The North Carolina Community Foundation is seeking proposals to support nonprofit organizations with programs, projects and general operations that serve eastern NC.
Donor Name: North Carolina Community Foundation
State: North Carolina
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/29/2022
Size of the Grant: $25,000 to $50,000
Details:
Focus Areas
The Endowment defines these focus areas as follows:
- Education benefits students, teachers, school personnel within pre-K, K-12 and 4-year college and university education systems with a goal of escalating school success. *Please note the restrictions on applicant organizations in the Restrictions section below.
- After-school educational programs and other educational extra-curricular activities serving students may be considered with a focus on academic achievement.
- The Endowment may consider non-academic educational opportunities for youth that offer leadership development.
- Health includes programs and services that yield positive impacts on the health and well-being of individuals, groups, and communities.
- Health includes physical health, mental health, and general wellness.
- The priority of the program and/or service must be to improve health outcomes directly, not indirectly.
- Human Services addresses basic human needs – food, clothing, shelter and safety.
- Job skills training and employment assistance may be considered within this category as they serve basic human needs and improve quality of life.
- Because of the fund’s preference for benefiting women, domestic violence services are included within this category as serving a basic human need for safety.
Preferences
- Within this eligibility criteria, there may be some preference for proposals serving:
- Women, children/youth, or the elderly
- Southeastern North Carolina (Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Robeson and Sampson counties)
Funding Information
This opportunity will provide a total of $500,000 in funds from the Foundation, with individual grant awards ranging from $25,000 to $50,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant organizations must be nonprofit organizations that are qualified as tax-exempt public charities under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
- Nonprofit organizations operating as a 501(c)(3) public charity via a pre-existing relationship with a fiscal sponsor may also apply. The application must include a letter from the sponsoring organization that verifies the relationship, describes the nature of the relationship and includes when the relationship was established.
- Proposals must benefit communities in eastern NC.
- Proposals must have a clear and specific focus on education, health, or human services.
- Please note that the primary purpose of submitted proposals must fall within one of these focus areas. Proposals that are loosely related to a focus area are not as likely to be successful.
- Organizations must offer programs/services without discrimination on the basis of age, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, physical ability, sexual orientation, political affiliation or religious belief.
- This program is the fifth annual competitive cycle from the endowment, which supports nonprofit organizations focusing on education, health, and human services in 41 eastern North Carolina counties. Those counties are: 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, Tyrell, Washington, Wayne and Wilson.
- Nonprofits interested in applying for a grant should review the full request for proposals which includes guidelines, fund preferences and information on how to apply. Grant proposals must focus on education, health, and human services, and there will be some preference given to grant proposals that benefit women, the elderly, children and youth in the region or southeastern North Carolina.
For more information, visit NCCF.
