To be eligible, all proposals must: 

1. be submitted and led by a community transportation advocate group or a priority community with an ongoing focus on mobility work;

2. list at least 1 additional priority community or community transportation advocate group as a partner; and 

3. be completed within 12 months.

• To encourage collaboration, more partners are welcome. Grant partners (nonprofits, consultants, etc.) are noted in the proposal. Organizations that received a grant from this fund in a prior round are eligible to apply as lead but must name new partners that they have not worked with before in their proposal.

• Proposals from all regions of the U.S. will be considered for the merit of their local, regional, and national strategies. Organizations in the midwestern U.S. are strongly encouraged to apply. Two funders from this region have augmented the Round 4 budget to advance transportation system change within this region.

• Matching funds are strongly encouraged. Proposals that secure matching funds to support the proposed work earn additional points commensurate with the amount of the supporting match.

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Ineligible Activities. 

Funds cannot be used for: (1) direct provision of transportation services, technology, planning, or infrastructure that is the responsibility of government agencies to provide; (2) backfilling government agency budgets to replace services that have been cut; and (3) lobbying as defined by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) - such as involvement in elections or ballot measures.

All applicants must have a legal designation or be fiscally sponsored by an organization with a legal designation - like a nonprofit, B-corporation, social enterprise, or a public benefits corporation.