Building Opportunities for Lasting Development (BOLD) Grant Program

The Building Opportunities for Lasting Development (BOLD) Grant Program, initiated by the City of Birmingham’s Department of Innovation and Economic Opportunity, invites innovative proposals for enhancing economic development. With a focus on fostering resilience and mobility, the program aims to support women-, minority-, and disadvantaged-owned businesses. Now entering its seventh year, BOLD seeks to collaborate with community organizations to cultivate an inclusive and thriving economic landscape in Birmingham.

The City of Birmingham’s Department of Innovation and Economic Opportunity (IEO) is soliciting proposals to provide public funds to any firm, corporation, or other business entity, public or private, for the purpose of promoting economic development in Birmingham. IEO is requesting creative, evidence-based proposals for programming and services that advance economic resilience and mobility in Birmingham under the Building Opportunities for Lasting Development (BOLD) funding program. Now in its seventh year, the BOLD funding program seeks to develop partnerships with community organizations that share IEO’s vision of making Birmingham the model of an inclusive and resilient economy.
Consideration of BOLD proposals is weighted upon measurable community impact in one or more of the following objectives and in one or more of the following geographic priority areas.