Community Investments Hub
Grant Reporting
All Grantees
All grantees are required to submit biannual written reports each October and April for the duration of their grant period through this common form. Communities with multiple active grants must submit separate reports. We will reach out to your grant points of contact leading up to the reporting deadline as a reminder of what grants require reporting. Some reasons why your community may be exempted from a biannual reporting period include:
- The grant award or new hire date is close to the upcoming reporting deadline
- A midpoint conversation was recently completed or is scheduled to be completed around the time of the reporting deadline
Requesting support from Community Solutions
For investment-related questions or support, contact:
BFZadmin@community.solutions
Capacity Building
Problem-Solving Network and System Coordinator Role Shaping Toolkit
To set up your System Coordinator for success, it is critical that they have role clarity and a path to establishing key relationships in your community. Part of gaining role …
Rapid Cycle Training
This is a twice-monthly, low-commitment (think hop-on-hop-off bus) training opportunity open to all system improvers across the BFZ network. Each month we asynchronously take a 30-minute online training, meet to …
Capacity Building Position Archetypes/Job Descriptions
BFZ Capacity Building investments intend to build effective, system-level staff across the country. Staff in these full-time staff positions are defined by their primary role to identify, design, and execute …
Flexible Funding
Collaborative funding design considerations
To increase autonomy and resiliency in an uncertain funding ecosystem, communities are increasingly turning to collaborative approaches to raise and distribute funding across their housing and homeless service systems. The …
Flex Funding Case Study: Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., creatively leveraged Flexible Funding to prevent veteran homelessness. Through a partnership with the eviction courts and streamlined administrative processes, they were able to address veterans immediate needs to …
Built for Zero Flex Fund Guide
This dynamic guide is designed to assist communities that have recently obtained or are considering applying for Flexible Funding. Its purpose is not to dictate the use of flexible funding …
Catalytic Investments
Catalytic Investment Case Study
The Fairfax BFZ team recognized a critical pattern in their data year over year: more individuals enter into actual homelessness over the winter months. Through a Catalytic Investment, they tested …
Support for Other Funding Opportunities
Upcoming Funding Opportunities/RFPs
As housing partners and/or field adjacent funders post opportunities that might be of interest to BFZ communities, look for application information here.
We are unable to support individual communities’ grant writing/seeking. All grants will not be applicable to all communities. See the list below of upcoming applications.
- Robert Woods Johnson Foundation: Data for Equitable Communities RFP
- Due: March 18, informational webinar on February 18
- Grant purpose: Support nonprofits to collect, analyze, and use data to address inequities in the physical, economic, and social conditions of a place. Must be a 501 c3/501c4. Thirty (30), $50,000 grants will be awarded. 9-month grants, start date July 2025
