Economic Development Grant
Funding Amount
Up to $100,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Can we apply?
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Eligible organizations
- Non-profit community-based organizations seeking to move projects forward that work to meet the needs of low- and moderate-income communities in Ohio.
Other requirements
- Hard construction costs
- Fixed assets such as
- Real estate acquisition
- Machinery
Overview
Geographic Scope: Ohio
Focus Areas: Self-sustaining projects that create permanent private sector jobs
These grants provide funding for self-sustaining projects that create permanent private sector jobs to strengthen an area's economic base.
Eligible Uses:
- Hard construction costs
- Fixed assets such as:
- Real estate acquisition
- Machinery
- Equipment
- Furniture
- Fixtures
Eligibility: Non-profit community-based organizations seeking to move projects forward that work to meet the needs of low- and moderate-income communities in Ohio.
Contact Information:
- Finance Fund
- 366 East Broad Street, Suite 101
- Columbus, Ohio 43215
- Phone: 614.221.1114 | 800.959.2333
- Email: info@financefund.org
- Website: financefund.org
What Ohio Community Development Finance Fund actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 18
- Total given
- $1.61M
- Median grant
- $50K
- Range
- $13K–$540K
- By dollars: Ohio 100%. Top recipient cities: Columbus, OH; Cleveland, OH; Cincinnati, OH.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 40% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Finance Fund Capital Corporation · Columbus, OH
Other
$540K
Detroit Shoreway Community Dev · Cleveland, OH
Economic development
$150K
The Refugee Response · Cleveland, OH
Economic development
$147K
Solon Community Living Inc · Solon, OH
Economic development
$100K
Medina Creative Housing · Medina, OH
Economic development
$100K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Community development
- Nonprofits
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