The Lee County Community Foundation, an affiliate of the North Carolina Community Foundation, is now accepting applications for its LCCF Grant Program.
Donor Name: Lee County Community Foundation
State: North Carolina
County: Lee County (NC)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/29/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Lee County Community Foundation is a growing family of philanthropic funds, source of grants for local causes and partner for donors. LCCF was founded in 1997 and is led by a local volunteer advisory board that helps build community assets through the creation of permanent endowments, makes grants and leverages leadership – all for the benefit of Lee County.
Funding Information
Grants typically range from $1,000 to $5,000.
Grant Period
Grant recipients have one year from the date of the grant to spend funds awarded by NCCF affiliates.
Eligibility Criteria
An organization must meet the following criteria to apply:
- 501(c)(3) public charity nonprofit organizations registered with the IRS
- Organizations with fiscal sponsor that are 501(c)(3) public charity nonprofit organizations registered with the IRS
- Local governments (including public schools)
- Fire and rescue departments
- Religious entities, including churches, congregations and other houses of worship, and/or faith-based organizations whose core functions/operations promote religious doctrine or are restricted to members of a particular faith may apply for funding to support social outreach and charitable service programs to benefit the community-at-large, but they may not apply for general operating support
- Only those organizations that serve the counties within affiliate network will be considered. If an organization serves multiple counties within network, that organization may complete a separate application for each of those affiliates
- Organizations must offer programs and services without discrimination based on age, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, physical ability, sexual orientation, political affiliation or religious belief.
Restrictions
Grants are not awarded for the following:
- Annual fund or capital campaigns
- Political purposes or lobbying
- Activities that are restricted to members of a particular faith community
- Activities that promote a specific religious doctrine
- General operating support for religious entities
- Loans
- Reimbursements: This program does not support reimbursement of costs incurred prior to the deadline for submission of your application. Your request may only include costs that will occur in the future, after the submission deadline of the application
- For the direct benefit of named individuals
- Re-granting by the applicant organization.
For more information, visit NCCF.
