The Community Foundation of Burke County is accepting applications for its Burke Women’s Fund (BWF) 2022 to connect all parts of community and to bring a diverse group of women together around substantive issues relating to women and families.
Donor Name: Community Foundation of Burke County
State: North Carolina
County: Burke County (NC)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/08/2022
Details:
BWF grants are made to tax-exempt, 501(c) (3) organizations that have programs or projects impacting the lives of women and their families in Burke County.
BWF Funding Priorities include:
- Programs and services that support the needs and enrich the lives of women and families
- Programs and services that offer experiences to a diverse population of women and families
- Programs and services that address the basic needs of traditionally underserved populations
BWF encourages proposals that:
- demonstrate collaboration and cooperation
- affect a deeper level of cultural awareness or provides exposure to arts/music
- provide an innovative approach to addressing community needs
- enhance or improve organizations which serve clients whose needs are not being met by existing services
- emphasize prevention and early intervention
BWF is inclined to give favorable consideration to proposals that:
- are pilot programs that can clearly be used as a model for others
- have reasonable prospects for future support
- foster partnership or fellowship between individuals or groups of different backgrounds/experiences
BWF will not fund the following:
- programs outside of Burke County unless directly benefiting Burke County
- school specific projects – unless it is a pilot for a larger strategy and there is a plan included for
- implementation at other schools
- annual fund campaigns or capital campaigns
- religious or political purposes
- individuals (including scholarships)
- organizations which have not been determined to be tax exempt as described in Section 509(a)(1) and 170B (1)(a) of the Internal Revenue Code
- endowment augmentation
- fund raising events and performances
For more information, visit Community Foundation of Burke County.
