Resourceful Communities Small Grants

About the Creating New Economies Fund

Our Resourceful Communities small grants program, the Creating New Economies Fund (CNEF), provides direct investment in community-based efforts. Seed money supports a range of projects: youth leadership programs, outdoor access and education, garden and local food programming, nutrition education, entrepreneurship programs, ecotourism and heritage tourism, and more.

Information about our small grants program

The 2026 Creating New Economies Fund Grant Cycle is closed. 


Stay tuned for more details and application instructions for our 2027 cycle, which will open in January 2027.

  • Click here to view the Creating New Economies Fund’s 2025 list of grantees.

Tools and forms to assist CNEF applicants

Sample application

Click here to download a sample Word Version of our CNEF Application.

Triple bottom line

Need help understanding the triple bottom line (CNEF Application Question #6), a requirement for all funded projects? Click here for more information. 

Sample budget

Click here to download a completed sample budget (Word document).

Click here to download a template budget (Word document).

Click here to download a template budget (Excel spreadsheet).

Please be sure to include non-cash or in-kind support. Learn more here.

Working with a fiscal agent?

If your organization is not a nonprofit and you are working with a fiscal agent, click here to learn more about fiscal agents.

Sample MOU

For past CNEF grantees

2025 CNEF Grant Report Form

All 2025 CNEF grantees can submit their final grant reports using the following reporting form.

Submit

2025 Faith and Food Coalition Report Form

All 2025 Faith and Food Coalition grantees can submit their final grant reports using the following reporting form.

Submit

Contact us to learn more or email rcp-grants@legacyworksgroup.com with questions.