boston (BMA) is an alliance of 83 faith-based and community organizations
with a 40-year history of serving the black community in Boston. BMA's
mission is to provide spiritual nurture for clergy as well as advocacy
and program services for the black community at large. BMA mobilizes
and coordinates resources and distributes funding, training, and technical
assistance to strengthen FBCOs. BMA has been involved in collaborative
community efforts in the youth violence crisis since 1994.
Project Description:
BMA delivers 19 workshops each year
to as many as 200 FBCOs. BMA provides an average of 32 hours of technical
assistance to 25 organizations, beginning with an organizational capacity
assessment to develop a technical assistance plan. BMA distributes $200,000
per year in subawards.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Boston, Massachusetts
Subaward Plan:
BMA issues five to six cluster grants
of up to $40,000 to each lead organization that represents three to
five FBCOs with similar strategic goals. Eligible FBCOs must provide
services to at-risk youth, operate within the city of Boston, have been
operating for at least one year, and have paid staff or plans to hire
a minimum of one 25 percent paid staff person.
Contact Information:
2326-R Washington Street
Roxbury, MA 02119
617-445-2737
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Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St.
Joseph, Inc.
Award Amount, Year 1:
$419,532
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St.
Joseph, Inc. provides comprehensive social services to individuals and
effective leadership to organizations and communities throughout Missouri.
Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, its mission is to serve, advocate
for, and provide for the needs of the vulnerable as they seek to achieve
self-sufficiency.
Project Description:
The Concepts for Effective Services
II (CES II) project delivers six group trainings, smaller experiential
trainings, and opportunities to work with a pool of mentors. The CES
II program also offers training on becoming a nonprofit to any interested
agencies. Faith-based and community organizations participate in Pay
It Forward lunches. Catholic Charities distributes $200,000 each year
in subawards.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Fourteen counties in central and northwest
Missouri
Subaward Plan:
Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St.
Joseph makes subawards to organizations focused on the social service
priorities of rural, fatherhood, healthy marriages, welfare-to-work
and at-risk families, elders in need, addictions, homelessness, prisoner
re-entry, and children of prisoners.
Contact Information:
1112 Broadway
Kansas City, MO 64105
816-221-4377
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Center for Neighborhood Enterprise
Award Amount, Year 1:
$500,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
The Center for Neighborhood Enterprise
(CNE) was founded in 1981 to provide technical assistance and training
to grassroots leaders who successfully address the problems of their
communities. CNE has been a CCF intermediary since 2003 and has provided
capacity building services to leaders of more than 1,900 organizations
in 39 states.
Project Description:
CNE provides training, technical assistance,
and subwards to 20 faith-based and community organizations. Five additional
organizations that show promise but lack the infrastructure to manage
subawards receive technical-assistance-only awards. CNE conducts organizational
and financial assessments in all five critical areas of capacity building
to develop technical assistance workplans and prioritize group training
topics. CNE provides $200,000 in subawards annually.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Washington, DC, Wards 5, 7, and 8
Subaward Plan:
CNE provides approximately 20 subawards ranging from $5,000
to $15,000 each. Eligible applicants must provide assistance
to the homeless, elders in need, at-risk youth, families
in transition from welfare to work, prisoners or their
families, or other vital services in Washington, DC’s
Wards 5, 7, and 8. Eligible applicants must have operating
budgets of less than $500,000, have provided services
for at least 18 months, and provide constituent recommendation
letters to demonstrate the organization’s value to the
community.
Contact Information:
1424 16th Street, NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036
202-518-6500
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City of Bridgeport Central Grants
Office
Award Amount, Year 1:
$500,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
The City of Bridgeport Central Grants
Office’s mission is to seek alternative sources of income to support
city and community projects, and it serves as a funding resource center
to city departments and local nonprofit agencies. In addition, the Central
Grants Office educates faith-based and community organizations on grant
seeking and implementation through training workshops and an annual
funding conference.
Project Description:
The City of Bridgeport Central Grants
Office, in partnership with the Council of Churches, holds workshops
for all interested applicants of the Advancing Capacity Together (ACT)
program. Selected organizations work on a detailed assessment with the
Center for Capacity Development. ACT offers four to five technical assistance
workshops per cycle. The ACT program distributes approximately $334,000
in subawards annually.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Subaward Plan:
The City of Bridgeport Central Grants
Office gives 20 subawards, with the average award being $17,000. The
Central Grants Office gives priority to organizations interested in providing housing for those who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, and those
who wish to provide housing opportunities for at-risk youth.
Contact Information:
999 Broad Street
Bridgeport, CT 06604
203-332-5662
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City of Miami: Office of Faith-based
Initiatives and Community Outreach
Award Amount, Year 1:
$500,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Created in 2002, the City of Miami:
Office of Faith-based Initiatives and Community Outreach works to identify
needs and provide technical training to faith-based and community organizations.
In 2005 the city launched a special program which placed 17 VISTA participants
throughout the city to provide capacity building organizational and
revenue development strategies to organizations serving high risk populations
such as the homeless, at-risk youth, and the mentally ill.
Project Description:
The Miami NICE (Network for Integration,
Compassion and Empowerment) Project brings together community leaders
who will help FBCOs maximize their social impact by offering more than
50 trainings per year that focus on sustainability and collaboration.
