Start-Scale-Sustain grant for Charlotte’s business districts

The city of Charlotte announced a new grant for business district organizations within the Corridors of Opportunity. 

The Start-Scale-Sustain (S3) grant is for Business District Organizations (BDOs) within the Corridors of Opportunity.

Organizations that wish to apply must:

• Be a nonprofit with an existing or pending 501(c)3 or 501(c)6 designation.
• Serve a business district in the Corridors of Opportunity.
• Represent at least 10 businesses from the business district they serve.
• Be an active SAM.gov Unique Entity Identifier, the official name of the “new, non-proprietary identifier”,  or have a fiduciary/fiscal sponsor with a UEI

Applications are being accepted through June 14 at 5 p.m. 

City staff will host a question-and-answer webinar on Thursday, May 16, at 11 a.m.

Participants must register for the webinar to get a virtual meeting link and submit questions prior by emailing corridorsofopportunity@charlottenc.gov.For more information on the grant program and application guidelines, please visit the S3 grant webpage.