Augusta Bar Foundation Grant Program

Augusta Bar Foundation Grant Program

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area
Amount: US $5,000
Last Updated: June 02, 2025

Summary

The Augusta Bar Foundation Grant Program, managed by the Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area, aims to enhance the lives of at-risk youth through funding and support for creative community initiatives. With over 25 years of community engagement, the foundation prioritizes proposals that address pressing needs, demonstrate measurable results, and align with funding areas such as education, mentoring, health, self-sufficiency, and family issues, fostering a sustainable impact beyond the grant period.

Overview

Who We Are The roots of the Community Foundation for the CSRA run deep in Augusta and its surrounding communities. For more than 25 years, we have faithfully connected the philanthropic spirit of our community members with nonprofits and community initiatives throughout Richmond, Columbia, McDuffie and Burke counties in Georgia and Aiken and Edgefield counties in South Carolina. All of our work is grounded in our collective desire to enhance the quality of life for all residents of our region — for today and tomorrow. In everything we do, we strive to: Cultivate generosity by giving donors the tools and information they need to make a significant difference in our communityStrengthen non-profits by connecting organizations to financial resources, training and opportunities for meaningful collaborationEngage our community around issues that matter to us all Augusta Bar Foundation Grant Program The Augusta Bar Foundation, Inc. was organized and founded for the primary purpose of improving and promoting the administration of justice. Consistent with this purpose, the Board of Directors has adopted a policy of using the Foundation’s resources to provide funding and support for programs and organizations designed to enhance the lives of and improve opportunities for at-risk, disadvantaged, and underserved youth within the Augusta Judicial Circuit. The goal of this effort will be to give these youth alternatives to crime, violence, substance abuse, and illiteracy with a corresponding reduction in the burden on our courts and system of justice. Currently the Augusta Bar Foundation will consider funding proposals that include the following areas: Requests that address a community need, an emerging community need, and/or provide a new, creative approach to a community need that positively affects at risk youth. Requests that demonstrate the ability to achieve measurable results. Requests that fit within at least one of the following funding areas: Education (within and outside the school system; skills training); Mentoring (providing positive role models in relationships, parenting, employment);Health and Safety (conflict resolution and substance abuse); Self-Sufficiency (such as education, self-esteem, empowerment, self-respect); and Family Issues (such as parenting skills, family counseling, and juvenile justice).

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Eligibility: Organizations must be located and provide services in one or more of the following counties: Burke, Columbia or Richmond. Applicants must qualify as charitable under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or be classified as a unit of government, or other charitable, education or cultural organization.Organizations must not discriminate on basis of age, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, physical ability, sexual orientation, political affiliation or religious beliefs.Organizations must demonstrate financial stability.If funded for two years in a row, you must take a year off. Requests must address a community need, and emerging community need, and/or provide a new, creative approach to a community need that positively affects at-risk, disadvantaged, and underserved youth.

Ineligibility

If funded for two years in a row you must take a year offAreas Generally Not Funded:Capital and endowment campaignsTravel and conferencesIndividualsFraternal organizationsOrganizations for re-granting purposesCapital expenses for transportation