These trainings will engage up to 100 diverse FBCOs over the course
of the three-year project. Twenty-five organizations will receive intense
technical assistance from a Success Partner, a coach organization matched
with technical assistance recipients whose social service areas, neighborhood
focus, culture, and/or language align with the Success Partner organization.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Miami-Dade County, Florida
Subaward Plan:
Of the 25 organizations receiving intensive
technical assistance, 20 are eligible to compete for subawards. Miami
NICE offers $200,000 in subawards annually, with amounts ranging from
$5,000 to $20,000. Priority is given to organizations that have not
previously received Federal funding and address CCF priority social
service areas.
Contact Information:
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
305-416-1532
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Clemson University
Award Amount, Year 1:
$480,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Located in Clemson University’s Institute
on Family and Neighborhood Life, the South Carolina Center for Grassroots
and Non-profit Leadership is dedicated to building the capacity of the
state’s most-in-need nonprofits. Formed in 1998 by a collaborative
of major foundations, universities, nonprofits, faith-based networks,
and state agencies, the Center has served as a CCF intermediary since
2002.
Project Description:
Clemson University meets the capacity
building needs of rural organizations in South Carolina by offering
training to faith-based and community organizations statewide. The South
Carolina Rural Communities Compassion Project also offers day-long workshops
open to all interested organizations. Training events and workshops
will announce Clemson University’s subaward process. Organizations
selected for subawards are assigned a direct technical assistance provider
who develops a customized work plan to meet the organization’s specific
capacity building needs.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Rural sections of South Carolina
Subaward Plan:
Clemson University distributes $240,000
in subawards each year in an open competition. Approximately 30 organizations
receive funding ranging from $5,000 to $25,000. Priority is given to
organizations that have not previously received Federal funding and
address CCF priority social service areas.
Contact Information:
Office of Sponsored Programs
Box 345702, 300 Brackett Hall
Clemson, SC 29634
864-656-2424
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Community Action Partnership of
Sonoma County
Award Amount, Year 1:
$490,239
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Created in 1968, Community Action Partnership
of Sonoma County, California, seeks economic and social stability for
low-income families. It operates programs in early childhood education,
youth development, health, and housing. Community Action Partnership
of Sonoma County provides shelter and supportive services to women and
their children, and it operates an emergency shelter and provides a
variety of shared housing and supportive services.
Project Description:
The Community Action Partnership of
Sonoma County hosts one community-wide training each year. Training
focuses on an issue identified as a priority by the low-income community
and capacity building needs for organizations in the county. The Community
Action Partnership of Sonoma County delivers approximately 400 hours
of technical assistance to 40 selected faith-based and community organizations.
The agency also provides 200 vouchers for training in the identified
capacity building areas. Of the 40 organizations selected, a subset
receives subawards.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Sonoma County, California
Subaward Plan:
The Community Action Partnership of
Sonoma County offers $172,000 in subawards annually; a subset of the
applicants selected for training and technical assistance services receive
subawards ranging from $4,000 to $25,000. Priority is given to those
organizations that show capacity building enables them to deliver economic
and social service well-being services in new areas, to new target populations,
or with new or more effective services.
Contact Information:
1300 N. Dutton Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
707-544-6911
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Community Development Professionals,
LLC
Award Amount,
Year 1: $350,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Community Development Professionals,
LLC (CDP), located in Hamilton, Ohio, partners with nonprofit organizations,
educational institutions, local government, and community businesses
to grow and nurture viable communities. By putting tools and resources
into the hands of organizations to help them operate more efficiently
and more effectively, CDP works for positive change in communities.
Project Description:
Through its Bridgeworks: Developing
Vital Faith-based & Community Organizations in Rural Southwest Ohio
project, CDP offers seven training courses twice a year to at least
200 organizations in Butler, Clinton, Preble and Warren counties in
Ohio. All training participants receive CDP’s Back to Basics Toolkit
for nonprofits. Twenty-five to 50 organizations receive long-term coaching
and mentoring. Of these organizations, a subset receives subawards.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Butler, Clinton, Preble and Warren
counties in Ohio.
Subaward Plan:
CDP offers 18 subawards from $3,000
to $10,000, for a total of $140,000. Priority is given to organizations
that have not previously received Federal funding and address CCF priority
social service areas.
Contact Information:
20 High Street
Suite 110
Hamilton, OH 45011
513-858-1738
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County of Rockland Office of the
County Executive
Award Amount, Year 1:
$392,629
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Rockland County’s legislative and
executive branches are leaders in building multisector strategic partnerships
that address critical social issues challenging our children, youth,
families, and aging residents. These partnerships, led principally by
the Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE), have created new and strengthened
existing public and nonprofit working relationships while building a
sound level of trust. In 2006, the county funded over 100 faith-based
and community organizations, for more than $5.6 million.
Project Description:
Rockland County Capacity Building Initiative
(RCCBI) innovatively addresses community needs by offering a countywide
conference along with community forums in distressed areas to educate
FBCOs on the value of organizational development. Organizations participating
in the Individualized Technical Assistance Program are eligible to compete
for subawards.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Rockland County, New York
Subaward Plan:
RCCBI annually offers 10 to 20 awards
from $2,000 to $20,000. Priority is given to organizations that have
not previously received Federal funding and address CCF priority social
service areas.
