Community Development

For information about community development funding opportunities, investigate these sponsors:

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Funding for Urban Poverty Grants Program - The Funding for Urban Povertty Grants Program provides support for research that explores ways to help the urban poor strengthen their voices and improve their economic, health, and social opportunities. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is interested in learning from innovative approaches while supporting efforts that deliver results. Funding for grants in this area are invitation only, see web site for details on submitting an inquiry.
Deadline: Open

Ford Foundation Community Development Program - The Ford Foundation Community Development Program supports organizations developing policies and approaches that can lead to and sustain social, racial and economic equality. The Ford Foundation focuses on equitable collaboration among all sectors in a community, including the marginalized, and the development of approaches to community development that are sustainable over the long term. Funding for grants in this area are invitation only, see web site for details on submitting an inquiry.
Deadline: Open

Russel Sage Foundation - Cultural Contact Program - The Culutural Contact Program supports research that makes an effort to bring social science to bear more effectively on improving the quality of contact among the many racial and ethnic groups that make up American society. The interest of the Cultural Contact Program at the Russell Sage Foundation, is to foster positive inter-group attitudes and avoid group conflict that can undermine the tolerance and social acceptance that are essential to the successful functioning of democracy. Awards range from $35,000 to $500,000. Russell Sage Foundation mainly provides support for analyzing data and writing up results, but occaisionally consider larger award for data acquisition project highly relevent to the above summarized program goals.
Deadline: August 15, March 15