EDD Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion OfficeFY25 Capacity Building and Operational Support Grant

EDD Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Office
FY25 Capacity Building and Operational Support Grant

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Background Information

Grant Intention

This grant is intended for supporting organizations in New Mexico that uplift socially and economically disadvantaged businesses, focusing on entrepreneurship and business sustainability:

The JEDI Office in its mission to directly address systemic inequities and barriers to entry for New Mexican business owners and entrepreneurs in EDD, is seeking applications from community organizations, nonprofits, and for profit business to support programming and business tools to aid the growth of socially and economically disadvantaged businesses.

We are seeking grant proposals from those who are doing work to empower entrepreneurship and business sustainability for socially economically disadvantaged business communities throughout New Mexico including but not limited to those in minority, rural, and historically underserved areas.

Funding Availability and Uses

Three $15,000 grants are available for FY25. Grant amount may be used for the following:

Planning Activities: E.g., organizational assessments, strategic planning, fundraising assessment and development, communications/marketing, contingency/disaster planning, or business planning.

Board and Leadership Development: May include activities such as leadership training, defining the role of the board, strengthening governance, assistance with executive transition, succession, expanding the diversity of the board and leadership, and search process.

Strategic Relationships: Technical assistance/consultant support to help organizations work through collaboration and strategic restructuring; positioning for merger or affiliation; or business planning for social enterprise and earned income.

Internal Operations: Improvements to financial management, internal controls and chart of accounts, human resources, or volunteer management; onboarding new staff, training and technical assistance on quality improvement, or facility planning.

Technology Improvements: IT capacity through upgrades to hardware and software, cybersecurity, networking, websites, and staff training to optimize the use of technology.

Developing New Sources for Earned Income: Business planning, contracting, startup costs for a new program, legal services, accounting, or actuarial services.

Building Evaluation Capacity: developing evaluation plans and train staff and board on outcome evaluation methods and metrics.

Evidence-Based Program Adaptation or Implementation: Explore, modify, or adapt an existing evidence-based program or service. NOTE: Because of the small dollar amount and short duration of this grant opportunity, it is not intended for the development from scratch, or validation, of a new program or service. This opportunity is intended only for organizations to implement or adapt an existing evidence-based model to an existing program or service within the organization.

Core/General Operating Uses: To support infrastructure, emerging needs, and salaries of staff involved in the organization’s operations and day-to-day needs. Expenses that are essential for an organization to function.

Notes for Applying Organizations

Organizations are responsible for the GRT (gross receipt taxes) and other applicable taxes for the income received from this grant. For profit organizations should take this into account when applying and incorporate foreseen taxes into the budget and cost proposal part of the application.

Funding will be awarded as full advance payments tied to line items included in budget, which will be designed as milestones. As each line item or milestone is completed and reported on, awarded organizations may invoice for the next milestone or line item. Multiple line items can be combined into milestones as approved by the department.

All contractors with the state excluding nonprofits and local governments will receive a 1099 if they are a grantee.

GRANT DUE: End of day Wednesday, October 30, 2024

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Application Questions

1. Organizational Overview
a. What is the mission of your organization?
b. What specific community or population does your organization serve?
c. Describe your organization’s experience in supporting socially and economically disadvantaged businesses.
d. How many years has your organization been providing services to entrepreneurs and small businesses?

2. Capacity Building
a. What are the main capacity-building needs of your organization?
b. How will this grant help strengthen your organization’s ability to serve your target community?
c. Describe any previous capacity-building efforts your organization has undertaken.
d. What specific activities or initiatives will this grant fund to improve your organization’s capacity? Please specify if the initiatives are existing or new.

3. Programmatic Focus
a. What programs or services does your organization offer to support entrepreneurship and business sustainability for socially and economically disadvantaged businesses? And how do these programs address systemic barriers to entry and growth for minority-owned businesses?
These metrics will be used to measure performance:
b. How many businesses or entrepreneurs do you anticipate serving with these funds?
c. Are you collaborating with other organizations or stakeholders? If so, who are they and how do these partnerships enhance your service delivery?

4. Operational Support
a. How will funds be used for operational support from this grant?
b. Do you plan to hire additional staff or consultants as part of this grant? If so, describe the roles they will play.
c. What technology, tools, or resources will you invest in to improve efficiency and service delivery?
d. Describe any anticipated challenges in scaling or improving your operations and how you plan to address them.

5. Financial Sustainability
a. How does your organization plan to sustain its operations and programs beyond the grant period?
b. What strategies do you use to secure additional funding and resources for your work?c. What is your organizations operating budget?
d. Provide an overview of your organization’s current financial situation and how the grant will help improve long-term financial sustainability.

6. Impact and Evaluation
a. How does your organization measure the success of its programs and services?
b. How do you plan to use data and feedback to improve your services and better meet the needs of the businesses you serve?

7. Equity and Inclusion
a. How does your organization ensure that it is inclusive and equitable in its service delivery?
b. What steps are you taking to engage and support the most marginalized or underserved communities within the socially and economically disadvantaged populations you serve? Please take language access and geographical considerations in your response.

8. Budget and Use of Funds
a. Provide a detailed budget for how the grant funds will be allocated. Include line items and specific funding uses for capacity-building and operational needs identified in your application
b. Are there any matching funds or in-kind contributions your organization will leverage to maximize the impact of this grant?

9. Success Story
a. Share a success story of how your organization has previously supported a socially and economically disadvantaged business. What were the challenges, and how did your organization help the business overcome them?

RUBRIC

Category	Weight (%)	Points (out of 550)	Expectations	Considerations
1. Organizational Overview	10%	50 points	Clear mission, established service to target community, experience with disadvantaged businesses	Depth of experience, alignment with grant goals, evidence of service impact
2. Capacity Building	15%	75 points	Clearly identifies capacity-building needs, realistic plans for grant use	Relevance of identified needs, feasibility of proposed strategies, alignment with goals of strengthening organizational capacity
3. Programmatic Focus	20%	100 points	Strong alignment with grant goals, programs addressing systemic barriers, clear outcomes	Specificity of program goals, track record of service delivery, innovation in addressing barriers to entry
4. Operational Support	15%	75 points	Identifies operational weaknesses, clear plan for strengthening operations, details on staff/resources	Feasibility of operational improvements, potential impact on service delivery, efficiency gains
5. Financial Sustainability	10%	50 points	Detailed plan for sustaining operations, evidence of diverse funding sources, realistic budgeting	Ability to secure future funding, demonstrated financial planning and management, realistic assessment of long-term viability
6. Impact and Evaluation	10%	50 points	Clear metrics for success, well-defined outcome tracking, data-informed improvements	Quality of impact metrics, use of data for program improvement, capacity for ongoing evaluation
7. Equity and Inclusion	10%	50 points	Strong commitment to equity, clear strategies for engaging marginalized communities	Evidence of equity-focused service delivery, inclusion strategies, ability to address systemic inequities
8. Budget and Use of Funds	10%	50 points	Detailed and justified budget, clear link between funds and needs, matching funds (if applicable)	Clarity and transparency of budget, reasonableness of expenditures, maximization of resources
9. Success Story	10%	50 points	Compelling example of past success, clear demonstration of impact, lessons learned	Relevance to target population, strength of narrative, demonstrated ability to overcome challenges

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