Contact Information:
11 New Hempstead Road
New York, NY 10956
845-638-5875
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Duluth Area Family YMCA
Award Amount, Year 1:
$500,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Duluth Area Family YMCA has provided
youth programming for 125 years and volunteer services to 120 agencies
in the Duluth/Superior area for nearly 70 years. It facilitates a six-agency
mentoring collaboration called Mentor Duluth and the Duluth Youth Agency
Coalition. In 2004, the YMCA developed an AmeriCorps Program that supports
54 organizations in northeast Minnesota through the collaboration of
regional agencies including Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College,
Bois Forte Indian Reservation, and the Arrowhead Interfaith Council
of Churches.
Project Description:
The Lake Superior Regional Capacity
Building Initiative enhances the capacity of grassroots, faith-based,
community, and tribal organizations by providing high quality training,
technical assistance, and mentoring to eligible faith-based and community
organizations. Experienced mentors counsel subawardees throughout the
grant period and recommend training sessions to attend. Ongoing workshops
are offered throughout the five-county area as well as in online Webinars.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin
Subaward Plan:
Duluth Area Family YMCA annually gives
between 20 to 25 subawards from $5,000 to $25,000 to selected organizations.
Each supporting partner provides a minimum of two workshops in each
critical area of capacity building, along with individualized technical
assistance.
Contact Information:
302 West 1st Street
Duluth, MN 55802
218-722-4745
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Greater Erie Community Action Agency
Award Amount, Year 1:
$403,648
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
The Greater Erie Community Action Committee
(GECAC), the Non-Profit Partnership, and the Erie Weed & Seed program
are partnering to assist small nonprofit social service agencies. Over
the last 40 years, GECAC has nurtured nonprofits with a variety of missions,
including health, education, and support for migrant populations.
Project Description:
The GECAC coalition offers 11 biweekly
organizational development training sessions, open to all interested
faith-based and community organizations. For subawardees, these trainings
are supplemented by in-person, one-on-one techical assistance. A total
of $218,000 in subawards is distributed annually.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Erie County, Pennsylvania
Subaward Plan:
Individual awards range from $10,000
to $50,000. Based on this range, GECAC awards at least four and no more
than twenty-two subawards per year.
Contact Information:
18 West Ninth Street
Erie, PA 16501
814-459-4581
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Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches
Award Amount, Year 1:
$500,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
The Greater Minneapolis Council of
Churches (GMCC) is the largest council of churches in the U.S., with
over 700 member congregations, 30,000 volunteers, and 20 programs serving
an estimated 290,000 people annually. GMCC has been a CCF intermediary
since 2003.
Project Description:
GMCC, through the Nonprofit Management
Institute, delivers 16 classroom training opportunities to the community
at regional training sites strategically located throughout Minnesota.
Technical assistance vouchers from $250 to $500 are provided to 30 organizations,
enabling them to contract with expert consultants for capacity building
services. GMCC provides customized one-on-one technical assistance to
15 organizations.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Duluth, Mankato, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Moorhead and St. Cloud.
Subaward Plan:
GMCC annually gives subawards in amounts
up to $15,000 to address specific capacity needs. Priority is given
to organizations that address a priority need identified by CCF.
Contact Information:
1001 East Lake Street
Minneapolis, MN 55407
612-721-8687
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HELP New Mexico, Inc.
Award Amount, Year 1:
$500,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
HELP New Mexico, Inc. (HELP NM) has
42 years of experience founding, sustaining, and enhancing faith-based
and community organizations. It strives to create self-sufficiency and
economic opportunities to strengthen families.
Project Description:
HELP NM holds yearly trainings in the
form of collaboration fairs in New Mexico. Participation is free and
open to organizations throughout the state. HELP NM requires or strongly
encourages subawardees to attend some sessions. Approximately 50 selected
organizations participate in subsequent technical assistance activities
with a trainer and mentor. In selecting these organizations, HELP NM
gives priority to those that have never received Federal funding. HELP
NM awards approximately 10 subawards, for a total of $240,000 annually.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Rural and urban areas in New Mexico
Subaward Plan:
HELP NM encourages all technical assistance
participants to apply for subawards and gives priority to organizations
implementing programs focused on any CCF social service priority areas.
Awards do not exceed 30 percent of an agency's annual budget.
Contact Information:
5101 Copper, NE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
505-265-3717
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Housing Assistance Council
Award Amount, Year 1:
$365,846
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Founded in 1971, the Housing Assistance
Council (HAC) is a nonprofit organization with headquarters in Washington,
DC, and regional offices in Georgia, Missouri, and New Mexico. HAC’s
mission is to improve housing conditions for the rural poor across the
country by providing services to faith-based and community organizations
in three programmatic areas: loan assistance, technical assistance and
training, and research and information dissemination.
Project Description:
HAC provides training and technical
assistance via national conferences on housing development, planning
and services for the homeless; regional training on organizational and
program development; and 15 Web-based trainings. HAC awards 45 scholarships
each to the national conferences and regional conferences. HAC also
conducts at least 30 site visits to provide customized technical assistance.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Central Appalachia, the Black Belt
and Lower Mississippi Delta, the Texas-Mexican border, and Native American
areas
Subaward Plan:
Only organizations working in distressed
communities serving rural homeless populations are eligible to receive
subawards. HELP NM issues 10 subawards annually, approximately $15,000
each. One-third of subawards are set aside for start-up programs and
for organizations in existence less than five years.
