SHARE Grants: Preparedness and Resilience Micro Grant

Overview

Empowering Local Partners for Sustainable Impact

We're on a mission to scale our impact by sharing our deep knowledge and operational expertise with local nonprofit leaders and partners. By increasing the effectiveness of local nonprofit organizations with deep roots in at-risk communities, we’re building on what’s already working and delivering effective solutions at a greater scale to help more families return home.

How Our Share Program Works

In the wake of disasters, SBP’s SHARE Program fills critical capacity gaps in communities by providing local nonprofits with tailored funding, training, and capacity-strengthening initiatives to meet recovery needs. Through strategic partnerships with industry leaders, we empower local and national nonprofit partners to lead local recovery efforts with the specific tools, resources, and knowledge they need most. Through technical assistance, funding, specialized support for flood recovery, and training, our SHARE program equips partners to navigate challenges and support their communities to rebuild and recover.

Preparedness and Resilience Micro Grant

SBP exists to shrink the time between disaster and recovery. We believe a prompt, efficient, and predictable recovery fortifies survivors against reaching their breaking point. SBP is committed to sharing resources and best practices developed over the past 16 years with other nonprofits and community-based organizations. To learn more about SBP, please visit SBPUSA.ORG.

SHARE Program Overview:

The SHARE Program, SBP’s in-house foundation, awards grants to qualifying nonprofit partners to address the unmet housing needs of under-resourced neighbors and communities. In addition to funding, the SHARE Program offers grantees technical training and consulting services on a variety of topics, including how to implement the Toyota Production System, how to develop effective and efficient processes for volunteer management, case management, construction and contractor selection, and more.

Grant details:

SBP is offering eligible nonprofit organizations the opportunity to apply for grant funds to support individuals in areas at high risk for extreme weather or climate change impacts. This may include households that may experience flooding, wildfires, hurricanes, tornados, storm surge, or high tide flooding due to sea level rise. Resilience and preparedness measures to support these at-risk households can be supported by this grant in various capacities including:

Minor fortification of the home such as wind resistant windows and doors, flood vents (gates), removal of vegetation or trees that pose risk, elevation certificates, or acquiring a year of flood/wildfire insurance

* This would need to be matched with additional outside funds

Wider community preparedness and disaster response efforts such as preparedness and emergency kits or training events.

* Translation services in order to provide content to all program participants
* Home Mailer campaign to get the word out about preparedness /response resources
* Purchase and distribution of window unit or standalone air conditioners
* Generators
* Space heaters
* Rain Collection systems for non-potable water
* The aforementioned ideas are not inclusive of all purposes of this grant, however, are meant to provide a general understanding of the types of activities this funding may be used for.

Grant funds may only be used to assist individuals at or below 120% of their respective Area Median Income. Please refer to the Department of Housing & Urban Development’s annual income limits for your specific county to ensure individuals meet this metric. In addition these funds can go to either of the following:

* Homes being built or repaired with the intention of selling to renters
* Homeowners whose primary and only residence

While this grant is open to all organizations who meet the above criteria, priority will be given to groups providing social services to immigrant, migrant, refugee, indigenous, and communities of color to apply.

On average awards will be at or around $5,000 to impact a minimum of 2 households for repairs, or 15- 25 households for community programming.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* What types of organizations are eligible to apply:
* 501c3 nonprofit organizations that provide home repairs or new construction services to homeowners impacted by a presidentially declared disaster in IA-declared counties AND/OR
* Organizations providing social services, education, training, and resources to newcomer populations in communities at risk of extreme climate events.
* Organizations repairing homes for the first time are welcome and encouraged to apply. 
* Preferences / Guidelines:
* No more than $5,000 can be used on a single household
* All work done by contractors must comply with the state, county, and city licensing requirements.
* Applicants can include up to 10% towards admin/project management costs.
* Preference will be given to applicants to leverage SBP grant funds with other funding sources, however, this is not a requirement.
* All work done by contractors must comply with the state, county, and city licensing requirements.
* Applicants can include up to 10% towards admin/project management costs.