General Fund 2022 Call for Proposals
Appalachian Community Fund
2022 General Fund Request for Proposals
ACF is launching its 2022 General Fund with a streamlined online application process. ACF remains committed to funding grassroots organizations with a preference to organizations with budgets of $100,000 or less. All awards will be for general operating expenses.
Submissions should be complete by Friday, May 13th, 2022
The board will be making decisions the through mid-June.
Grant awards will go out before the end of June.
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New Application Process!
- In order to apply visit our online application portal.
- New users will be required to create an account which they can use to apply to any future funding opportunities at ACF.
New grantees should go over our funding criteria for guidance.
FUNDING CRITERIA
ACF provides grants to community-based organizations working for social, economic, racial, and environmental justice in Central Appalachia.We look to fund organizations that have developed a realistic plan for creating social change and prioritize work that utilizes organizing and education as strategies to achieve this end. We invite projects that are startup in nature.We fund organizations working to:
- End racism, sexism, classism, homophobia, ageism, and ableism
- Promote non-violent communities
- Build organizations that are fair, inclusive, and democratic
We do not fund:
- Profit-making organizations
- Electoral lobbying for initiatives or public office
- Individual efforts
- Major capital projects
- Social services organizations (unless they demonstrate some analysis and strategies intended to challenge the systems that lead to the problem)
Organizations wishing to apply must:
- Work in the Appalachian counties of Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and/or West Virginia. For organizations based outside the region, the proposal must include a specific work plan for the Appalachian portion of the work
- Have their 501(c)(3) tax exempt status or a fiscal sponsor that is a 501(c)(3) organization
- Be community-led, community-driven, and community-based
- Strive for change at a systemic level, instead of or in addition to one person at a time
- Demonstrate an understanding of forms of oppression, especially racism
- Have strong local community leadership representative of and accountable to the organization’s constituency
