Center for Community Change Grants for Emerging Organizations in Low Income Communities
Deadline: April/May Each Year
Through the support of the Charles S. Mott Foundation, the Center for Community Change (CCC) offers grants through its Mott Emerging Organizations Program. This program supports emerging community organizing groups in low-income neighborhoods or communities.
Applicant groups must be:
* Younger than 5 years old.
* Have a budget under $100,000.
* Have fewer than five full-time staff.
* Be engaged in, or developing a program of grassroots community organizing.
* Be located in a low-income community and have members, volunteers and board members from that community.
* Be from the states of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Tenessee, Florida, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington state, and the District of Columbia.
* Preferably working on more than one issue (i.e., not just focused on education).
Assistance to groups in the program consists of three parts:
* A small grant (from $3,000 - $10,000).
* Training and technical assistance from a CCC staff person
* Participation in the annual Mott grantees networking conference
Groups may receive support from this program for up to three years.
Applications are available in April of each year by writing to the Charles S. Mott Foundation.
