Deadline: 03-Aug-21
The North Carolina Community Foundation (NCCF) is offering Currituck-Dare Women’s Fund to support the needs of and for women and children in Currituck and Dare counties.
Through several regional women’s giving groups and the statewide women’s fund, NCCF partners with women from across North Carolina to help marshal their philanthropic interests and resources in focused, purposeful and strategic ways.
Funding Information
- Grants range from $500 to $2,500.
Ineligible Funding
Grants are not awarded for:
- Annual fund or capital campaigns
- Political purposes or lobbying
- Activities that are restricted to members of a faith community or promote a specific religious doctrine
- Loans
- Reimbursements (This program does not support reimbursement of costs incurred prior to the deadline for submission of your application. Your request may only include costs that will occur in the future, after the submission deadline of the application.)
- Individuals
- Re-granting by the applicant organization
- Applications for specific programs and projects or for general operating support are accepted, unless otherwise specified.
Eligibility Criteria
An organization must meet the following criteria to apply:
- Organizations must be qualified as tax-exempt public charities under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or be classified as a unit of local government (including public schools).
- An exception is made to include fire and rescue departments.
- If your organization operates as a 501 (c)(3) public charity via a fiscal agent, your application’s supporting documentation must include a letter from the fiscal agent organization that verifies the relationship and includes when the relationship was established.
- Faith-based organizations may apply for funding to support social outreach and charitable service programs to benefit the community-at-large, but they may not apply for general operating support. See restrictions below.
- Only those organizations that serve the county(ies) of the giving circle will be considered. If an organization serves multiple giving circle regions, that organization may complete a separate application for each of those giving circles.
- The only exception is The Women’s Fund of North Carolina, which supports organizations serving any county within the NCCF network.
- Organizations must offer programs and services without discrimination based on age, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, physical ability, sexual orientation, political affiliation or religious belief.
For more information, visit https://www.nccommunityfoundation.org/giving-circle/currituck-dare-womens-fund/apply-for-grants