2015 Social Innovation Fund Grant Competition

Post Date

January 23rd 2015

Application Due Date

March 17th 2015

5:00 PM EST

Funding Opportunity Number

CNCS-GRANTS-01232015

CFDA Number(s)

94.019

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Education
Employment, Labor and Training
Food and Nutrition
Health
Housing
Law, Justice and Legal Services

Eligibility Categories

Non-Profits With 501 (c) (3) Status With The IRS (Except Higher Education Institutions)

Experience grantmaking institutions that invests in nonprofit community organizations or programs through grants as an essential rather than collateral means of fulfilling its mission and vision OR eligible partnerships between such institutions and (1) an additional grantmaking institution, (2) a State Commission on National and Community Service, or (3) a chief executive officer of a unit of general local government.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $51000000

• Award Range:

  $1000000 - $10000000

Grant Description

The Social Innovation awards grants to grantmaking institutions, referred to as рintermediaries.с These intermediaries in turn competitively select, provide grants to, and otherwise support high-performing community-based nonprofit organizations to implement evidence-based programs in the areas of healthy futures, economic opportunity and youth development. The intermediaries and the nonprofits must match the grant funds they receive one-to-one in cash from non-federal sources.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Corporation for National and Community Service

• Office:

  None

• Agency Contact:

  Phone (202) 606-3223

• Agency Mailing Address:

  competition direct email

• Agency Email Address:

  SIFApplicant@cns.gov

• More Information:

  Full announcement and information about the competition.