Until June 17, the St. Louis Regional Business Council (RBC) is accepting applications for “Small Change-Big Impact” grants in the $1,000 to $10,000 range for non-profits, community agencies and municipalities with one-time capital improvement projects.
The RBC plans to award $100,000 in grants, depending upon the breadth, quality and diversity of the project requests.
Twenty four projects were selected to receive funding in 2015, including the Affton Christian Food Pantry, Carver Elementary School, Gateway Greening, Humanitri, LOVEtheLOU, National Society of Black Engineers, Phoenix Crisis Center, The Biome School, and Violence Prevention of SW Illinois.
Interested groups and municipalities must submit an application describing the desired capital project and the anticipated budget. A committee of RBC members will evaluate proposals to select winning projects.
To review the It’s Our Region Fund guidelines and complete an application, visit www.stlrbc.org/bigimpact. Winning recipients will be announced by October 1.
