Capital Grants

Capital applications have closed for this year.

Note: GAR recently updated its online application portal. Read about that update here.

2021 Capital Criteria

Capital projects are defined as new buildings or renovations or expansion to existing facilities/buildings.

• Projects must advance GAR’s strategies in the areas of education, economic and workforce development, basic needs, arts and culture, and nonprofit sector advancement. 
• Organizations that have already received, or plan to apply for, operating or program funding in 2021 may apply.
• Requested amount must be $50,000 or less.
• The organization (and project within the application) must be located within Summit County.
• Funds must be deployed within 18 months of grant award.
• 100% of the organization’s board members must have already contributed to the capital project (and/or to the overall organization if the capital project is not part of a discrete capital campaign).
• Capital project must be critical to the organization’s mission.
• Organization must be able to show that project will create quantifiable efficiencies.
• The capital campaign must be near completion (most dollars already raised).
• Organization must have exhausted most other potential funding sources.
• GAR does not fund vehicles,  technology, or organizations working in subjects outside of GAR’s strategic priorities.