The Community Progress Fund provides an infusion of short-term funding for organizations to test ideas, expand promising efforts and achieve greater impact in their communities.
Donor Name: Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
State: North Carolina
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/26/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
Grants are meant to help groups build on existing momentum to move an issue, organization, idea or project forward.
Preference is given to:
- Proposals from areas of the state that have relatively higher needs with fewer resources;
- ZSR strongly encourages proposals from organizations that are led by and primarily serve people of color.
Funding Information
Grant amounts range from $20,000-$30,000 per year for one or two years.
Eligibility Criteria
Community Progress Fund grant recipients are required to:
- Have 501(c)3 status or be government or religious entities;
- Begin implementation of a proposal or idea immediately upon award of the grant; and
- Have a proposal or idea that aligns with ZSR’s core values. ZSR’s core values call for a commitment to Stewardship, Integrity, and Excellence, and could be embodied through one or more of the following values: Fairness and Justice, Dignity and Equity, Civic Participation, Sustainability, or Collaboration.
Ineligibility
With RARE exception, the Foundation would not make Community Progress Fund grants for the purposes listed below.
- Athletic events or teams
- Stand-alone, one-time or annual conferences, seminars, or symposiums
- Curriculum development
- Emergency medical service organizations
- Endowment funds
- Equipment or furniture purchases
- Fundraising events
- Initiatives promoting religious education or doctrine
- Land easements
- Medical research
- Operating expenses for schools
- Payments of debts
- Private business ventures
- Private or charter K-12 schools
- Scholarships
- Summer camps
- Volunteer fire departments.
For more information, visit ZSRF.
