Through the support of the Charles S. Mott Foundation, we are able to run the Mott Emerging Organizations Program. This program allows us to support emerging community organizing groups in low-income neighborhoods or communities.

Applications are available in April of each year by writing mottprogram@communitychange.org or kwess@communitychange.org.

Applicant groups must be:

• Younger than 5 years old
• Have a budget under $100,000
• Have fewer than five full-time staff
• Be engaged in, or developing a program of grassroots community organizing
• Be located in a low-income community and have members, volunteers and board members from that community
• Be from the states of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Tenessee, Florida, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington state, and the District of Columbia
• Preferably working on more than one issue (i.e., not just focused on education)

Assistance to groups in the program consists of three parts:

1. a small grant (from $3,000 – $10,000)
2. training and technical assistance from a CCC staff person
3. participation in our annual Mott grantees networking conference

Groups may receive support from this program for up to three years.