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This report is for an example organization: Cedar Falls Housing Trust — a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in CO working in Housing and Community Development. Every grant below was a genuine, open federal opportunity on grants.gov when the report ran on September 27, 2026; deadlines may have passed since. When you run your own, you get exactly this — matched to your organization, from the grants open that day.

Grant match report

7 open federal grants for a 501(c)(3) nonprofit working in Housing, Community Development

We scanned 7 open eligible grants and removed 0 that don't fit your org type. Every grant below was a real, open grants.gov opportunity on September 27, 2026; deadlines and day counts are as of that date. Click any title to open its official listing.

ROSS Rapid Response Program

Department of Housing and Urban Development · PIH-ROSS-26-001

Fit 56/100

Weak fit — likely not worth pursuing

Deadline

January 25, 2027

Award

Up to $250,000

Why it matched

Open now and your organization type is eligible to apply
120 days until the 01/25/2027 deadline
Nonprofits are explicitly named as eligible applicants

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants Include: a. Public housing authority (PHA) or Indian housing authority b. Nonprofit, including a PHA affiliate or instrumentality, with or without a 501(c)(3) status from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), other than an institution of higher education c. Resident associations (RA) with either locally incorporated nonprofit status, (usually designated by the State) or an IRS 50

What the grant funds

The ROSS Rapid Response Program (RRP) awards one-time assistance via a cost-reimbursable grant for service coordination and limited direct services for residents of HUD-assisted housing. The RRP utilizes a simplified application process to promote local leadership and flexibility in addressing urgent social needs caused by unanticipated emergencies. Examples of these emergencies can include but are not limited to: • Natural disasters (e.g., wildfires or hurricanes) • Public health crises (e.g., gun violence, community-level contamination or environmental hazards) • Economic disruptions (e.g.,

Why this fits you

Cedar Falls Housing Trust clears the eligibility bar as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, which the verbatim eligibility language expressly includes. However, the funder's stated purpose is narrow: one-time, cost-reimbursable service coordination and limited direct services for residents of HUD-assisted housing responding to an *unanticipated emergency* (natural disaster, public health crisis, or economic disruption) at a target site. Nothing in the organization's profile establishes that it serves an identified HUD-assisted target site or that a qualifying recent emergency has occurred — and a housing trust's typical work (development, preservation, lending) is not resident service coordination. If the Trust can document both a HUD-assisted target site it serves and a specific triggering emergency, this becomes a viable fit; absent those two facts, it is a weak fit and staff time is better spent elsewhere.

Draft Letter of Intent outline

**Need statement:** Residents of [NAME OF HUD-ASSISTED PROPERTY/PHA SITE, city, CO] experienced [SPECIFIC UNANTICIPATED EMERGENCY — e.g., the [DATE] [wildfire / flood / contamination event / closure of [EMPLOYER]]], which disrupted [housing stability / income / access to food, medical care, transportation] for approximately [#] households, including [#] seniors and [#] households with children. Document the date, scope, and source (county emergency declaration, PHA incident report, utility or employer notice) — the funder's framing requires the emergency to be unanticipated, so the timeline matters.
**Project summary:** A [12–18]-month rapid response effort placing [#] FTE service coordinator(s) at [target site] to conduct household needs assessments, connect residents to benefits and emergency assistance, and deliver limited direct services such as [emergency transportation, food access, replacement of essential household items, short-term case management]. Include a simple output table: households assessed, referrals completed, direct-service units delivered. Note that costs will be drawn down on a cost-reimbursement basis, consistent with the funder's stated grant structure.
**Alignment with the funder's stated priority:** The funder states that the program "awards one-time assistance via a cost-reimbursable grant for service coordination and limited direct services for residents of HUD-assisted housing" and "utilizes a simplified application process to promote local leadership and flexibility in addressing urgent social needs caused by unanticipated emergencies." Map each proposed activity to one of those two categories — service coordination or limited direct services — and name the emergency category it addresses. Do not propose construction, rehabilitation, permanent staffing, or ongoing programming; those fall outside the stated purpose.
**Organizational capacity:** State the Trust's 501(c)(3) status and Colorado nonprofit registration; the written partnership or MOU with [PHA / multifamily owner] granting access to the target site and resident population; years of operation and annual budget; single-audit or independent audit history; and financial systems capable of cost-reimbursement drawdowns (a real constraint — the Trust must front costs). Name the proposed coordinator's qualifications or the hiring timeline. Flag honestly for the grants director: if the Trust has no prior resident services or case management track record, this section is the application's weakest point and may require a lead applicant with that experience.
**Requested amount range:** $[150,000]–$250,000, at or below the stated $250,000 award ceiling. Build the budget from actual coordinator salary and fringe, direct-service pass-through amounts, and allowable indirect costs; confirm cost-share and indirect-rate rules in the full NOFO before finalizing. The close date is 01/25/2027, which allows time to secure the site partnership and document the triggering emergency before submission.

Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 AmeriCorps State and National Competitive Grants

AmeriCorps · AC-08-28-26

Fit 48/100

Weak fit — likely not worth pursuing

Deadline

January 13, 2027

Award

Award ceiling not specified

Why it matched

Open now and your organization type is eligible to apply
108 days until the 01/13/2027 deadline

Eligibility

State Service Commission and/or States and US Territories

What the grant funds

AmeriCorps improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. AmeriCorps brings people together to tackle some of the country’s most pressing challenges through national service and volunteerism. AmeriCorps members serve with organizations dedicated to the improvement of communities and those serving. AmeriCorps grants are awarded to eligible organizations that engage AmeriCorps members in evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions to strengthen communities. An AmeriCorps member is a person who does community service through AmeriCorp

Why this fits you

The eligibility language for AC-08-28-26 is limited verbatim to "State Service Commission and/or States and US Territories," and Cedar Falls Housing Trust is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit — not an eligible applicant for a direct submission to this competition. The substantive fit is closer: the synopsis describes engaging AmeriCorps members in evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions to strengthen communities, which a housing organization can plausibly support. But because the organization cannot apply directly under the stated eligibility, this opportunity should not be pursued as a prime applicant.

Draft Letter of Intent outline

**Need statement:** Cedar Falls Housing Trust serves Colorado communities facing housing instability and affordability pressure; the Trust should insert its own verified local data here (households cost-burdened, waitlist length, units preserved or produced, service gaps) rather than rely on generalized claims. Note also the organizational need this draft addresses: the Trust lacks a direct path to this funding stream and requires a pass-through arrangement.
**Project summary:** A proposed AmeriCorps member service project in which members support housing stability work — e.g., housing navigation and application assistance, financial and tenancy readiness coaching, volunteer mobilization for home repair and weatherization, and data collection on client outcomes. Scope, member slot count, and service positions would be defined jointly with an eligible applicant. This draft is written as **operating-site / subapplicant material to be submitted to Colorado's state service commission**, not as a direct grants.gov application under AC-08-28-26.
**Alignment with the funder's stated priority:** The synopsis states that AmeriCorps grants are awarded to eligible organizations that engage AmeriCorps members in evidence-based or evidence-informed interventions to strengthen communities, and that members serve with organizations dedicated to the improvement of communities. A host-site role for the Trust matches the member-placement model described. The Trust must be prepared to document the evidence base for its chosen intervention and to meet member supervision, living allowance administration, and benefit/education award compliance requirements as defined by the eligible prime applicant.
**Organizational capacity:** Describe here the Trust's 501(c)(3) standing, years of housing operations in Colorado, current staffing and supervisory capacity for member cohorts, prior federal or state subaward experience and audit history, financial systems capable of subrecipient reporting, and any past AmeriCorps or volunteer-program host experience. If the Trust has not hosted AmeriCorps members before, state that plainly and describe the supervision plan it would build.
**Requested amount range:** The award ceiling is not stated in the opportunity, and the amount available to a host site depends entirely on the eligible applicant's subaward structure and member slot allocation. Do not name a figure until the state commission's subgrant guidance and cost-per-member-service-year parameters are in hand; the grants director should set the range at that point.
*Recommended next step:** Rather than preparing a submission against the 01/13/2027 close date, contact Colorado's state service commission to ask whether it intends to compete under AC-08-28-26 and whether it will run a subgrant or operating-site solicitation. Confirm eligibility and subapplicant requirements directly with that commission and with AmeriCorps program staff before investing further writing time. Nothing here should be read as an indication that funding would follow.

Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP Competition

AmeriCorps · AC-08-20-2026

Fit 48/100

Weak fit — likely not worth pursuing

Deadline

October 20, 2026

Award

Award ceiling not specified

Why it matched

Open now and your organization type is eligible to apply
23 days until the 10/20/2026 deadline

Eligibility

State Service Commission and/or States and US TerritoriesFor the category of private institutions of higher education, only non-profit institutions of higher education are eligible.

What the grant funds

AmeriCorps improves lives, strengthens communities, and fosters civic engagement through service and volunteering. AmeriCorps brings people together to tackle some of the country’s most pressing challenges through national service and volunteerism. AmeriCorps members and AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers serve with organizations dedicated to the improvement of communities and those serving. AmeriCorps helps make service a cornerstone of our national culture. This funding announcement is an opportunity for communities to apply for funding to engage adults ages 55 and older in tackling the community

Why this fits you

The eligibility language for this competition names State Service Commissions and/or States and US Territories, plus nonprofit private institutions of higher education — it does not list community-based 501(c)(3) nonprofits, so Cedar Falls Housing Trust does not appear to be an eligible applicant as written. The program's stated purpose is also to engage adults ages 55 and older as RSVP volunteers addressing community needs, which is a volunteer-mobilization model rather than the housing development, preservation, or affordability work that defines this organization. A stronger path would be serving as a volunteer station or partner under an eligible applicant (such as Colorado's state service commission), or confirming eligibility directly with the AmeriCorps program officer before investing in an application.

Draft Letter of Intent outline

Need statement: Cedar Falls and surrounding Colorado communities face documented shortages of affordable housing and home-repair capacity for cost-burdened and aging residents; older adults in particular face housing instability, deferred maintenance, and social isolation that limit their ability to remain safely in their homes. (Insert local data: county housing cost-burden rate, share of households age 55+, waitlist counts, and unmet home-repair requests from Trust records.)
Project summary: If pursued through an eligible applicant, the Trust would serve as an RSVP volunteer station engaging adults ages 55 and older in service roles tied to housing stability — peer housing navigation and application assistance, minor home-repair and weatherization support alongside licensed crews, resident outreach and wellness checks, and intake support at Trust offices. The Trust would supply site supervision, volunteer position descriptions, background-check compliance, safety training, and service-hour and outcome tracking.
Alignment with the funder's stated priority: The opportunity states it is an opportunity for communities to apply for funding to engage adults ages 55 and older in tackling the community's most pressing needs through the AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP program, and that it is an open competition across all states and territories. Housing instability is among the most pressing needs in the Trust's service area, and the proposed roles would place 55+ volunteers directly in service to neighbors facing it. Note plainly: the eligibility language as published points to State Service Commissions, States and US Territories, and nonprofit private institutions of higher education, so the Trust's role would be as a partner or volunteer station rather than as the direct applicant unless AmeriCorps confirms otherwise.
Organizational capacity: (Insert verified figures.) Cedar Falls Housing Trust is a 501(c)(3) with [X] years of operation, [X] FTE staff, an annual operating budget of $[X], and prior experience managing [number] volunteers annually. Relevant infrastructure includes [volunteer management system], a background-check policy, financial systems with [single audit / independent audit] history, and existing partnerships with [county human services, area agency on aging, local faith and civic groups] that support recruitment of older-adult volunteers.
Requested amount range: The award ceiling is not stated in this announcement, so no dollar figure should be committed until the full Notice of Funding Opportunity and any cost-share requirements are reviewed. For internal planning only, a volunteer-station-level scope comparable to the roles above would likely require $[X]–$[Y] annually to cover site supervision, volunteer support costs, and training; confirm allowable costs, match requirements, and the applicable application deadline of 10/20/2026 with the eligible lead applicant before finalizing.

