Capacity Building Grants
Funding Amount
Varies (examples: $6,000 - $16,600)
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Can we apply?
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Eligible organizations
- Nonprofit organizations in the Greenville area
Overview
Geographic Scope: Greenville, South Carolina area
Overview:
The Community Foundation of Greenville allocates funds for Capacity Building Grants based on income generated by the Foundation's unrestricted endowment and donor contributions. The mission is to seek out capacity building efforts where a modest grant can make a significant impact, improving an organization's ability to monitor, analyze and respond to the needs of its clients and supporters.
Focus Areas:
- Technology upgrades
- Organizational assessments and planning
- Board development
- Systems improvement
- Business model development
- Website and digital platform improvements
Recent Grant Examples (2019):
- Beautiful Places Alliance: $8,500
- Cancer Society of Greenville County: $8,000
- Fostering Great Ideas: $16,500
- Greenville Free Medical Clinic: $14,000
- Junior Achievement of Upstate SC: $6,000
- Mental Health America of Greenville County: $9,000
- Roper Mountain Science Center Association: $16,600
- Safe Harbor, Inc.: $10,700
- Urban League of the Upstate: $10,700
What Community Foundation of Greenville Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 346
- Total given
- $26.4M
- Median grant
- $24K
- Range
- $5,100–$2.26M
- 40% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
City of Greenville
$2.26M
Greenville County - County Admin
$1M
United Way of Greenville County
$789K
Meals on Wheels
$644K
Unity Health on Main
$639K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Foundation
- Nonprofits
- Capacity building
- Technology
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