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City of Charlottesville

City of Charlottesville Vibrant Community Fund FY26

CLOSED Deadline 11/1/2024

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Description [hide this]

This application is to request funding from the City of Charlottesville Vibrant Community Fund, Charlottesville and Albemarle County Intergovernmental (Contractual) organizations, and new and emerging programs intended to address a critical community need. If you have questions about the type of application your organization should submit, contact Hunter Smith at smithha@charlottesville.gov . Organizations may submit applications for multiple programs. To do so, click on Open Programs above, and then click apply again. Do NOT complete pre-application for second or subsequent programs. Be sure to "SHOW" instructions whenever available.

Disclaimer/Disclosure: The City of Charlottesville reserves the right to award funds from a different funding source other than what an applicant may have selected on the application. In th event of unallocated funds, the City, at its descretion, may award additional funding to an applicant whose project meets an immediate need, priority, and goal of the City.

Requirements [hide this]

1. Applicants must have a 501c3, similar designation from the IRS or have a verified fiscal agent.

2. Applicants must be register with the State Corporation Commission and the Va. Department of Agriculture, Division of Consumer Affairs,Charitable Solicitation Section.

3. Please pay close attention to the financial audit questions as the requirements have been updated for FY26.

4. There is a $200,000 maximum request limit for FY26 which applies to full organizations applying for Vibrant Community Funds. This cap does not apply to Intergovernmental or Fundamental organizations for FY26.

5. The City of Charlottesville may contact applicants for inquiries for surveys, to share other funding opportunities or for other matters related to matters related to community matters.

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For other questions, contact Hunter Smith at smithha@charlottesville.gov

Please refer to the 'Tips, tricks and other info' document in the Library for office hour information and other helpful tips!

Restrictions [hide this]

Individuals and for-profit businesses are not eligible for this funding.

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Description	File Name	Date Uploaded	File Type
Orientation Slides	FY26VCFOrientation.pdf	9/18/2024 8:53:30 AM	PDF
FY26 VCF Scoring Matrix Guide	FY26ScoringMatrix.pdf	9/18/2024 11:51:07 AM	PDF
FY26 VCF Scoring Matrix Guide (Arts & Culture)	FY26ScoringMatrixArtsCulture.pdf	9/18/2024 11:52:30 AM	PDF
FY26 Budget Meeting Calendar	FY26BudgetDevelopmentPublicMeetingsCalendar.pdf	9/18/2024 11:53:59 AM	PDF
Tips, tricks and other info	FY26TipsTricksandInfo.pdf	9/18/2024 12:35:17 PM	PDF

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Summary Pre-Application Application Questions Budget Activity Outcomes Plan and Report; Beneficiaries; Demographics; Financial Reserves Documents Activity Log

Summary

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Please provide the following information for your organization. As an Applicant in the ZoomGrants system, you will only have to complete this information once. Your information will be saved for all other applications submitted through the ZoomGrants system.

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Name of Program (not organization unless they are identical)
Amount Requested City of Charlottesville Request	$
Albemarle County Request If not applying to Albemarle County, please enter 0.	$

Applicant Information
First Name
Last Name
Telephone
Email

Organization Information

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Item Description	Prior Year FY24	Current Year FY25	Projected Amount FY26
Budget	(answers are saved automatically when you move to another field)
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Revenues
For FY26, put in the amount of funding the program is REQUESTING from Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville, and projected amounts from other sources. Please add any miscellaneous revenue in budget notes. You are able to add line items or 'overwrite' the line items you see in the boxes to more closely reflect how you define your budgets. To see dollar and percentage changes, look at "print/view".
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Funding uses/Expenses
Provide actual expenditures for FY25, and projected expenditures for FY25 and FY26. You are able to add line items or 'overwrite' the line items you see in the boxes to more closely reflect how you define your budgets. To see dollar and percentage changes, look at "print/view".
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	Total $ 0.00	Total $ 0.00	Total $ 0.00
Budget Narrative (Discuss the items and amounts you entered above.)
Respond to any relevant question(s). Please number responses. 1. Thoroughly explain any revenue/expenditure line items that show an increase or decrease of 10% or more. 2. If the program is receiving/requesting funding from localities other than Charlottesville or Albemarle, provide the localities and amounts. 3. If "Miscellaneous" revenues are more than 10% of the overall budget, provide a breakout of those revenues. 4. Explain the source of 'City of Charlottesville-other' revenue. 5. Provide any additional information about the budget. 6. Some organizations maintain operational reserve funds and/or capital reserve funds. Operational reserve funds are cash or cash equivalent funds available to support programming. (this does not include value of real estate, vehicles or other assets unless they are maintained strictly as investments). Capital reserves are funds restricted for a one-time project. Provide information about reserves below.
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