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative: Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program

Forest Service · USDA-FS-2026-GLRI-CFP

Fit 48/100

Weak fit — likely not worth pursuing

Deadline

December 8, 2026

Award

Up to $1,000,000

Why it matched

Open now and your organization type is eligible to apply
72 days until the 12/08/2026 deadline

What the grant funds

Federally recognized Indian Tribes, local government entities, and nonprofit organizations that are qualified to acquire and manage land may apply for up to $1,000,000 for the fee simple acquisition of private forest land in portions of the Lake Superior Basin of Michigan and Wisconsin. Projects submitted for funding consideration must be forested properties at least five acres in size that are threatened by conversion to non-forest uses and that provide community benefits including economic, environmental, educational, and recreational benefits. An additional focus of this opportunity is to p

Why this fits you

This opportunity funds fee simple acquisition of private forest land located specifically in portions of the Lake Superior Basin of Michigan and Wisconsin, with competitiveness tied to terrestrial habitat connectivity within a defined Pilot Area — none of which corresponds to a Colorado-based housing trust's service area. While nonprofit organizations qualified to acquire and manage land are named among eligible applicants, Cedar Falls Housing Trust's affordable housing mission does not match the stated purpose of conserving forested properties threatened by conversion to non-forest uses. Absent a Michigan or Wisconsin land holding inside the eligible geography and a demonstrated forest stewardship capacity, this is a geographic and programmatic mismatch that a review panel would likely score poorly.

Draft Letter of Intent outline

**Need statement:** Any competitive submission here must document forest land in the Lake Superior Basin of Michigan or Wisconsin that is at least five acres and threatened by conversion to non-forest uses; Cedar Falls Housing Trust would need to identify such a property and the community benefit gap it addresses, which its current Colorado portfolio does not supply.
**Project summary:** Only pursue if the Trust controls or can option an eligible forested parcel in the named geography, with a project scope centered on fee simple acquisition and long-term forest management — not housing development, which is not the stated purpose of this program.
**Alignment with the funder's stated priority:** The program's stated priorities are economic, environmental, educational, and recreational community benefits; protection, enhancement, and increased resilience of habitats sustaining native aquatic and terrestrial species important to the Lake Superior ecosystem; meaningful community engagement; and strategic contributions to terrestrial habitat connectivity within the defined Terrestrial Habitat Connectivity Pilot Area. The Trust cannot credibly claim alignment on habitat connectivity or Lake Superior ecosystem outcomes from Colorado.
**Organizational capacity:** The synopsis limits applicants to entities "qualified to acquire and manage land." The Trust should not represent forest ecology, aquatic habitat, or Great Lakes stewardship expertise it does not hold; a realistic path would be a supporting role to a Michigan or Wisconsin land trust or Tribal applicant, if such a partner is willing and if the Notice of Funding Opportunity permits partner structures.
**Requested amount range:** The award ceiling is $1,000,000 for fee simple acquisition; no request should be drafted until an eligible parcel, appraisal basis, and the cost-share and other requirements in the linked Notice of Funding Opportunity document are confirmed.
*Recommendation:** Decline this opportunity and redirect staff time toward housing and community development programs matched to Colorado. If leadership still wants to explore it, the first step is reading the full Notice of Funding Opportunity (linked under "Related Documents" and the "Instructions" link in the "Package" tab) to confirm eligibility details, since the eligibility field is not stated in the summary. The close date is 12/08/2026.

Exploring and Enhancing Outdoor and Heritage Tourism in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

National Park Service · P27AS00032

Fit 48/100

Weak fit — likely not worth pursuing

Deadline

November 4, 2026

Award

Up to $50,000

Why it matched

Open now and your organization type is eligible to apply
38 days until the 11/04/2026 deadline

Eligibility

PLEASE NOTE: Projects that take place outside the watershed are not eligible for consideration. A link to all the counties in the watershed can be found in Appendix A. A full map can be found here.Chesapeake Gateways Network Requirement: The applicant must be a non-federal Chesapeake Gateways Network member (Place, Experience, Community, or Programmatic Partner). To become a Chesapeake Gateways Ne

