The Capacity-building grants are awarded to nonprofits for one-time projects that address a part of the organization’s strategic plan to improve the management, governance, and administration of the organization, not direct programmatic improvements.
Donor Name: Whidbey Community Foundation
State: Washington
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/31/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Project examples include but are not limited to:
- Evaluation of core programs
- Staff or board training
- Assessment of technology systems or implementation of technology upgrades
- Planning (HR, succession, fundraising, financial sustainability)
- Merger planning and implementation
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion policy development and implementation.
Priorities
Due to limited funding availability, WCF’s Grants Committee will prioritize funding recommendations to those applications that:
- Demonstrate potential vendors, consultants, and/or products for the project have been thoroughly researched and identified
- Include a realistic timeline for completion and demonstrate that ongoing maintenance and/or costs have been accounted for, if applicable
- Show evidence of sufficient internal capacity to implement the project
- Include a clear, detailed, and feasible project budget
- Clearly define success for the project that can be easily communicated to stakeholders
- Have stable revenue and expenses
- Organizations with annual budgets of $100,000 or less
- Organizations that demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Types of Grant
Program/Project-based Grants
- All grants within the Nonprofit Capacity-Building Grant Program are Program/Project-based Grants. Program/Project-based Grants are considered restricted. They require a separate program/project-specific budget to be submitted alongside the organization’s annual budget.
- For project/program support, WCF will consider up to 100% of the project budget (no greater than $10,000 total).
Funding Information
- Organizations can request up to $10,000 for a Nonprofit Capacity-Building Grant.
- Grants will range between $1,000 – $5,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any organization that operates with a charitable status or for a charitable purpose on Whidbey Island is eligible to apply for a grant. You do not need to have a headquarters or physical presence on Whidbey, so long as services are provided here.
- Whidbey Community Foundation does not award grants for the following ineligible organizations or purposes:
- Annual campaign appeals
- Endowments
- Individuals
- Political or lobbying activities
- Private operating foundations
- For-profit organizations
- Scholarships
- Religious organizations for sacramental or theological purposes.
For more information, visit WCF.
