37688 - Tax Credit Grant Writing Assistance 2026
Funding Opportunity Details

Investment Tax Credits

Final Application Deadline:

Description

• CDFA Grant Writing Assistance Program Summary

  The Grant Writing Assistance Program supports qualifying organizations to obtain the assistance of a professional grant writer who can help develop a strong and viable application to CDFA’s Tax Credit Program or Community Economic Development Capacity Building Program and build grant-writing knowledge and capacity.

  PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

  • Support organizations and municipalities with limited grant-writing experience or capacity to obtain professional assistance to help develop a strong and competitive application for CDFA tax credits;
  • Help smaller and less-well-resourced organizations build skills and capacity that will serve them beyond a Tax Credit or Community Economic Development Capacity Building Program application;
  • Cultivate a pipeline of viable applications for CDFA resources; and
  • Advance CDFA’s goal of increasing access to resources.

  ELIGIBILITY

  An eligible applicant is a nonprofit organization or NH municipality. A nonprofit organization must have a dedicated presence in New Hampshire and certified ‘in good standing’ with the NH Department of Justice—Charitable Trust Division. Applicants must have 1) 501c3 status, or 2) certification of NH nonprofit status, or 3) a fiscal sponsor (please review the guidance on CDFA’sResource Hub if you are planning to apply as a fiscally sponsored project).

  PROGRAM GUIDELINES

  CDFA considers several criteria when reviewing applications from eligible organizations, including staffing, experience and capacity. Priority may be given to organizations that demonstrate the following:

  Staffing

  • All volunteer or limited staff (with limited or no development/fundraising knowledge and/or capacity)

  Experience

  • Limited or no development/fundraising/grant-writing experience (e.g. capital campaign, major fundraising)
  • Some other barrier that creates difficulty preparing an application for CDFA tax credits

  Capacity

  • Engaged and supportive Board
  • Successful track record creating/managing programs, or delivering services

   

  Available Funds	Up to $3,000 per award, with no match required from applicant
  Application	Complete a simple application in CDFA’s Grants Management System and provide current/recent operating budgets (review the application outline)
  Deadline	Rolling deadline until funds expended or the January 31, 2025 deadline Applications received by November 14th will be decided upon December 1.  Applications received by December 19 will be decided upon December 31.  Applications received by January 16 will be decided upon January 30. Funds are unlikely to be available after the November deadline. Early applicants are more likely to receive funding. Receipt of a Grant Writing Assistance Program grant does not imply or guarantee the submitted application for Tax Credits will be approved.
  Review/Approval	Within seven (7) days (upon receipt of a completed application)
  Consultants	CDFA to provide a list of consultants with relevant experience, or propose your own

  STEPS FOR APPLYING

  1. Submit your application through CDFA’s Grants Management System. Additional information on how to use the Grants Management System can be found on CDFA’s Resource Hub.

   

  2. Within seven (7) days, CDFA will inform applicants by email about funding decision.

  APPROVED APPLICANTS

  1. Grantees will receive a contract, and need to sign and return the contract by email.

   

  2. CDFA will provide a list of grant writers that have expressed interest in working with applicants or

  grantees may choose a grant writer of their choice. Grantees must execute a contract with the grant writer they choose. CDFA will provide a contract template to Grantees.

   

  3. CDFA will pay one-half of the fee after the contract with the grant writing consultant is signed and the balance when the grant application is completed. To request the payment the Grantee must submit a Claim on the CDFA Grants Management System.

   

  4. Once the grant application for Tax Credits is completed and submitted, the Grantee may submit a second and final invoice. If the Grantee does not submit the application but the grant writer completes the work, then the final payment may be requested and paid.