What the grant funds

Goal: Encourage outdoor recreation and natural, historical, and cultural tourism that expands access to and awareness of the Chesapeake Bay watershed and fosters economic development of communities.ObjectivesNPS Chesapeake Gateways is offering this competitive grant opportunity to strengthen a community's ability to offer or enhance outdoor recreation and natural, historical, and cultural tourism that connects visitors and residents to the Chesapeake Bay watershed as detailed in the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998.Through this grant opportunity, NPS Chesapeake Gateways will:Enhance outdo

Why this fits you

This opportunity is geographically restricted to projects within the Chesapeake Bay watershed and requires the applicant to be a non-federal Chesapeake Gateways Network member; Cedar Falls Housing Trust is based in Colorado, which is outside the eligible watershed counties, so the organization does not meet the stated eligibility conditions. The program's stated goal — outdoor recreation and natural, historical, and cultural tourism that connects visitors and residents to the Chesapeake Bay watershed — also does not match a housing trust's core mission of affordable housing. Pursuing this solicitation would not be a productive use of the organization's proposal development capacity.

Draft Letter of Intent outline

Need statement: Cedar Falls Housing Trust's documented need is affordable and stable housing for Colorado residents; the need this funder addresses is expanded access to and awareness of the Chesapeake Bay watershed through outdoor and heritage tourism, which is a different problem in a different region, and the organization has no watershed-based constituency to document.
Project summary: No fundable project can be scoped under this solicitation, because the announcement states that projects taking place outside the watershed are not eligible for consideration; any housing-focused activity Cedar Falls Housing Trust would propose would occur in Colorado and therefore fall outside the eligible project area.
Alignment with the funder's stated priority: The stated objectives — enhancing outdoor recreation and natural, historical, and cultural tourism in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, linking outdoor and heritage tourism to economic impact, and celebrating gateway communities — do not correspond to the organization's housing development and preservation work, and the organization is not a Chesapeake Gateways Network member (Place, Experience, Community, or Programmatic Partner) as the eligibility language requires.
Organizational capacity: Cedar Falls Housing Trust is an established 501(c)(3) with nonprofit governance and financial administration capacity, but it holds no assets, staff, sites, or programs within the Chesapeake Bay watershed and no interpretive or heritage-tourism program history to serve as the basis for a competitive application here.
Requested amount range: No amount is recommended for request. The award ceiling is $50,000; the grants director may wish to redirect this effort toward HUD, USDA Rural Development, Treasury CDFI Fund, or Colorado state and regional housing solicitations where the organization's mission and service area are eligible.

FY 2026 Continuum of Care Competition and Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program Grants NOFO

Department of Housing and Urban Development · CPD-2600-DC-0025

Fit 46/100

Deadline

September 30, 2026

Award

Up to $25,000,000

Why it matched

Open now and your organization type is eligible to apply
Closes soon (09/30/2026) — 3 days left
Nonprofits are explicitly named as eligible applicants

Eligibility

Eligible project applicants for the CoC Program Competition are found at 24 CFR 578.15 and include nonprofit organizations; state governments; local governments; instrumentalities of state and local governments; Indian Tribes and tribally designated housing entities, as defined in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103); and public ho

What the grant funds

The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program is designed to:promote a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness;provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, States, Indian Tribes or Tribally Designated Housing Entities [as defined in section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103) (TDHEs)], and local governments to quickly rehouse individuals and families experiencing homelessness, persons experiencing trauma or a lack of safety related to, or fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assaul

2026 National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Cost Share Grant Program

Forest Service · USDA-FS-UCF-01-2026

Fit 38/100

Deadline

October 12, 2026

Award

Up to $750,000

Why it matched

Open now and your organization type is eligible to apply
Closes soon (10/12/2026) — 15 days left

What the grant funds

The intent of the National Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Cost Share grant program is to advance solutions to the economic, health, and environmental challenges faced by communities. This year’s program focuses on advancing community tree resource utilization, which can reduce waste and create value by turning wood generated from pruning, removals, storm events, and pest or disease outbreaks into useful products. These products may include lumber, slabs, furniture, flooring, biochar, or other materials that strengthen local economies, reduce disposal costs, and improve community resili

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