Grant Funding Opportunities

The National Urban League, Indianapolis Urban League and African American Coalition of Indianapolis have partnered to create a place-based initiative, the African American Quality of Life Initiative, in Indianapolis/Marion County.

Listed below are the grant opportunities for Round 1 and the Requests for Proposals. To access the grant opportunities, select the specific strategy of funding of interest. This will take you to the current Request for Proposal for the funding strategy.

For all rounds of funding, the IAAQLI Management Team, in partnership with the National Urban League, the Indianapolis Urban League and the African American Coalition of Indianapolis, has the option to transfer dollars within or across its strategies. The total dollar amount allocated for the five issue areas will not change.

The opportunity to submit applications for round 1 is now closed.

The next round of funding is projected after August 2022.

Grant Application:

Below are the instructions for the Grant Application, which provides an overview of the application process. This resource will be useful prior to completing the grant application process as it gives detailed guidance for what to expect in the grant application within Smarter Select.

download the instructions

Budget Template:

Below is the IAAQLI Budget Form. This is the required Budget Form for all applications and should be 1) downloaded, 2) completed, then 3) uploaded to all grant applications within Smarter Select.

download the budget form

A link to this same form is made available within the grant application system–Smarter Select.