The Community Foundation of Southern Indiana’s Capacity Building Grants Program focuses on improving organizations’ operating capacity so that they may continue to provide their essential services to the community.
Donor Name: Community Foundation of Southern Indiana
State: Indiana
County: Clark County (IN), Floyd County (IN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/30/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
A capacity building grant is intended to allow an organization to highlight their vision and strategic planning efforts in order to grow and sustain their operations. Capacity building is not a one-time effort to improve short-term effectiveness, but rather a continuous improvement strategy toward the creation of a sustainable and effective organization.
Funding Priorities
For these populations, Community Foundation of Southern Indiana will work with the nonprofit partners to:
- Help build organizational effectiveness
- Further the success of the organization’s mission
- Improve organizational infrastructure, management & governance
- Strengthen the sustainability of organizations in Clark & Floyd counties.
Funding Information
The year-round program is intended to serve nonprofits in both Clark and Floyd counties in Indiana, with funding requests between $5,000 – $25,000 accepted quarterly.
Eligible Projects
Funding for specific activities or projects designed to strengthen an organization’s governance, leadership, technology, programmatic evaluation, and administrative capacity. Examples of such activities include, but are not limited to:
- Systems Assessment
- Assessment of management and governance systems
- Efficiency Evaluations
- Evaluation of program and/or service effectiveness
- Strategic Planning
- Organizational strategic planning
- Development
- Board and/or staff development
- Planning
- Fund development planning
- Succession Planning
- Organizational succession planning
- Tech Upgrades
- Upgrades to organizational technology
- Upgrading Systems
- Establish or upgrading a volunteer management system
- Communications
- External communication strategy planning.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations that:
- Are a 501(c)(3) public charity in good standing with the IRS, or charitable projects that are fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) public charity in good standing with the IRS.
- Serve Clark and Floyd counties in Indiana.
- Have a request that will strengthen the organization’s efficiency, effectiveness, and/or sustainability.
- Organizations that have received grants through other CFSI competitive grant programs within the last 12 months are eligible to apply for this program so long as they are in good standing and compliant with their current grant agreement.
For more information, visit CFSI.
