The Camber Foundation is excited to offer a new funding opportunity for nonprofits located in the region.
Donor Name: Camber Foundation
State: North Carolina
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/28/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
This grant program focuses on supporting organizations working in the fields of health and wellness, education, and economic development with specific concentration directed towards Camber’s funding priorities of access to healthcare, mental health services and programs, postsecondary education attainment, workforce development, entrepreneurship, and digital inclusion.
Camber Foundation is seeking proposals from nonprofit organizations located in Eastern North Carolina and providing programming and services aligned with Camber’s priority areas, listed below.
- Access to healthcare
- Mental health services and programs
- Postsecondary education attainment
- Workforce development
- Entrepreneurship
- Digital inclusion.
Camber funds organizations serving all ages while maintaining some preference for supporting youth programs that are aligned with these priority areas.
Funding Information
Grants will range $25,000 to $50,000 per grant.
Grant Period
Grant terms will be for one year.
Geographical Areas
The eligibility area consists of the following 41 counties: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne and Wilson.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations eligible to apply are:
- Nonprofit organizations qualified as tax-exempt public charities under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or nonprofit organizations and programs operating with an eligible 501(c)(3) public charity fiscal sponsor.
- Please note that for grants issued to organizations operating with a fiscal sponsor, the applicant organization should functionally operate as a nonprofit, even though it is relying on its fiscal sponsor’s 501(c)(3) public charity status for eligibility. In addition, the sponsoring organization will be accountable for the administration of grant funds and reporting. A copy of the fiscal sponsorship agreement must be provided at the time of application submittal.
- Located and providing services in at least one of the 41 counties in the eligible geographic area of Eastern North Carolina.
- In order to be considered as located in Eastern NC, an organization must be 1) headquartered in the defined region or 2) have a physical presence in the region via an office/service location or staff members living and working in one of the identified Eastern NC counties.
- Offering programming and services without discrimination based on age, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, physical ability, sexual orientation, political affiliation, or religious belief.
Ineligibility
Funding will not support
- Grants to government entities, churches, or schools (including colleges and universities), regardless of 501(c)(3) public charity status.
- Grants to tax-exempt organizations that are not 501(c)(3) public charities (such as 501(c)(4), 501(c)(6) organizations, etc.).
- Grants to individuals.
- Political purposes/activities or campaigns; or lobbying, including advocacy that is for the purpose of influencing legislation.
- Fundraising activities for endowments, capital campaigns, or sponsorships.
- Reimbursement or loan repayment.
- Re-granting programs.
- Programs that are either restricted to members of a particular faith or which promote religious doctrine.
For more information, visit Camber Foundation.
