The Capacity Building Grant Program is designed to serve existing organizations by enhancing sustainability and organizational strength.
Donor Name: Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton
State: Ohio
County: Carroll County (OH), Holmes County (OH), Stark County (OH), Tuscarawas County (OH), Wayne County (OH)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/01/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Capacity building grants of $15,000 or less are available for projects that strengthen the organizational infrastructure of nonprofit organizations that:
- Serve residents of Stark, Carroll, Holmes, Tuscarawas, and Wayne Counties, and
- Have missions that align with the Foundation’s.
Grants will be awarded for projects that focus on strategic vision and impact, governance and leadership, existing program delivery, resource generation, internal operations and management, evaluation and learning, and strategic relationships.
Grant Period
One or more years.
Allowable Costs and Activities
- Assessment of management and governance systems
- Board development
- Communications
- Evaluation of organizational effectiveness
- Evaluation systems
- Fiscal management
- Fund development planning
- Human resource management
- Leadership development
- Mergers or restructuring
- Staff training
- Strategic planning
- Succession planning
- Technology enhancements (website, software, CRMs etc.)
- Volunteer management systems
- Other compelling needs.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants are nongovernmental, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations that have missions in alignment with the Foundation’s and that meet all of the following criteria:
- Serve Stark, Carroll, Holmes, Tuscarawas, and Wayne counties;
- Serve people experiencing poverty or other underserved populations;
- Focus on health, education, or social services; and
- Have annual operating budgets under $10,000,000.
- Capacity building proposals from churches must specifically support health, education, or social service programs operated by the church, rather than overall organizational operations.
For more information, visit Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton.