Contact Information:
1025 Vermont Ave. NW, Suite 606
Washington, DC 20005
202-842-8600
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Ingham County Power of We Consortium
Award Amount, Year 1:
$500,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
The Ingham County Health Department
serves as the administrative, fiduciary, and staff home of the Power
of We Consortium (PWC). PWC is a decentralized, collaborative network
that brokers relationships, information, and resources to tackle community
issues beyond the capacity of any single organization. PWC has more
than a decade of experience building capacity in faith-based and community
organizations in Michigan’s capital area.
Project Description:
PWC provides training workshops open
to FBCOs that serve high-need populations in Lansing. In addition, PWC's
Leadership and Practice Committee provides complimentary capacity building
resources to all eligible organizations. Through a competitive process,
the consortium selects 18 organizations each year to receive subawards
and “guide-by-the-side” technical assistance from mentors. The Leadership
and Practice Committee also facilitates peer-to-peer learning and networking
for FBCOs. PWC distributes $252,000 in subawards annually.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Ingham County (Lansing), Michigan
Subaward Plan:
PWC gives 18 subawards each year ranging
from $500 to $40,000. Organizations eligible for subawards are FBCOs
that provide services to the homeless, at-risk youth, and prisoners
re-entering society.
Contact Information:
5303 S. Cedar
Lansing, MI 48911
517-887-4568
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JAE Enterprises, Inc.
Award Amount, Year 1:
$500,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Founded in 2000, JAE Enterprises, Inc.
(JAE) provides organizational development services and technical assistance
through seminars and workshops to more than 500 small businesses and
nonprofit organizations. JAE also provides consultation in program design
and fundraising.
Project Description:
JAE selects 20 organizations to participate
in tier-two capacity building training, and five organizations are selected
to participate in tier-one capacity building training and receive a
subaward. Organizations that participate in the tier-two program are
eligible to apply for the tier-one program and receive a subaward. Both
tier-one and tier-two organizations participate in training microsessions
on each of the five critical areas through workshops, seminars, Webcasts
and training sessions. JAE distributes $200,000 in subawards annually.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Camden, New Jersey; Norristown, Pennsylvania;
and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Subaward Plan:
JAE annually gives five subawards of
$40,000 each to tier-one participants. Eligible organizations must deliver
social services in CCF priority areas and must be nonprofit organizations
with operating budgets of $150,000 or more.
Contact Information:
110 Pennsylvania Avenue
Suite 102
Oreland, PA 19075
215-576-1903
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JVA Consulting, LLC
Award Amount, Year 1:
$499,994
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
With an 18 year record of working with
nonprofits, JVA Consulting, LLC (JVA) has built the capacity of thousands
of organizations in Colorado and across the country through training
and individual technical assistance, resource development, strategic
planning, and evaluation. JVA has served as a CCF intermediary since
2002.
Project Description:
JVA offers a regional Get Ready for
Change training series that an estimated 20-40 faith-based and community
organizations attend each year. This series consists of four workshops
provided free-of-charge. Organizations that attend the series are eligible
to apply for subawards; organizations that do not receive awards are
still eligible to attend capacity building trainings. Each subawardee
receives 25 hours of individualized technical assistance and joins a
network of organizations serving elders in need. JVA awards a total
of $200,000 in subawards.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Urban and rural areas of Colorado
Subaward Plan:
JVA makes subawards for up to 30 faith-based
and up to 30 community organizations each year. Award amounts vary.
FBCOs that target elders in need receive priority.
Contact Information:
Consulting and Capacity Building
2465 Sheridan Boulevard
Edgewater, CO 80214
303-477-4896
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Lucas County Community Prevention
Partnership dba The Community Partnership
Award Amount, Year 1:
$500,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Founded in 1996 to reduce substance
abuse, The Community Partnership (TCP) widened its focus to poverty
reduction in 2004. TCP is the only organization in the U.S. funded to
engage in systems development accomplished through focused capacity
development through systems change, collaboration, and workforce development.
Project Description:
TCP provides trainings and workshops
attended by 400 organizations annually. County FBCOs are invited to
apply for technical assistance and/or subawards. The project provides
$250,000 in subawards for building organizational capacity. An FBCO
must commit to an online baseline assessment and evaluation and serve
at-risk youth or families transitioning from welfare to work.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Lucas County, Ohio
Subaward Plan:
TCP disburses 15 FBCOs subawards from
$1,000–$20,000 for capacity building activities annually. Participant
organizations are placed in two cohort groups—those serving at-risk
youth and those serving families transitioning out of proverty.
Contact Information:
5902 Southwyck Boulevard
Suite 100
Toledo, OH 43614
419-866-3611
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Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty
Award Amount, Year 1:
$499,630
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
The Metropolitan Council of Jewish
Poverty (Met Council) is a nonprofit organization representing and coordinating
the efforts of 25 grassroots Jewish Community Councils in the New York
City area. It is the primary advocate for the needs of poor Jews, reaching
out to the isolated Jewish poor and elderly, and for increasing public
recognition of the extent and nature of poverty among Jews through legislative
and social advocacy.
