Community Economic Development Capacity Building Program

Community Economic Development Capacity Building Program (CED) for FY2023 Projects including Business Alliance for People of Color: Building Capacity and Strengthening Connections Among New Hampshire’s BIPOC Business Owners Making Matters NH: Concord Makerspace Capacity and Program Expansion Overcomers Refugee Services (ORS): Refugees Helping Refugees Give NH a

Organization: Overcomers Refugee Services (ORS) Address: Website: ORS is led by and works with immigrant community members, and they have demonstrated strong community impact in their efforts to support immigrant community members in finding employment, starting a small business, and in placing them in stable housing. Through

Organization: Safari Youth Club Address: Website: These organizational capacity building activities would strengthen the organization by compensating staff, expanding collaborations, and increasing revenue. SFC has done an incredible job renting and borrowing community facilities and grounds for their programs but as the organization matures, they hope to

Organization: Business Alliance for People of Color Address: Newfields Website: BAPOC is an alliance of businesses working in solidarity with each other to advocate on behalf of and provide support for the NH BIPOC business owner community. BAPOC centers the work on cultural principles that are of

Organization: Spark the Dream Address: Website: Spark the Dream has a vision of providing a place for young African immigrants to connect to their roots and culture. The organization is led-by and in support of Black-immigrant populations in Manchester, a growing and under resourced population. Spark the

Organization: Mark Stebbins Community Center Address: Website: The Mark Stebbins Community Center is seeking to acquire a building to co-locate services, collaborate across service and community partners, and deliver services that aim to benefit target populations. The West Side is a region is under-resourced and many residents

Organization: Making Matters NH Address: Website: With a paid part-time coordinator over two years, Making Matters NH would be able to build sustained partnerships, increase memberships, expand programming, and position the skilled volunteers to focus on classes and training rather than community outreach and administration. They currently