Capital grant
A grant for a building, a major renovation, or equipment — a one-off asset rather than ongoing activity. It usually carries a match requirement, a long timeline, and conditions that outlive the grant.
Part of the GrantTrove grant funding glossary — one entry for every field the catalogue stores.
Also called Capital campaign grant · Construction grant · Bricks and mortar
In detail
Capital money is where cost share is most common and largest, because funders want the asset to be a shared commitment rather than a gift.
It is also where the disposition rules bite: a funder that paid for an asset frequently retains an interest in what happens to it for years afterwards, so selling or repurposing the building can require a conversation with a funder whose grant closed long ago.
Against a programme grant
A programme grant funds activity in a period. A capital grant funds a thing that persists, and the persistence is why its conditions do. On our records the visible difference is usually in `use_of_funds` and in `match_required`, which is more often set on capital programmes than anywhere else.
How GrantTrove stores it
- `match_required` is a tri-state with no default, and `match_note` carries the source’s own wording, which on capital programmes is frequently a ratio rather than a percentage.
- `use_of_funds` records construction and acquisition categories where a notice names them, and prints Not stated where it does not.
Common questions
Do capital grants always require a match?
Very often, and the record’s match field says what the notice said rather than assuming.
Can we start construction before the award?
Generally not, and on federal money an environmental review can delay it further.
Do conditions end with the grant?
Frequently not. Property conditions can run for years.