Project Description:
Met Council delivers 18 capacity building
workshops annually. Workshops are open to faith-based and community
organizations in the New York metropolitan area at no cost to the organizations.
Organizations interested in the program apply for a SWOT (Strength,
Weakness, Opportunity, Threat) analysis. A team of experts provides
100 hours of one-on-one technical assistance to organizations that complete
the SWOT analysis. Met Council distributes $208,000 in subawards each
year.
Geographic Scope of Project:
New York City metropolitan area—The
Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island, New York
Subaward
Plan:
Met Council annually distributes funds
to up to 25 FBCOs; awards are $2,000 to $15,000 each. Organizations
working in the CCF social service areas receive priority.
Contact Information:
80 Maiden Lane, 21st Floor
New York, NY 10038
212-453-9504
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Michigan Nonprofit Association
Award Amount, Year 1:
$499,240
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
The Michigan Nonprofit Association
(MNA) was established in 1990 to promote the awareness and effectiveness
of Michigan's nonprofits, volunteerism, and philanthropy. MNA has become
one of the largest and most highly effective U.S. nonprofit trade associations.
It successfully addresses the needs of Michigan nonprofits by providing
capacity building training and technical assistance; negotiating vendor
discounts and services; and conducting research, advocacy, and public
policy initiatives. More than 1,000 nonprofits throughout Michigan are
members of MNA; thousands more use MNA's services each year.
Project Description:
Michigan NOW! has divided the state
into four regions to provide training and technical assistance coverage.
It devotes approximately 90 percent of staff and consultant time on
the project to providing technical assistance and training; and 200
selected faith-based and community organizations receive approximately
400 training hours per year delivered in about 100 one-hour to day-long
sessions. It provides $200,000 in subawards annually.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Michigan
Subaward Plan:
A subset of applicants selected for
training and technical assistance services receives subawards from $4,000
to $6,000 to fund capacity building activities. Priority is given to
those that show capacity building would enable them to deliver economic
and social well-being services in new areas, to new target populations,
with the assistance of technology equipment.
Contact Information:
1048 Pierpont Drive
Suite 3
Lansing, MI 48911
517-492-2400
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Mount Wachusett Community College
Center for Democracy/Humanity
Award Amount, Year 1:
$200,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Mount Wachusett Community College Center
for Democracy/Humanity (MWCC) created the Institute for Non-Profit Development
(INPD) to address capacity building needs of grassroots and nonprofit
organizations. Since its inception, INPD has offered more than 20 workshops
to 313 organizations, provided 729 hours of technical assistance, and
distributed $47,390 in grants to 17 organizations.
Project Description:
MWCC hosts 33 skill-building workshops
to approximately 210 organizations. It provides 200 vouchers for training
in the identified capacity building areas. Of those 200, up to 24 receive
subawards and become peer models of exemplary best practices in capacity
building. MWCC offers a total of $240,000 in subawards to these organizations.
Geographic Scope of Project:
North central Massachusetts
Subaward Plan:
MWCC provides four to eight faith-based
and community organizations per year with subawards and intensive group
and individualized technical assistance, over a six-month period. Those
awards are approximately $10,000 to $20,000, each in amounts manageable
for a small organization. After organizations have been chosen to participate,
MWCC provides six monthly six-hour sessions to subawardees, using the
cohort learning model.
Contact Information:
444 Green Street
Gardner, MA 01440
978-630-9322
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New Detroit, Inc.
Award Amount, Year 1:
$500,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
New Detroit is a coalition of leaders
representing business, labor, media, foundations, community and civil
rights organizations, and educational, health, and religious institutions.
Formed in response to civil unrest in 1967, New Detroit's mission is
to work as the coalition of Detroit-area leadership addressing the issue
of race relations by positively impacting issues and policies that ensure
economic and social equity. New Detroit has been one of the principal
incubators of small faith-based and community organizations since its
inception.
Project Description:
New Detroit assists approximately 100
organizations’ leaders to identify their capacity building needs by
offering training workshops in the following areas: NPower’s TechSurveyor
training, pro bono legal audits, community asset mapping and needs assessment,
and grant-writing workshops. Supplemental technical assistance in these
areas is offered to over 50 organizations. New Detroit also offers individualized
technical assistance consultations to fifteen organizations.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Detroit, Hamtramch, Highland Park,
Mt. Clemens, and Pontiac, Michigan
Subaward Plan:
New Detroit annually gives 25 organizations
subawards from $5,000 to $15,000, totaling $200,000. Priority is given
to organizations that address one of the priority needs identified by
CCF.
Contact Information:
3011 West Grand Boulevard, Suite 1200
Detroit, MI 48202
313-664-2000
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Nueva Esperanza, Inc.
Award Amount, Year 1:
$500,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Nueva Esperanza, founded in 1987, is
the largest Hispanic faith-based community development corporation in
the United States. Its mission is to strengthen the hispanic community
nationwide by raising awareness and identifying resources through a
network of faith-based and community organizations, churches, and ministries.
