The Collier Community Foundation provides Capacity grant funding to ensure that nonprofits with operating budgets of less than $3M have the tools needed to operate using best practices.
Donor Name: Collier Community Foundation
State: Florida
County: Collier County (FL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/27/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Foundation defines capacity building as specific needs such as:
- Strategic planning and organizational assessment
- Board development & training
- Infrastructure improvements
- Improving financial management
- Fundraising, marketing, and communications planning
- Program planning
- Feasibility assessment and implementation of mergers and strategic alliances.
Funding Information
$500 – $5,000 requests will be considered and must be matched 1:1 by the organization.
Grant Period
Funds must be used within one year of receiving them unless otherwise specified in your grant agreement.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant must be a tax-exempt nonprofit organization serving Collier County, FL residents AND
- Applicant must be in operation and provide services for two full fiscal years and have filed a nonprofit tax return before applying for grants
- Applicant must meet the grant guideline criteria
- Applications must be relevant to Collier County
- Applicants must meet submission deadlines
- Applicants must agree to the Community Foundation’s Statement of Diversity.
- Applicants must agree to report back to the Community Foundation on relevant outcomes of funding.
- Organizations who work directly with minors in youth-serving programs must perform background checks on staff and volunteers working with minors.
- Not Eligible for Funding:
- Grants to individuals
- Conduit organizations that fund unrelated charities
- Political campaigns
- Religious organizations for religious purposes
- Lobbying
- Scholarly research
- Annual campaigns
- Event Sponsorships
- Team or sport travel
- Travel-related expenses
- Organizations not serving Collier County, Florida.
For more information, visit Collier Community Foundation.
