The Twin County Community Foundation awards grants to eligible 501(c)3 organizations and local government entities to promote the health, education, and welfare of the citizens of Carroll County, Grayson County, and the City of Galax.
Donor Name: Twin County Community Foundation
State: Virginia
County: Carroll County (VA) and Grayson County (VA)
City: Galax
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Details:
The Twin County Community Foundation operates for the benefit of the counties of Carroll and Grayson as well as the city of Galax.
Twin County Community Foundation offers three (3) different types of funding opportunities. These opportunities include Project-Based, Capacity Building, or Capital Needs applications.
Funding Opportunities
- Project-Based Grants: These grants are awarded to projects or programs that offer services that will be provided within the community. Projects clearly demonstrate a need in the community, have measurable outcomes, provide activities or services to meet the needs and obtain the outcomes, and are existing or new programs within the Twin Counties.
- Capacity Building Grants: Capacity building can be defined as the process of developing and strengthening the skills, instincts, abilities, processes and resources that organizations need to survive, adapt, and thrive in a fast-changing world. It is important for organizations to have strong internal and external controls in order to be viable, sustaining, and able to fully meet their missions. A strong organization helps to strengthen the community. Capacity building activities may include the following:
- Training and/or training resources
- Strategic planning
- Use of consultants for organizational assistance
- Investing in new IT capacities
- Capital Needs Application: Twin County Community Foundation recognizes the importance of equipment required by organizations to better serve the community. In order to reduce resources and efforts for applicants requesting funds for capital needs not attached to an extended project or program.
Grant Priorities
TCCF strives to support organizations seeking to promote and/or improve the health of citizens including but not limited to meeting unmet needs, supporting health education, and programs geared toward improving and/or reducing illness and disease. Priority will be given to projects related to the following:
- Unmet Healthcare needs
- Obesity
- Health and Nutritional Issues
- Mental Health
- Health Education
- Substance Abuse Prevention
- EnvironMental Health.
Funding Level
- Project-Based Grants: At the present time the Foundation has not set limits on the size of grants, however the foundation does reserve the right to set upper or lower limits on the size of grants in order to promote efficiency in grant administration, provide for financial stability, and to ensure that there are adequate funds to support both current and long-term projects deemed a priority by the Board. Grants will normally be awarded on an annual basis; however, the Board will consider multiyear grants. Grant applications seeking matching funds must provide written documentation from the other contributor(s) or the Board may make the Foundation’s grant contingent upon receipt of such matching contribution(s). The documentation may include a letter or resolution from the other contributor(s). The Board reserves the right to request additional documentation of expenditures, including, but not limited to cancelled checks or expenditure certifications and to require project status reports and periodic updates
- Capacity Building Grants: Funding limit is $2,000
- Capital Needs Grants: Funding limit is $10,000
Eligibility Criteria
The Twin County Community Foundation (TCCF) provides grant opportunities to qualified 501(c)(3) organizations (or government entities) serving Carroll County, Grayson County and the City of Galax in Virginia.
For more information, visit TCCF.
