Economic Contingency Grant
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
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Other requirements
- Review program requirements carefully before submitting
- Requirements vary from project to project
- Applications will not be reviewed unless all information is received
- Download and review the Program Requirements PDF before applying
Overview
Geographic Scope: City of Harrisburg, PA
Background: The organization allocated about $1 million in reserve funds for additional support to smaller economic development projects.
Funding Focus Areas
Projects must demonstrate impact in at least one of the following areas:
- Improving operational efficiency, safety and livability of the City
- Improving a community or neighborhood by making it more livable or viable, providing benefit to principally low-and moderate-income people, or removing/eliminating slums or blighted areas
- Building the Tax Base by adding to real estate, redevelopment of non-taxpaying blighted properties into tax-paying properties
- Job Creation by creating permanent jobs in the City and employing City residents to the extent possible
- Quality of Life by improving operational efficiency, safety and livability
- Revenue Generation by increasing earned income or other taxes paid directly to the City
Guiding Principles
- Leverage of other funds both private and public
- Accountability of fund dispensation and management
- Funding of projects not operations
- Transparency through fair and rational scoring process
- Producing measurable outcomes
- Respect, preserve and grow the culture of Harrisburg's neighborhoods
- Inclusion: increasing opportunities and capacity for minority and other disadvantaged groups
Contact Information
Address: 709 Green Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 61403, Harrisburg, PA 17106-1403
How to Apply
Application Process
Requirements:
- Review program requirements carefully before submitting
- Requirements vary from project to project
- Applications will not be reviewed unless all information is received
- Download and review the Program Requirements PDF before applying
- Projects must be "construction ready"
- Projects must achieve goals outlined in the Harrisburg Strong Plan
Application Types Available:
- Infrastructure Project Grant
- Large Economic Development Grant
- Community Building Grant
- Infrastructure Contingency Grant
- Economic Contingency Grant
What Impact Harrisburg actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2023 — the most recent filing with itemized grants
- Grants in 2023
- 10
- Total given
- $106K
- Median grant
- $10K
- Range
- $5,205–$20K
- By dollars: Pennsylvania 100%. Top recipient cities: Harrisburg, PA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 90% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
In His Presence Ministries · Harrisburg, PA
Economic development
$20K
Boys & Girls Club · Harrisburg, PA
Economic development
$20K
Heinz Menaker Senior Center · Harrisburg, PA
Economic development
$13K
Vice Capital LLC · Harrisburg, PA
Economic development
$10K
Seventh Street Real Estate Holding · Harrisburg, PA
Economic development
$10K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Community development
- Economic services
- Nonprofits
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