Solutions · Community development

Fund the neighborhood. Not the paperwork.

Community development funding turns on where a project is and what it is. Benavora reads each notice for place and project type, and tracks every round.

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The funding landscape

Where money meets place

Economic development, community finance, rural development and block-grant programs often decide eligibility by geography first. A project in the wrong county never gets read.

Where a project is
What a project is
Sample notice
Neighborhood Commercial Grant · Round 3
Illustration
§2.1Purpose. Grants support commercial rehabilitation that brings vacant storefronts back into use.
§2.3Eligible area. Projects must be located in a participating county named in Appendix A. Projects outside these counties will not be reviewed.
§2.4Eligible projects. Façade, storefront and mixed-use rehabilitation. New construction is not eligible.
§3.2Match. Applicants provide a local match of at least 25% of the request.
Place limit · §2.3 Project type · §2.4
Place check · your projects
Elm Street storefront
Harrow County · commercial rehabInside area
Mill Road warehouse
Sable County · new constructionOutside area

Five jobs, every round

What Benavora does

01

Check geography first.

Benavora pulls geographic limits out of the notice and compares them to where you work, so a mismatch shows up on day one.

Try the screener
02

Keep round-by-round history.

Funder records hold past rounds, certifications and notes (you add them), so a new round starts informed.

Open a sample record 03

Draft with your project facts.

Jobs, loans, square feet or households come from your records, and missing figures are marked.

See a sample draft 04

See the stack.

Track each program and cycle on one calendar.

Open the calendar 05

Approve every submission.

An owner or admin signs off on each one.

See the sign-off

01 · Check geography first

Check geography first.

Benavora pulls geographic limits out of the notice and compares them to where you work, so a mismatch shows up on day one.

Sample rules · three sample programs
Where you work
State
County type
Sample view
Urban Rural Tribal

Your project: Larkspur County, Texas · rural

Place check · three sample programs
1 to read, 1 to check, 1 to set aside
50%
fit by place

Rules shown are sample rules for illustration, not real programs.

02 · Keep round-by-round history

Keep round-by-round history.

Funder records hold past rounds, certifications and notes (you add them), so a new round starts informed.

Sample data · one multi-round funder
Riverbend Community Fund · rounds
Funder record
2025 · Round 1
Awarded
Window
—
Requested
—
Awarded
—
Certification
—
Notes · entered by you
Requested vs awarded
RequestedAwarded

03 · Draft with your project facts

Draft with your project facts.

Jobs, loans, square feet or households come from your records, and missing figures are marked.

Sample numbers · sources and uses
Project stack
Elm Street corner storefront
Gap $90,000
Uses$1,860,000
Sources committed$1,770,000
$0$500k$1.0M$1.5M$2.0M
$150,000
Draft · project description
Neighborhood Commercial Grant
Sample draft

The Elm Street project rehabilitates of vacant ground-floor retail. The work is expected to create . Total project cost is , with committed, including a loan. Upper floors will provide housing for households.

Jobs created
12
Project record
Square feet
4,800
Project record
Households
Missing
Marked in draft
Click a figure to see which record it came from.

04 · See the stack

See the stack.

Track each program and cycle on one calendar.

Funding calendar · Jul 2026 to Jun 2027
Sample view
Selected program
—
Open
Opens—
Deadline—
From today—

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05 · Approve every submission

Approve every submission.

An owner or admin signs off on each one.

Ready for sign-off
Neighborhood Commercial Grant · Round 3
Example
Place check · inside an eligible area
Project type · commercial rehab
Draft figures · from your records
YOApprover
Owner or admin
Waiting for an owner or admin.

Coverage

What is connected today

Grants.gov, California and Texas state portals, public 990 filings, corporate giving. Federal economic and rural development programs and CDFI funders are tracked in the funder directory.

Connected sources5 sources
Grants.govConnected
California state portalConnected
Texas state portalConnected
Public 990 filingsConnected
Corporate givingConnected
Tracked in the funder directoryDirectory entries
Federal economic development programsDirectory
Federal rural development programsDirectory
CDFI fundersDirectory
Others can be added as funders.

Questions

FAQ

What is connected todaySee the coverage panel

It tracks dates and notes you enter. It does not certify.

It compares the notice's stated geography with your service area. Tract-level screening is not available yet.

See the coverage panel; others can be added as funders.

Solutions · Community development

Fund the neighborhood. Not the paperwork.

Community development funding turns on where a project is and what it is. Benavora reads each notice for place and project type, and tracks every round.

Start free trial Book a demo

You approve every submission.