In-Kind Technical Assistance Grants
Funding Amount
$75,000 - $100,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Technical assistance award to city leaders interested in replicating the Financial Empowerment Center initiative.
Focus Areas:
- Replicating the evidence-based Financial Empowerment Center model developed in New York City
- Capacity building and technical assistance for implementing financial counseling programs
Award Details:
- Award Amount: $75,000 to $100,000 in in-kind technical assistance (not direct grant funding)
- Geographic Scope: Multiple cities across the United States
- Eligible Applicants: Mayors and city leaders interested in implementing the Financial Empowerment Center model
Important Notes:
- Selected cities receive no direct grant funding from the CFE Fund
- Cities must identify other public or private funding sources to cover program operations
- Award includes robust technical assistance and capacity building resources at no cost
- Cities that received this grant include: Cleveland, OH; Hartford, CT; Hawai'i County, HI; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL; San Francisco, CA; and Seattle, WA (as of February 2014)
Contact Information:
- Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund
- 44 Wall Street, Suite 1050
- New York, NY 10005
- Phone: 646.362.1638
- Website: cfefund.org
What Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 85
- Total given
- $4.95M
- Median grant
- $50K
- Range
- $20K–$280K
- By dollars: Tennessee 8%, Wisconsin 8%, California 7%. Top recipient cities: Milwaukee, WI; Sacramento, CA; Memphis, TN.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 30% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Equal Justice Works · Washington, DC
Facilitate a legal fellowship program to provide legal assistance to fec clients
$280K
City of Charleston SC · Charleston, SC
Launching a local financial empowerment center (fec) initiative
$200K
City of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA
Launching a local financial empowerment center (fec) initiative
$185K
City of Kansas City MO · Kansas City, MO
Convening stakeholders and creating a municipal financial empowerment blueprint
$100K
City of Little Rock AR · Little Rock, AR
Supporting a full-time leader to plan a municipal office of financial empowerment
$100K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Capacity building
- Nonprofits
- Economic services
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