Project Description:
Nueva Esperanza delivers two regional
training events and one national training event open to FBCOs. Each
participant in the technical assistance program receives 30 hours of
individualized assistance. Nueva Esperanza offers an orientation event
to organizations interested in the subaward program. The Hispanic Capacity
Project distributes $200,000 in subawards annually.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Lehigh Valley and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Subaward Plan:
Nueva Esperanza gives subawards to
approximately 20 FBCOs annually, with the average award being $10,000.
Organizations that work in the CCF social services areas receive priority.
Contact Information:
4261 North 5th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19140
215-324-0746
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Professional Counseling Resources,
Inc.
Award Amount, Year 1:
$500,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Since 1982, Professional Counseling
Resources, Inc., located in Wilmington, has helped faith-based and community
organizations throughout Delaware and surrounding regions expand their
capacity to provide services to at-risk youth, adults, and families.
Project Description:
Professional Counseling Resources hosts
five conferences across Delaware open to FBCOs. Organizations are also
eligible to apply for an intensive program that includes cohort-based
training, individualized technical assistance, and executive coaching.
Each subawardee receives 100 hours of individual capacity building assistance.
Professional Counseling Resources distributes $200,000 in subawards
to FBCOs annually.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Delaware
Subaward Plan:
Professional Counseling Resources provides
subawards of $5,000 to $20,000 to 15 to 20 FBCOs that deliver services
in the CCF social service priority areas.
Contact Information:
2500 West 4th Street
Suite 5B
Wilmington, DE 19805
302-656-7737
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Providence Plan
Award Amount, Year 1:
$500,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
The Providence Plan (ProvPlan) has
a mission to improve the economic and social well-being of Providence,
Rhode Island, its neighborhoods, and its residents. It provides programs
that reduce poverty, promote social connectedness, increase affordable
housing, and make neighborhoods safe and livable. ProvPlan also operates
the largest data warehouse in the state and provides access to neighborhood
data through its Web site. In addition, ProvPlan houses a capacity building
initiative for FBCOs, a workforce initiative for at-risk youth, and
a school readiness initiative.
Project Description:
ProvPlan’s New Roots initiative is
the centerpiece of its demonstration grant; New Roots is a two-year-old
program that seeks to build the capacity of FBCOs in Rhode Island through
training, technical assistance, and financial assistance. New Roots
staff oversees day-to-day management of the project and leads outreach
efforts. In addition, New Roots designed a 10-session training series
that 250 faith-based and community organizations will take part in over
the course of the project. New Roots also arranges for consultants
to provide customized technical assistance to approximately 15 organizations
each year and manages a subaward program. New Roots provides more than
$200,000 in subawards annually.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Rhode Island
Subaward Plan:
New Roots disburses $200,000 in subawards
to approximately 15 organizations each year using a competitive process.
Priority is given to FBCOs that are emerging organizations no more than
three years old, and small FBCOs with an average annual operating budget
of less than $300,000. New Roots makes awards of $10,000 to $18,000.
Contact Information:
56 Pine Street, Suite 3B
Providence, RI 02903
401-455-8880
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Region V Systems
Award Amount, Year 1:
$500,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Region V Systems was created in 1974
by Nebraska's legislature, which organized a statewide regional system
to coordinate and oversee the delivery of a full range of behavioral
health services and programs to youth and adults.
Project Description:
Region V Systems hosts a capacity building
conference for organizations that have completed an organizational pre-assessment.
Project C.A.R.I.N.G. holds a minimum of two training sessions that are
open to any organization that completes a pre-assessment. In addition,
it provides individualized technical assistance to 40 percent of organizations
that complete the pre-assessment. Finally, a minimum of $240,000 in
subawards is distributed to eligible organizations annually.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Butler, Fillmore, Gage, Jefferson,
Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Polk, Richardson, Saline,
Saunders, Seward, Thayer, and York Counties, Nebraska
Subaward Plan:
Project C.A.R.I.N.G. distributes $240,000
in subawards to as many as 20 faith-based and community organizations
each year. Award amounts range from $5,000 to $25,000. Subaward
grantees must identify a leadership team and participate in 25 to 35
hours of technical assistance.
Contact Information:
1645 N Street
Suite A
Lincoln, NE 68508
402-441-4343
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Regional Violence Initiative, Inc.
Award Amount, Year 1:
$461,397
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Founded in 1996 as the Regional Violence
Initiative, Inc., the St. Louis for Kids (SL4K) name and mission were
adopted in 2000. St. Louis for Kids provides leadership, coordination,
technical assistance and advocacy to the region's youth-serving organizations.
By focusing on improving the quality, accessibility, and sustainability
of nonschool-hour programs, St. Louis for Kids strives to give youth
the opportunity to achieve their full potential and grow into healthy
adults.
Project Description:
Three training sessions target a broad
cross-section of up to 150 youth and family oriented organizations.
SL4K selects from 10 to 15 faith-based and community organizations from
among those completing a self-assessment and request for proposal process
to receive up to 50 hours of technical assistance. This assistance is
based on an individualized Capacity Improvement Plan developed by SL4K
and each selected organization. The executive directors of the selected
FBCOs participate in at least eight monthly Executive Leadership Roundtable
Sessions.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Missouri, St. Charles, St.
Louis, and Washington Counties, Missouri; Calhoun, Jersey,
Madison, Monroe and St. Clair Counties, Illinois.
