The Charlotte Mecklenburg Community Foundation – the grantmaking arm of Foundation For The Carolinas – opened its Social Capital Grants cycle.
Donor Name: Charlotte Mecklenburg Community Foundation
State: North Carolina
County: Mecklenburg County (NC)
City: Charlotte
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 10/14/2022
Grant Size: $2,500 – $10,000
Details:
It is designed to support organizations and programs focused on building social capital networks, relationships and access to opportunities – through the lens of increasing economic opportunity for all children, youth and families within Charlotte-Mecklenburg.
This grants program focuses on supporting and strengthening organizations and programs that build and nurture linking and/or bridging social capital, support life navigation, and promote a culture of caring in their community.
- Building Linking Social Capital & Supporting Life Navigation
- Focuses on organizations that:
- Provide access to an enduring person or persons of caring and support system that exposes children, youth and families to new opportunities; connects them to career pathways; and assists with navigation of educational systems and life
- Collectively leverage their connections, relationships, and resources to create access and impactful partnerships that improve life outcomes
- Offer tangible pathways to help achieve active aspirations (goals that a person is consciously and deliberately working toward, requiring an individual to invest time, energy, and resources)
- Focuses on organizations that:
- Building Bridging Social Capital and Promoting a Culture of Caring
- Focuses on organizations that:
- Facilitate the development of mutually genuine and trusting relationships and communication that promotes the exchange of ideas, perspectives, and personal stories
- Provide access to empowering information and research, resources, development opportunities, positive networks, and relationships that help create a caring, healthy, united community.
- Support cross-cultural communication and relationship building between people of different backgrounds for the benefit of children, youth and families in Charlotte-Mecklenburg.
- Focuses on organizations that:
Funding Information
Maximum or minimum grant sizes have not been determined, however it is likely that grants awarded will range from $2,500 – $10,000. Larger amounts will be considered for exceptional proposals.
Eligibility Criteria
Grants must be awarded to eligible organizations including 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, congregations, governmental and educational institutions for projects that will serve residents of Mecklenburg County. If the organization conducting the project is not an eligible organization, a grant can be applied for under the fiscal sponsorship of an eligible organization.
For more information, visit Charlotte Mecklenburg Community Foundation.
