Strategic Partnership Funds Application Timeline Update The application for Strategic Partnership Funds (SPF) is not open at this time as the City moves to direct these funds towards Closing the Achievement / Opportunity Gap. The application release will be announced via the Community Development email listserv, as well as posted here. To receive email updates about Strategic Partnership funding opportunities, please sign up for your CD Listserv found here. Please direct any additional questions about the Strategic Partnership Fund grant cycle to Paul D’Angelo / Community Development Program Director / pdangelo@ashevillenc.gov / 828 251 4098. We appreciate your patience as we work through this process to improve the Strategic Partnership Grant efforts. What are Strategic Partnership Funds (SPF)? Strategic Partnership Funds are locally paid for out of the City’s general fund. The Strategic Partnership Fund provides funding for nonprofit organizations that serve Asheville residents. Available funding and funding priorities are determined annually by the Asheville City Council. The Housing and Community Development Committee makes its funding recommendations to City Council. The purpose of the Fund is to directly support the Asheville City Council’s 2036 Vision. Proposals for funding each year must demonstrate how the applicant will directly support this vision. Priority is given to applicants that further the Asheville City Council’s Vision 2036 by: Creating opportunities for economic mobility. Addressing disparities in low-wealth neighborhoods, such as health, housing and educational inequities. Developing partnerships to support Asheville City Schools and programs that close the achievement gap. Improving food security and healthy food availability in food deserts. Providing support for small, local, homegrown and minority-owned businesses. Providing services that directly support affordable housing and increased employment opportunities, such as child care, transportation, and job training 2019-2020 Strategic Partnership Funding Agency and Program: Funding Recommendation: Asheville Writers in Schools and Communities-Word on the Street $7,500 Aspire Youth and Family- Kids at Work $5,000 Council on Aging Buncombe County- Service Coordinator for the City of Asheville $7,500 Hola Community Arts- Latino Partnership Program $3,333 Mt. Zion Community Development-Project Empower/ NAF $5,000 My Daddy Taught Me That-Youth In Public Housing Disparities $21,667 YMI Cultural Center- Restoring the YMI $10,838 YWCA of Asheville and Western North Carolina- Swim Equity $8,335 Asheville Art Museum Association-Early Literacy Through Art (ELTA) $1,667 Asheville Museum of Science-Closing the Achievement Gap through STEM Learning for Students and Families $10,000 Children First/ Communities in Schools- Claxton Student Support Specialist and Pisgah View $13,333 The Christine Avery Learning Center- CWA Early Learning Program $20,000 One Youth at a Time-Tutoring, Mentoring, and Education $2,662 Partners Unlimited-Academic Enhancement $16,667 Getting Back to the Basics- Community Summer Day Camp $3,167 Read to Succeed- Read to Succeed $9,667 Youth Transformed for Life-R.O.S.E.S. and M.O.S.S $21,667 Buncombe Partnership for Children – Early Childhood Workforce Development $10,667 Pisgah Legal Services-Tenant Eviction Response Program $13,333 Green Opportunities-GO YouthBuild Community Improvement Projects $13,333 YWCA of Asheville and Western North Carolina-Getting Ahead in a Just Getting By World $3,333 Aspire Youth and Family- Employ Youth $3,333 Community Action Opportunities-Life Works for the Justice Involved $4,000 Just Economics-Removing Barriers to Income Mobility $2,833 OnTrack Financial Education and Counseling-Volunteer Income Tax Assistance $7,333 River Front Development Group- African American Cultural Heritage Project $5,000 Bountiful Cities- Community Garden Network Support $3,333 last update: 8/02/2021 Related Services MWSBE Certification Find information to register for certification as a Minority, Woman, and/or Small Business Enterprise (MWSBE) with the City of Asheville. Business Inclusion The Business Inclusion Office for the City of Asheville actively seeks to identify minority and women-owned businesses for an opportunity to participate as providers of goods and services to the city. Apply for a commercial film or photography permit Information about commercial filming and photography work involving city-owned property, sidewalks, streets, and parks. Apply for a special event or festival permit Information about hosting an event on city-owned property, sidewalks, streets and parks. Find cold weather emergency shelter When extreme cold weather is expected, the Asheville Homeless Coalition issues a Code Purple Alert. Participating homeless shelters voluntarily add space beyond their normal capacity to keep as many people as possible out of the cold. To find out when Code Purple is in effect, visit the Homeless Coalition’s Code [...] Find financial support for your Asheville business Learn about financial support that may be available for your business. Find or register a minority, women or disabled-owned business Resources for finding or registering a minority, women or disabled-owned business. More Related Services Strategic Partnership Funds News Voices from Asheville’s Emergency Shelter, Part 1: Tony and Lisa Posted on October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 by Angelica Driver This spring, the City of Asheville began providing rooms for unsheltered people experiencing homelessness at several hotels in the area, including at the Ramada Inn, 148 River Ford Parkway. This incredible opportunity was made possible by an unprecedented level of federal funding from several sources. It played a key role in keeping our homeless community [...] Homelessness: How our whole community wins when we invest in ending homelessness Posted on September 27, 2021October 11, 2021 by Angelica Driver Read Part 1 and Part 2 of our series on homelessness solutions in Asheville. Homelessness issues in Asheville are long-standing and complex. Right now, the City of Asheville has an unprecedented level of resources available to help end chronic homelessness and build the homeless service system we need to best [...] City of Asheville’s Business Inclusion Office launches AVL Pathways to Grow training program Posted on September 7, 2021September 7, 2021 by Angelica Driver The City of Asheville’s Business Inclusion Office is excited to announce a new training program for local small businesses, AVL Pathways to Grow. The training program is geared towards helping women and small business owners of color to grow and scale up their businesses. AVL Pathways to Grow is a collaboration between the City’s Business Inclusion [...] More Strategic Partnership Funds News
MWSBE Certification Find information to register for certification as a Minority, Woman, and/or Small Business Enterprise (MWSBE) with the City of Asheville.
Business Inclusion The Business Inclusion Office for the City of Asheville actively seeks to identify minority and women-owned businesses for an opportunity to participate as providers of goods and services to the city.
Apply for a commercial film or photography permit Information about commercial filming and photography work involving city-owned property, sidewalks, streets, and parks.
Apply for a special event or festival permit Information about hosting an event on city-owned property, sidewalks, streets and parks.
Find cold weather emergency shelter When extreme cold weather is expected, the Asheville Homeless Coalition issues a Code Purple Alert. Participating homeless shelters voluntarily add space beyond their normal capacity to keep as many people as possible out of the cold. To find out when Code Purple is in effect, visit the Homeless Coalition’s Code [...]
Find financial support for your Asheville business Learn about financial support that may be available for your business.
Find or register a minority, women or disabled-owned business Resources for finding or registering a minority, women or disabled-owned business.
Voices from Asheville’s Emergency Shelter, Part 1: Tony and Lisa Posted on October 11, 2021October 11, 2021 by Angelica Driver This spring, the City of Asheville began providing rooms for unsheltered people experiencing homelessness at several hotels in the area, including at the Ramada Inn, 148 River Ford Parkway. This incredible opportunity was made possible by an unprecedented level of federal funding from several sources. It played a key role in keeping our homeless community [...]
Homelessness: How our whole community wins when we invest in ending homelessness Posted on September 27, 2021October 11, 2021 by Angelica Driver Read Part 1 and Part 2 of our series on homelessness solutions in Asheville. Homelessness issues in Asheville are long-standing and complex. Right now, the City of Asheville has an unprecedented level of resources available to help end chronic homelessness and build the homeless service system we need to best [...]
City of Asheville’s Business Inclusion Office launches AVL Pathways to Grow training program Posted on September 7, 2021September 7, 2021 by Angelica Driver The City of Asheville’s Business Inclusion Office is excited to announce a new training program for local small businesses, AVL Pathways to Grow. The training program is geared towards helping women and small business owners of color to grow and scale up their businesses. AVL Pathways to Grow is a collaboration between the City’s Business Inclusion [...]