Subaward Plan:
Organizations targeting at-risk youth
are eligible to compete for a subaward. Ten to fifteen FBCOs receive subawards
of varying amounts annually; no awards exceed $20,000.
Contact Information:
1415 Olive Street
Suite 150
St. Louis, MO 63103
314-241-0011
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The
Renaissance Education Group, Inc.
Award Amount, Year 1:
$500,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
The Renaissance Education Group (REG)
is a nonprofit youth development agency that has provided programs and
services, as well as technical assistance, since 2000; it was formally
incorporated in 2006.
Project Description:
REG launched its project with a community-wide
orientation that discusses the needs of the community and organizations.
REG conducts a series of workshops, free of charge, for faith-based
and community organizations. It also provides direct and individualized
technical assistance through expert mentoring and a peer mentoring process.
REG also offers approximately $200,000 in subawards to eligible organizations.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Durham City and County, North Carolina
Subaward Plan:
REG provides 10 training sessions on
the five capacity building areas to serve a minimum of 100 organizational
participants. Twenty organizations are selected to receive technical
assistance from REG, which provide a minimum of 25 hours of direct consultation.
REG provides subawards to 10 faith-based and community organizations
that have a range of goals, affiliations, and beliefs, and that work
to address the needs of the community; each organization receives up
to $20,000.
Contact Information:
P.O. Box 80696
Raleigh, NC 27623
919-623-3862
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SafeHouse Outreach, Inc.
Award Amount, Year 1:
$500,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Since 1982, SafeHouse has provided
training for grassroots urban outreach organizations, youth organizations,
small nonprofits, and churches in the areas of leadership and program
development, community engagement, and board development.
Project Description:
SafeHouse Outreach, X-Factor Consulting,
and Metro Atlanta Youth for Christ's Mentoring Organizational Development
Enhancing Resources & Networks (MODERN) project provides capacity
building training and technical assistance to at least 20 faith-based
and community organizations.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Atlanta, DeKalb, Fulton, and Georgia
Counties, Georgia
Subaward Plan:
The MODERN project identifies 20 FBCOs
to receive between $1,000 and $20,000 in subawards. MODERN project training
includes five one-day workshops, 24 hours of individualized technical
assistance at various program sites, and 24 hours of mentoring/shadowing
activities.
Contact Information:
89 Ellis Street
Atlanta, GA 30303
800-900-4787
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United Way of the Midlands
Award Amount, Year 1:
$499,714
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
United Way of the Midlands serves six
counties in central South Carolina and an area surrounding the
state capital, Columbia. This area, know as the Midlands, has been served
by United Way for over 80 years. United Way determines and prioritizes
community needs in order to properly develop and distribute community
resources. United Way of the Midlands provides training and technical
assistance for nonprofit boards and executive leaders whose priority
areas include the homeless and at-risk youth.
Project Description:
The Partners in Compassion project
offers 1,300 hours of technical assistance, $260,000 in annual subawards,
and a series of workshops to build the organizational capacity of 20
competitively-selected organizations. Participants commit to participating
in 11 hours per month of technical assistance delivered through one-on-one
coaching and small group meetings.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Calhoun, Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland and
Orangeburg Counties, South Carolina
Subaward Plan:
Partners in Compassion awards 20 subawards
from $5,000 to $15,000. Organizations attend a series of orientation
workshops in the designated counties. The project gives priority to
organizations that have not received Federal funds and are implementing
programs in the areas of homelessness and at-risk youth.
Contact Information:
1800 Main Street
Columbia, SC 29201
803-733-7312
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United Way of Northeast Florida,
Inc.
Award Amount, Year 1:
$499,301
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
United Way of Northeast Florida is
the leader of the Champion Zone, a coalition and collaborative initiative.
With over 40 years of combined experience, the coalition partners, which
include the Duval County Public Schools, The Community Foundation, and
Jacksonville Children's Commission, have been providing training and
technical support to the Jacksonville community in all five capacity
building areas.
Project Description:
The Community Zone Coalition (Coalition)
provides group-based education, skill building, and one-on-one technical
assistance. The Coalition conducts outreach to form a group of approximately
33 organizations to participate in advanced capacity building activities.
Community Zone makes $200,000 in Federal funds and $100,000 in matching
dollars available for subawards to participating organizations each
year.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Arlington neighborhood of Jacksonville,
Florida
Subaward Plan:
The Coalition subaward project focuses
on organizations that serve at-risk youth and families in transition
from welfare to work. The subawards distributed begin at $5,000 and
increase depending on identified program designs and targeted needs.
The Coalition disburses approximately 50 subawards.
Contact Information:
1301 Riverplace Boulevard
Suite 400
Jacksonville, FL 32207
904-390-3200
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University of Massachusetts Donahue
Institute
Award Amount, Year 1:
$499,162
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Established in 1971, the University
of Massachusetts Donahue Institute (UMDI) provides services to public
agencies, as well as private and nonprofit faith-based and community
organizations, to assist them in achieving optimal operating performance.
UMDI is one of the Commonwealth's leading providers of custom leadership
and management training, having trained more than 75,000 managers throughout
the United States. UMDI staff includes experts in leadership and management,
organizational development, strategic planning, facilitation, fund development,
program design, curriculum development, research and evaluation, and
fiscal management.
