This page provides all of the information you will need to udnerstand the Notive of Funding Availability and prepare your application to the 2015 Social Innovation Fund (SIF) Pay for Success (PFS) grant competition. Please review the information povided below.
If you are an employee of a federal agency and are interested in being a reviewer for the 2015 SIF Pay For Success competition, please send an email with your last name and "PFS Reviewer" in the subject line to PFSReview@cns.gov.
The 2015 Social Innovation Fund (SIF) Pay for Success (PFS) grant competition will provide up to $14 million in grants to eligible nonprofit organizations and state and local governments seeking to engage in high-quality PFS projects in low-income communities across the country. Consistent with the broader mission of the SIF, the PFS grant competition intends to advance and evaluate new models of funding high-quality, effective social interventions that produce measurable outcomes for individuals and communities.
Pay for Success is a new approach that brings together private, public and non-profit sectors to provide up-front funding to service providers. If the services provided achieve agreed-upon outcomes, the government repays the investors. If the outcomes are not achieved, the government does not pay allowing the public sector to receive the highest return on taxpayer investments. Seven Pay for Success programs have been piloted in the United States, in cities and counties including Chicago and Salt Lake County, and states including Massachusetts and New York, in the fields of juvenile justice, early childhood education, homelessness prevention and recidivism. Learn more about Pay for Success at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/factsheet/paying-for-success.
As part of the 2015 PFS grant competition, the SIF will award each grantee between $200,000 and $1,800,000 each year over the three year project period to build PFS capacity or structure and enable PFS projects. Every SIF grant dollar must be matched by the grantee with nonfederal dollars and services.
Application Deadline
NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPLY DEADLINE: Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit a Notice of Intent to Apply by March 26, 2015.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Applications are due April 23, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. ET. Successful applicants will be notified in July 2015.
Funding Announcement and Application Instructions
Applicants must read both the Notice of FUnding Availability and the Application Instructions to understand the requirements and how to complete an application.
- Notice of Funding Availability
- Application Instructions
Resources for Applicants
- Pay for Success grant competition Fact Sheet
- Guide to Completing your Application in eGrants
- PFS Financial Management and Compliance Overview
- CNCS Criminal History Checks
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently asked questions will be compiled and regularly updated.
- Frequently Asked Questions | Updated March 6, 2015
Technical Assistance Webinar and Call Schedule
The following webinars and calls are provided for prospective applicants to learn more about this funding opportunity.
Competition Overview Presentations
There are three Competition Overview presentations this year: one pre-recorded call and two live calls. All three presentations will cover the same material, and the two live calls are open to all attendees.
Pre-recorded Overview Presentation
Please click the heading to view the recording.
Live Overview Webinar 1
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2015
Time: 3-4 PM Eastern
Live Overview Webinar 2
Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Time: 11 AM-12 PM Eastern
Office Hours/Q&A Session
Date: Monday, April 13, 2015
Time: 2-3 PM Eastern
This is an opportunity to have any remaining questios answered.
NOFA Outreach Toolkit
Below you will find a link to the SIF PFS NOFA Outreach Toolkit to help spread the word. The toolkit includes SIF fact sheets, sample newsletter text, sample tweets, links to useful websites, webinar schedules, reviewer outreach information and images. Using the kit, please:
- Promote the SIF PFS competition to your affiliates via your organization’s newsletter or eblast
- Encourage qualified members of your network to apply
- Tweet (or other social media verb) about the competition
- Consider writing a blog post on your organization’s website or an industry community like Huffington Post, explaining why you think this is an important funding opportunity for the field
- Consider posting the funding opportunity on your organization’s website during the duration of the competition.
- Encourage your network to participate in the SIF PFS NOFA Webinars
- Promote the SIF PFS NOFA External Reviewer opportunity to members of your network that you think would be ideal grant reviewers
Outreach Toolkit | Updated March 6, 2015
Stay Informed
Sign up for our mailing list to receive new updates about the Notice. Contact the Social Innovation Fund at PFSApplication@cns.gov or leave a voicemail at 202-606-3223 if you have any questions.