Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services program funding community development corporations to create employment and business opportunities in low-income communities. Eligible applicants are private nonprofit CDCs (501(c)(3) or non-501(c)(3)) with community economic development as a principal purpose and board representation from community residents, business leaders, and civic leaders; no cost share required per the cited notice.
Enhancing Self-Reliance Through District Partnership Programme (ESR)
Government Grant Programs
The Enhancing Self-Reliance Through District Partnership Programme is a Home Affairs Department funding scheme that supports the setting up and scaling up of social enterprises. Each approved social enterprise project can be funded up to $3 million over three years, with the funded ventures expected to become commercially sustainable after the funding period. Projects should provide job opportunities, products or services that promote self-reliance and social integration of the socially disadvantaged.
- Capabilities
- Social enterprise seed funding, Employment for the disadvantaged, Social integration, Poverty alleviation
- Based in
- Hong Kong · HK
- Listing status
- Unclaimed · Editor-verified
How to apply
- Who can apply
- Organisations tax-exempt under Section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance, as well as non-profit-making organisations or social enterprises that have operated for 1 year or more.
- Application process
- Download and complete the prescribed application form, then submit it by post/by hand or by email to the ESR Secretariat (Home Affairs Department, 31/F Southorn Centre, 130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai; [email protected]); applications are open year-round and processed in half-yearly batches.
- Deadlines
- Phase 41 applications closed 31 August 2026; applications are open year-round with deadlines set roughly half-yearly — check the ESR website for the next phase.
Application details change — confirm the current process on the funder's website before applying.
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