Project Description:
UMDI’s Demonstration project, Compassion
Massachusetts, is a collaborative between UMDI, Berkshire Community
Coalition, Barnstable Justice for Youth Collaborative, and the New England
Network for Child, Youth & Family Services. Berkshire Community
Coalition and Barnstable Justice for Youth Collaborative is instrumental
in identifying local needs and recruiting FBCO participants; the New
England Network for Child, Youth, & Family Services and UMDI is
responsible for implementation. All subawardees receive a minimum of
80 hours of onsite direct and individualized technical assistance each
year. Compassion Massachusetts provides $200,000 in subaward funds each
year.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Barnstable and Berkshire counties,
Massachusetts
Subaward Plan:
UMDI distributes subawards to 15 to
20 FBCOs; subawards range from $5,000-$20,000.
Contact Information:
100 Venture Way
3rd Floor, Suite 9
Hadley, MA 01035
413-545-0001
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University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Center for Community Partnerships
Award Amount, Year 1:
$499,810
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
The University of Wisconsin-Parkside
and the University of Wisconsin-Extension established the Center for
Community Partnerships (CCP) in 1997 as a portal for connecting the
resources of the university to the capacity building needs and priorities
of faith-based and community organizations in southeast Wisconsin.
Project Description:
The Kenosha-Racine CCF Project provides
15 workshops for at least 400 FBCO staff each year. To qualify for one-on-one
assistance, organizations must serve economically distressed individuals
in the CCF priority areas and maintain an annual operating budget of
less than $400,000. The project offers a basic organizational assessment
used to connect organizations to additional capacity building resources.
Eight organizations are selected to recieve a comprehensive assessment
consisting of 50 hours of data collection and analysis. The project
also provides $200,000 in subawards.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Kenosha and Racine, Wisconsin
Subaward Plan:
The Kenosha-Racine CCF Project administers
two levels of subaward opportunities: minigrants from $500 to $2,000
and six to eight comprehensive grants up to $25,000. Both types are
available to all CCF program subawardees that complete the pre-assessment.
Contact Information:
900 Wood Road
P.O. Box 2000
Kenosha, WI 53141
262-595-3340
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Volunteer Florida Foundation, Inc.
Award Amount, Year 1:
$500,000
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Volunteer Florida Foundation (Foundation),
located in Tallahassee, furthers community service by allocating and
managing grants, helping strengthen the capacity of nonprofits, and
securing community support through volunteerism and private sector involvement.
Since 2000, the Foundation has responded to the State of Florida Executive
Office's call to sponsor and develop family literacy centers, the Florida
Mentoring Partnership serving at-risk children, the Faith and Community-Based
Initiative, and the Strengthening Families Initiative.
Project Description:
The Foundation hosts four workshops
annually to explain the capacity building process and provide guidance
to FBCOs in addressing common problems. It establishes six technical
assistance groups of up to 16 faith-based and community organization
leaders with organizational budgets of less than $500,000. In addition
to facilitated mentoring and individual technical assistance, the groups
meet bimonthly with community leaders. Technical assistance is also
available to other FBCOs on an ad-hoc basis, and capacity building resources
are posted to the Foundation Web site. The Foundation also disburses
$200,000 in capacity building subawards annually.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Florida, excluding Duval and Miami-Dade
Counties
Subaward Plan:
The Foundation provides subawards averaging
$10,000 to approximately twenty organizations. It issues requests for
proposals (RFPs) and runs two subaward competitions. Applicants must
serve a distressed community and demonstrate significant need for their
service to their community. Priority is given to organizations with
annual budgets less than $500,000 and that have never recieved a Federal
grant.
Contact Information:
401 South Monroe
Elliot Building
Tallahassee, FL 32301
800-825-3786
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Wichita State University, Center
for Community Support and Research
Award Amount, Year 1:
$499,641
Award Year:
2007
Organization Description:
Wichita State University‘s Center
for Community Support and Research (Center) partners with communities
and organizations to strengthen Kansas through education, leadership
development, facilitation, and research. Its services to grassroots
and nonprofit organizations include strategic planning; vision and mission
development; grant writing; program evaluation; team building; collaboration;
conflict resolution; outcome-based planning and monitoring; evaluation;
self-help group referrals; and resource materials for leadership development
and self-help group development and maintenance. Founded as the Self-Help
Network in 1986, the Center has been a CCF intermediary since 2004.
Project Description:
Compassion Kansas provides 60 free
capacity building workshops to faith-based and community organizations.
It also provides a statewide toll-free technical assistance number,
an email newsletter, and capacity building toolkits that FBCOs can access
online. Attendees to one of four regional grant development workshops
may apply for a capacity building subaward and up to 100 hours of direct
technical assistance. Compassion Kansas provides a total of $212,500
in financial assistance to FBCOs annually.
Geographic Scope of Project:
Kansas
Subaward Plan:
Compassion Kansas awards financial
assistance to 20 organizations annually. Organizations must provide
social services to the homeless, elders, at-risk youth, and families
in transition. Priority is given to organizations that have not recieved
Federal funding and have annual budgets below $100,000.
Contact Information:
1845 Fairmount, Box 34
Wichita, KS 67260
316-978-3843
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