Funding Opportunities

Please check here regularly for notice and description of other types of funding opportunites as they become available.

Rhode Island Emergency Food and Shelter Board Requests for Proposals

A new round of grants for the time period beginning Jan. 1, 2010, have been announced. The application (click here) deadline is Oct. 29, 2009.

Merger and Consolidation Fund Request for Proposal

• Request for Proposal; Click here for the Application Cover Sheet
• Merger and Consolidation Fund Forum Presentation
  

ODMXpress for program grant applicants and recipients

If you have been invited to complete a grant application and have received a user name and password, please click here to access ODMXpress. Click here for ODMXpress instructions.

Requests for Proposals for three year program grants

The following Requests for Proposals (RFP) are now available:

• Financial Stability Project - Click here for the RFP

Who is eligible to apply for a grant?

Organizations that:

• That have the current capacity and experience to provide services described in one of the above RFPs in Rhode Island,
• Have a letter of determination of 501©[3] status from the IRS or who have a fiscal agent that has 501©[3] status,
• Meet United Way of Rhode Island’s Community Accountability Standards, which are posted here.

How to apply for a grant -

To apply for a grant, please e-mail your Letter of Intent form to the indicated person listed in the RFP. Submissions will be accepted by e-mail only. Please click here for the Letter of Intent form. Please do not include an additional cover letter, brochures, support letters, or any other attachments. The Letter of Intent must be received no later than Thursday February 12th, 2009 at noon.

Applicant Workshops

Click here to view a schedule of informational Applicant Workshops about each grant opportunity held at United Way of RI.