Deadline: 3-Dec-21
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina (CFWNC) is seeking applications for its Melvin R. Lane Fund to increase the capacity of organizations that provide supportive services for people in need, youth, the elderly and mentally and/or physically disabled people.
Capacity building addresses a nonprofit’s ability to achieve its mission effectively now and in the future through projects designed to improve communications, volunteer recruitment, development, outcomes, collaborations, and technology.
Funding Information
This program may award five to seven Capacity Building grants of $90,000 to $180,000 over three years ($30,000 to $60,000 per year) to help human service organizations improve their operations, become more collaborative and secure their future for the betterment of Western North Carolina’s disadvantaged citizens. Organizations should request an amount that is relative to and appropriate for their operating budget.
What they Do Not Fund?
Grants generally do not support: operating expenses (except for costs that are directly related to the project), capital support (except where modest requests can immediately and significantly increase an organization’s capacity and effectiveness), activities taking place before grant decisions are made, sectarian religious purposes, partisan political purposes, veterans affairs, deficit funding, or debt retirement.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and have been operating for at least three years are eligible to apply.
- The organization must have two or more full-time employees and an operating budget exceeding $100,000.
- Organizations must be located in one of these WNC counties: Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania and Yancey.
- An eligible organization may only submit one application per cycle.
For more information, visit https://cfwnc.org/grants/melvin-r-lane-fund
