Cashiers Community Fund Grant

Cashiers Community Fund Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina
Amount: US $2,500 - US $12,500
Last Updated: December 05, 2025

Summary

The Cashiers Community Fund Grant, provided by The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, aims to enhance the quality of life in Cashiers by supporting nonprofit and public agency projects. Grants range from $2,500 to $12,500, focusing on charitable purposes like programmatic needs and capital campaigns. Eligible organizations must be established in Cashiers and can submit one application annually. The Fund prioritizes requests demonstrating significant community benefit.

Overview

Cashiers Community Fund The Cashiers Community Fund seeks to improve the quality of life in Cashiers by supporting projects that benefit the community and its residents. The Fund provides grants of $2,500 to $12,500 to nonprofit organizations and public agencies for charitable purposes, including programmatic needs, capital campaigns and operating expenses. If an organization other than the applicant will benefit from the grant, e.g., an organization applying to run a program in public schools, then the applicant should include a letter of endorsement from that other organization. Grant funds will be available during the third week of August and in most cases should be spent within 10 months of the award.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Grants may be awarded to qualified 501(c)(3), governmental, educational, and religious organizations serving Cashiers. Organizations must already be established in or serving Cashiers. Eligible organizations, including organizations acting as a fiscal sponsor, may only submit one application per year. Eligible organizations will have submitted End of Grant Reports for all prior Cashiers Community Fund awards.

Ineligibility

Grants generally do not support: annual giving campaigns; scholarships; sectarian religious purposes; partisan political purposes; endowment funds; deficit funding or debt retirement; festivals or one-time events such as exhibits, performances or fundraisers;private primary and secondary schools (except for projects or programs that are not directed toward the school's students or staff and that directly address community needs) and private clubs; oractivities taking place or expenses incurred before grant decisions are made.