Community Progress Fund grants help local organizations in North Carolina’s 78 rural counties move an idea, issue, project or organization forward, with the goal of improving their community.
Donor Name: Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
State: North Carolina
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/30/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
Foundation supports a range of organizations, from food banks to family shelters, daycares to theaters. They have funded executive director transition planning, pilot programs, and even building repairs for anchor organizations to ensure they can continue serving their communities.
Foundation believes in the power of home-grown solutions driven and led by community members. The criteria for this grant program are intentionally broad because they want to be responsive to communities’ diverse needs.
Funding Priorities
- ZSR prioritizes the following for funding:
- Proposals that have the greatest potential to achieve local impact and make progress, as defined by the applicant, with the grant
- Proposals for projects that are community-driven, community-led and community-centered
- ZSR strongly encourages applications from organizations that are led by and primarily serve people of color.
Funding Information
Grant amounts range from $20,000-$30,000 per year for one or two years.
Eligibility Criteria
To apply, organizations must:
- Have 501(c)3 status or be government or religious entities operating in NC
- Be located in one of North Carolina’s 78 rural counties
- Use the grant for work that serves the people of their community
- Not have received a Community Progress Fund grant within the previous two years.
For more information, visit ZSRF.
