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Community Impact Projects
(up to $3,000)
*100% Match Required
Click to Download Application -  2008 Large Project Grant
The Community Impact Projects fund is only available for 501 (c) (3) non-profit organizations. The objective is to enable a non-profit organization or groups working with a non-profit to implement a large-scale community improvement project. Community groups awarded funding will match the donation by contributing volunteer labor, materials, professional services, or cash.
Program Examples: Neighborhood clean-up and landscaping projects, cultural awareness, prevention, health, safety, recreation and educational support.
Community Match
For every dollar that is funded, the community group is required to provide a 100% match. This may consist of cash, donated professional services, materials or volunteer labor.
The best way to consider ideas for a match is to look over a list of all the resources needed to complete the project and then identify those items on the list that can possibly be found in the neighborhood. The total value of the match must meet or exceed the amount requested from the Neighborhood Grants Program.
The amount and type of match must be appropriate to the needs of the proposed project. The applicant must be prepared to justify each element of the match and is required to complete the proposed project. The following are requirements for an eligible match:
· Volunteer labor is the resource that neighborhood organizations can obtain most readily. In planning your project, it is important to determine which tasks volunteers can complete, how long each task will take to perform, and how many volunteers will be needed. Volunteer time that is not an eligible match includes time spent planning and putting together the application and raising the match itself. All volunteer labor will be valued at $12.00 an hour.
· Professional services can be an important part of the match as long as the services provided are necessary to the project and valued in proportion to the needs of the project. Applicants should decide early on whether a professional service would be donated or compensated through the grant. A person cannot be a volunteer and also be paid from the grant.
· Donated materials or supplies are valued at the price that would have been paid if purchased. Borrowed equipment can also be considered part of the match and valued at the amount that would have been paid to rent.
· Cash is an acceptable match. It is the easiest match to use and document. Cash, must be expended first before using any County Neighborhood Grant Program monies.
Unacceptable Matches
What you need to know about Public Funding
If you are successful in gaining public funds from the Neighborhood Grants Program, there are some special considerations about public funding that are helpful to understand the planning of your budget and time line.
The money for Community Impact Projects is granted in the form of a written agreement between your non-profit organization and Clark County. This agreement or contract lays out the terms and methods of being funded, based on the budget and work plan you propose in your application. (Click here for sample of Resolution Agreement)
Fiscal Agent:
Handling money, bookkeeping, bill paying and record keeping are easy for some and a nightmare for others. Should you or your organization lack the experience in handling funds in the amounts you are requesting, you should carefully consider an experienced fiscal agent. Some fiscal agents charge a fee, often a percentage of the amount of money they handle (3-10 %). You may want to budget for that expense.
Reporting: To demonstrate the effective use of public funds, Town and Liaison Services requires each recipient to file a Progress Report and Statement of Completion that includes a project summary, an evaluation of the project, and pictures and/or media clippings of the project.
revised on 10/2/08 |