CFHC: Community Grants

The Community Foundation of Henderson County offers grants to support diverse community needs, promoting collaboration among tax-exempt organizations in Henderson County. Emphasizing innovative proposals, the Foundation seeks to address evolving community challenges and encourage sustainable development. With a focus on local impact and collaboration, they aim to enhance the quality of life for residents while addressing pressing social issues.

The Community Grants program is made possible by generous donors who have contributed unrestricted and broadly defined interest area gifts. These dollars allow the Community Foundation to respond to the community's changing opportunities, needs and challenges over time.
The Foundation encourages creative and collaborative proposals, which address the following interest areas:

• Animal Care Arts and Culture Civic Affairs Conservation Education Health Human Services
• Community Foundation of Henderson County encourages proposals that:

demonstrate collaborationaffect a broad segment of the populationare relevant to overall community needs and available resourcesenhance or improve organizations, which serve clients whose needs are not met by existing services and which encourage client independence, self-sufficiency and responsibilityemphasize prevention and early intervention

Eligibility

Community Foundation of Henderson County makes grants to tax-exempt organizations, 501(c)(3) organizations, operating programs in Henderson County or programs for the benefit of the residents of Henderson County. It is the intent of the Foundation’s grantmaking program to fund projects that promote cooperation and collaboration among organizations without duplication of services.Grants are ordinarily made for one year only.

Ineligibility

Funds will not be used for:programs outside of Henderson County unless directly benefiting Henderson Countyannual fund campaignsreligious or political purposesindividuals (including scholarships)organizations which have not been determined to be tax-exempt as described in Section 509 (a)(1) and 170B (1)(a) of the Internal Revenue Codeaugmenting endowmentsunderwriting for fund raising eventsFunds will normally not be used for:organizations whose primary function is to allocate funds to other charitable organizations or projectssecond year funding or multi-year fundingroutine operating support for ongoing programsconferences, seminars, workshops etc.Community Foundation of Henderson County, Inc. normally will not award more than one grant to the same program or agency during a twelve-month period.