West Boulevard Neighborhood Coalition

West Boulevard Neighborhood Coalition is a Charlotte, North Carolina-based nonprofit operating as a sub-recipient on federal grant programs focused on food access and community economic development, with one prime federal grant award and two sub-award positions across the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The organization's federal footprint centers on food retail and community development initiatives. As a prime recipient, West Boulevard Neighborhood Coalition holds a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development project grant awarded February 17, 2023, for Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous Grants work, running through August 31, 2030. As a sub-recipient, the coalition participates in two grants administered by The Reinvestment Fund, Inc.: an April 4, 2025 sub-award from USDA for the Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Planning Grant Program, which funds organizations in the planning and development stage to improve access to fresh, healthy food in underserved areas through food retail; and an August 19, 2026 sub-award, also from USDA, for the HFFI Food Access and Retail Expansion (FARE) Fund, which provides loans, grants, and technical assistance for predevelopment, planning, and implementation of projects expanding food access and food retail supply chain innovation in underserved communities.

Activity has been sparse and episodic: one award in 2023, one in 2025, and one in 2026, with combined obligated dollars across all three awards totaling $1.1 million. The coalition serves two distinct federal grantors (HUD and USDA Rural Housing Service and Rural Business Cooperative Services), with two-thirds of its federal footprint flowing through the sub-award channel. The organization operates exclusively in the grant space with no prime contracts or IDV seats.