Deadline: 14-Sep-21
The Community Foundation of Sarasota County is seeking applications for its Capacity Building Grants to help improve a nonprofit’s ability to fulfill its mission.
Projects should support work in one of the following categories: Fundraising, Leadership, Communication, or Evaluation. Alternately, projects can meet emergency organizational needs that are critical for an organization to continue fulfilling its mission.
Priorities
This grant program focuses on increasing an organization’s capacity in the following ways:
- Fundraising: purchasing a donor database or other CRM tool, hiring a fundraising consultant, or developing online giving. Note: They do not fund capital campaigns through this application.
- Leadership: board development, professional development, or strategic planning
- Communication: website redevelopment, internal communications, or communications plan development
- Evaluation: Impact measurement or program tracking
- Emergency Organizational Needs: unexpected expenses for which an organization was unable to prepare
Funding Information
Amount: up to $10,000
Eligibility Criteria
In order to receive a grant through this program, organizations must also have:
- An IRS Letter of Determination that shows the organization is a 501(c)3 public charity
- At least one current program with local impact in one of the following counties: Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, or DeSoto
- An approved/current profile in The Giving Partner, a powerful, searchable online database with over 700 profiles of charitable organizations serving Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, and DeSoto counties.
For more information, visit https://www.cfsarasota.org/nonprofits/grants/capacity-building-grants