Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) of San Francisco: Access to Housing and Economic Assistance for Development (AHEAD) Program (Select States) - FY 2025
| Agency: | US Other |
|---|---|
| Office: | Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) of San Francisco Community Investment Department |
| Multipart Grant: | No |
| Next Due: | 05/28/2025 (Application) |
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| Solicitation Date: | Unknown |
| Match Required: | No |
| Actual Funds: | $8,000,000 (Confirmed) |
Summary:
The purpose of this program is to ensure that people living in lower-income communities have the infrastructure and resources they need to fully participate in a changing economy. Funding will help create a brighter, more equitable future for underserved people, neighborhoods, and communities.
Funding will support innovative, targeted initiatives that will create new economic opportunity by expanding proven development models or piloting new interventions. Through the funding agency's members' networks and community connections, funding may be used to help low- to moderate-income communities by:
- Creating or preserving jobs
- Delivering job training or education programming
- Supporting small business, microlending, and microenterprise incubation for low-income entrepreneurs
- Addressing the special economic development needs of at-risk youth, veterans, persons with disabilities, the formerly incarcerated, and tribal communities, among others
Projects must meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Create or retain jobs that have annual salaries at or below the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) area median income (AMI); 100 percent of the AMI in urban areas or 115 percent of the AMI in rural areas
- Benefit or provide services to households at or below the HUD AMI; 100 percent of the AMI in urban areas or 115 percent of the AMI in rural areas
- Provide services or benefits to the community
Information regarding AMI income limits is available online at www.huduser.gov.
Optional webinars are scheduled for this program. Refer to the Application section for details.
Eligibility is limited to projects located in Arizona, California, or Nevada.
Program information detailed throughout this module was prepared using information from a previous fiscal year, as well as the preliminary program announcement, and should be used for reference purposes only. eCivis Grants Network will be updated with additional information upon the availability of the full program announcement.
Eligibility Notes:
Eligible sponsors are nonprofit organizations, local government agencies, and tribal associations engaged in economic development activities.
Applicants must propose projects located in Arizona, California, or Nevada.
Project sponsors must partner with members of the FHLBank of San Francisco. The member institution must submit the application on behalf of the project sponsor. Awards will be disbursed to the member institution, which, in turn, will provide awarded funds to the project sponsor. A list of member institutions can be found online at www.fhlbsf.com.
Previous award recipients include:
- Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, AZ)
- Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians (Lakeport, CA)
- Reno Housing Authority (Reno, NV)
- Crossroads Mission (Yuma, AZ)
- Women's Economic Ventures (Santa Barbara, CA)
Refer to the Award file for additional information regarding previous award recipients.
Eligible Applicants:
Local GovernmentAcademic Institutions
Native American Tribe
Non Profits
Tribal Organizations/Institutions
Application Notes:
Applications will be accepted beginning on April 29, 2025, and must be received by May 28, 2025.
Optional webinars will be held for this program as follows:
April 30, 2025
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. PT
Registration: fhlbsf.zoom.us
May 8, 2025
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. PT
Registration: fhlbsf.zoom.us
Refer to the PreNOFA, OldNOFA, OldGuide, OldApplication, and OldSet-UpRequest files for preliminary application information.
The information below is from a previous fiscal year and should be used for reference purposes only.
Mandatory workspace set-up request forms must be submitted by May 23, 2024.
Workspace set-up request forms must be emailed to the appropriate address provided in the Contact section.
Workspace set-up request forms must include:
- Member portal authorized representative signature
- Member institution information
Workspace set-up request forms must be submitted in .pdf format.
Applications must be submitted online via the link provided by the funding agency following submission of the workspace set-up request form. Applications submitted via mail, fax, courier, or email will not be accepted.
Applications must include:
- Application and budget
- Project sponsor IRS determination letter or articles of incorporation/equivalent founding documentation (as applicable)
- Project sponsor management roster and board of directors roster/statement from management (as applicable)
The application and budget must be submitted in Excel format. Attachments must be submitted in .pdf format. Documents must be combined into a single file to be uploaded to each individual folder.
| Match Required: | No |
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| Actual Funds: | $8,000,000 (Confirmed) |
Match Notes:
The information below is from a previous fiscal year and should be used for reference purposes only.
There are no stated matching requirements for this program.
Funding Notes:
A total of $8 million is available to support awards through this program.
Award announcements will be made in early September 2025.
Award disbursements must be made between the award announcement in early September 2025 and the end of the calendar year in December 2025. Award recipients have up to three months from the date of the award to request disbursement of funds. Member institutions must disburse funds to the sponsor within 30 days of receipt of funds from the funding agency. The disbursement must be completed prior to calendar year-end of the award year.
Funds must be used in full within 18 months of the award date.
Funding will not support housing projects that are eligible for funding through the funding agency's Affordable Housing Program (AHP), known in eCivis Grants Network as US14624.
For FY 2024, 84 awards ranging from $25,000 to $100,000 were distributed through this program. For FY 2023, 75 awards ranging from $20,000 to $100,000 were distributed. For FY 2022, 55 awards were distributed. Refer to the Award file for details.
The information below is from a previous fiscal year and should be used for reference purposes only.
The maximum award amount is $100,000.
Contacts:
Program Staff
(415) 616-2542
ahead@fhlbsf.com
Agency Address
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
333 Bush Street, Suite 2700
San Francisco, CA 94104
Contact Notes:
The agency address provided is for reference purposes only.
The information below is from a previous fiscal year and should be used for reference purposes only.
Questions should be directed to the program staff.
Workspace set-up request forms must be emailed to [email protected].
Applications must be submitted online via the link provided by the funding agency following submission of the workspace set-up request form.
Files:
NOFA File: US15834_PreNOFA_FY2025.pdf (145.7 Kb)Other Pre-Award File: US15834_OldNOFA_FY2025.pdf (164.3 Kb)
Other Pre-Award File: US15834_OldGuide_FY2025.pdf (341.3 Kb)
Other Pre-Award File: US15834_OldApplication_FY2025.xlsx (262.1 Kb)
Other Pre-Award File: US15834_OldSet-UpRequest_FY2025.pdf (122.5 Kb)
Award File: US15834_Award_FY2025.pdf (3.9 Mb)
File Notes:
The PreNOFA file contains a preliminary announcement of this program’s solicitation as well as detailed webinar information for this program. The OldNOFA, OldGuide, OldApplication, and OldSet-UpRequest files contain materials from a previous fiscal year and should be used for reference purposes only. The Award file contains information on previous award recipients. Additional program resources can be found online at www.fhlbsf.com.
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