The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina is now accepting applications for its Cultural Resources Grant.
Donor Name: The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina
State: North Carolina
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/11/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina will award small grants of up to $5,000 for general operating support.
Categories
Visual Arts – painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, and mixed media.
Grant Period
Grant funds must be spent in twelve months or less.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations must be:
- Tax-exempt as described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or public agencies.
- Located in the Qualla Boundary or one of the following counties in Western North Carolina: Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania or Yancey.
- Organizations must already be established in and serving Western North Carolina.
- Preference will be given to nonprofit organizations. Public agencies may be supported if few nonprofits serve a geographic area and if funds remain available.
- Applications by non-arts organizations that run an arts program will not be considered.
- What they do not fund
- private primary and secondary schools (except for projects or programs that are not directed toward the school’s students or staff and that directly address community needs) and private clubs
- sectarian religious purposes
- partisan political purposes
- state or national organizations, unless (1) funding is sought for a portion of the program or project that directly benefits WNC, and (2) local people assume leadership of the program or project.
For more information, visit CFWNC.
