Opportunity Overview
The City of Raleigh Office of Strategy and Innovation is accepting applications for the 2026 Impact Partner Grant. The program supports new nonprofit pilot projects that combine economic opportunity with environmental resilience. The City expressly lists incorporating sustainability into health and wellness among its topics of interest, alongside heat resilience, flood resilience, low-emission transportation, clean energy, e-waste reduction, circular-economy work, sustainable jobs and skills, and sustainable materials.
Funding and Deadline
Each eligible organization may request up to $20,000. The current live City grant page, updated September 4, 2026, states that applications close September 16, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Atlas found a date conflict in the linked application-preview PDF, which still displays an older September 10 deadline. Because the live official page is newer and expressly says applications are open through September 16, Atlas treats September 16 at 11:59 p.m. ET as the current controlling public deadline and advises applicants to reconfirm the deadline in the Neighborly portal before final submission.
Eligibility
Applicants must be 501(c)(3) nonprofit entities registered with the North Carolina Secretary of State. The majority of project beneficiaries must be based in Raleigh. Proposed work must be a new pilot initiative rather than general operations, must support economic development by increasing employment, expanding business opportunities and/or improving property conditions, and must demonstrate environmental-resilience impact. Prior Impact Partner Grant winners may not win in consecutive years.
Application and Required Materials
Submission is through the City of Raleigh’s Neighborly portal and has two steps. Step 1 is an eligibility assessment; the City asks applicants to allow two to three business days for review. Applicants approved at Step 1 are invited to the full application. The full application requires written responses to the official application questions and a detailed program budget in Excel format. Proposals without the required budget will not be reviewed.
The application preview asks for organization information; the problem or opportunity addressed; project goals, activities and milestones; beneficiary information; alignment with environmental resilience and Raleigh economic-development objectives; success measures; implementation resources and partners; catalytic impact; innovation-ecosystem collaboration; a grant-administration contact; organizational budget and revenue; and the required program budget.
Match / Cost Share
The current public City grant page and application preview reviewed by Atlas do not state a mandatory applicant match or cost-share requirement.
Atlas Fit Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 60/100. This is a verified open North Carolina local-government grant with an explicit health-and-wellness sustainability topic, but every project must also satisfy the program’s economic-development and environmental-resilience tests. The short remaining application window and two-to-three-business-day eligibility review further reduce practical applicant-outreach value.
N9+ Fit Score: 0/100. Atlas does not force a device fit. The controlling program is not a healthcare-equipment or clinical-services solicitation, and no credible role for the Nonagon N9+ device and platform or QC Healthcare is established by the public requirements.
Outreach and Direct-Vendor Review
No broad applicant outreach is warranted from this record. A specific Raleigh 501(c)(3) should be considered only if it already has a defensible pilot that independently satisfies the economic-development and environmental-resilience criteria. Dr. Miltie/QC Healthcare is not advanced as a direct applicant.
Source Control
Controlling source: City of Raleigh — Impact Partner Grant.