Innovative Capacity Building Fund
This fund provides the means for Federation-funded agencies and partners to strengthen and improve their organizations, programs, and services through a one-time allocation of funds. As the name implies, this donor-led grant rewards innovation, creativity, and collaborative approaches that benefit multiple agencies. Grants of up to $10,000 are available.
The following types of projects are eligible for this grant:
• Projects that improve organizational health (board development, evaluation of programming, improved financial structure, etc)
• Projects that help organizations meet the challenges of the current environment (help organizations pivot, manage change, adapt to new realities)
• Pilot projects
• Collaborative projects that bring multiple organizations together to coordinate the delivery of a service or improve the delivery of an existing service
• Projects that collectively address a specific problem or enhance community assets
• One-time educational programs, training, aimed at increasing the capacity of individuals, or providing solutions to communal challenges
• Projects that help organizations meet the challenges of the current environment (help organizations pivot, manage change, adapt to new realities)
• Pilot projects
• Collaborative projects that bring multiple organizations together to coordinate the delivery of a service or improve the delivery of an existing service
• Projects that collectively address a specific problem or enhance community assets
• One-time educational programs, training, aimed at increasing the capacity of individuals, or providing solutions to communal challenges
