The federal government announced Monday it has awarded a total of $1-million in grants to five organizations that will offer management help and training to small and medium-size nonprofit groups.
The grants were awarded under the Nonprofit Capacity Building Program, a project that was created by last year’s Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act with a strong push from Sen. Max Baucus, the Montana Democrat who chairs the Senate Finance Committee.
The Corporation for National and Community Service, which manages the program, said the grants were designed to help nonprofit groups improve their ability to tackle pressing social problems and measure their results.
The two-year grants went to:
- The Arizona Community Foundation ($220,000)
- The Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston ($220,000)
- The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits ($200,000)
- United Way of the Bay Area ($200,000)
- The University of Central Florida ($160,000).
The corporation received 75 applications for the grants, a spokeswoman said. President Obama’s proposed 2011 budget eliminates money for the Nonprofit Capacity Building Program. However, the Senate Appropriations Committee in July proposed spending $10-million.
One Response to Federal Nonprofit Management Grants Announced
joe5991 - August 10, 2010 at 3:11 pm
I’m confused. I thought one of the primary missions of a community foundation or the United Way was capacity building and support of local NGOs in their region? So why do they need to get federal dollars to do what they were created to do and funded to do by their donors?