Webcasts Next Week on Funding Opportunities for Nonprofit Arts Organizations from HUD

Nonprofit arts organizations are invited to attend two webcasts—on Thursday, August 11 and Friday, August 12—about funding opportunities through the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities (OSHC). OSHC recently issued two Notices of Funding Availability (NOFA) for their FY 2011 Community Challenge Grants Program ($95 million in grants available) and FY 2011 Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program ($28 million available).

Guidelines and application information:
Community Challenge Grants Program Deadline is September 9, 2011.
Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program Pre-application deadline is August 25, 2011.

The webcasts will be hosted by OSHC staff to provide overviews of the respective programs followed by time for viewers to ask questions. People interested in watching the webcast should log ontohttp://www.hud.gov/sustainability beginning one hour before the webcast start time for a link to the presentation.

Webcast Schedule
August 11, 3:30pm EDT/ 12:30pm PDT: Community Challenge Planning Grant program
August 12, 1:00pm EDT/ 10:00am PDT: Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant program