The Building Communities Fund Program awards state grants to nonprofit, community-based organizations to defray up to 25 percent or more of eligible capital costs to acquire, construct, or rehabilitate nonresidential community and social service centers.
Donor Name: Washington State Department of Commerce (WSMA)
State: Washington
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 08/22/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This program awards state grants to Tribes and nonprofit community-based organizations to defray eligible capital costs to acquire, construct, or rehabilitate nonresidential community service centers. Approved projects will be reimbursed for 25% of their eligible capital costs. Under exceptional circumstances the department may reduce the amount of nonstate match required.
Eligible Projects
A proposed project must:

Be a nonresidential facility;
Consist of acquisition, construction, or rehabilitation of a facility used to deliver services (social service and multipurpose community centers) including those serving BIPOC and rural communities; and
Be located in a “distressed community” or serve a substantial number of low-income or disadvantaged persons.

Eligibility Criteria
All applicants must meet the following eligibility standards at the time the application is submitted:

Be a Tribe or registered in the state of Washington as a nonprofit organization;
Have a legally constituted board of directors;
Agree to enter the LEED certification process or receive an exemption from Commerce;
Agree to pay state prevailing wages as of the date the budget becomes effective;
Have control of the project site via ownership or executed long-term lease (15 years) at the time of application – operating agreements will not be accepted as site control. All lease agreements must be recorded with the county of record.
Have made progress in an active capital fundraising campaign dedicated to the project; and
Not be complete. Projects that are complete or do not need state funds to be complete are ineligible.

For more information, visit WSMA.