CLCF Opportunity Grant

The CLCF Opportunity Grant supports eligible organizations in Central Louisiana with grants ranging from $250 to $2,000. Applications are accepted quarterly, focusing on areas such as literacy, arts, culture, and community development. The program aims to enhance the quality of life by connecting local donors with projects they care about, promoting charitable giving, and addressing community needs effectively.

NOTE: Applications will be accepted four times a year during the following periods: 1) April 1 through April 30 (Literacy),, 2) July 1 through July 31 (Arts & Culture), 3) October 1 through October 31 (Historic or Environmental Preservation), and 4) January 1 through January 31 (Community Development).
Connect local donors to philanthropic organizations and projects that they care about.Promote charitable giving to enrich the quality of life.Help local nonprofits communicate their missions and challenges more effectively so they can increase donor support.Build awareness of philanthropic opportunities across a 12-parish service area.Make grants for activities that improve the everyday lives of people of central Louisiana.Establish, build, invest, and steward endowments so that our community treasures can exist in perpetuity.
The Opportunity Grant program is a competitive grant cycle that CLCF launched in April 2018. The Opportunity Grants Program provides small grants to eligible organizations throughout the communities served by the Central Louisiana Community Foundation. Grants through this program range from $250 to $2,000.
Each quarter the opportunity grant program will focus on a broad philanthropic area of interest, with an overall goal of addressing community needs.

Eligibility

Eligibility Guidelines:501 (C) 3 organizations, including churches, hospitals, qualified medical research organizations affiliated with hospitals, schools, colleges, and universities.501 (C) 19 organizationsGovernment entitiesLouisiana not-for-profits that have been pre-approved as furthering the mission of the CLCF. Please contact us to obtain approval in advance.Organizations must be domiciled in the 12 parish region that the CLCF serves.Allen, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Evangeline, Grant, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine, Vernon, WinnThe grant timeline must be 12 months or less.The program must take place in CLCF's service area.Organizations may receive a Community Impact grant and an Opportunity grant in the same calendar year, as long as the grants are not for the same purpose.

Ineligibility

Exclusions:Annual fundraising campaigns or eventsCreation of, or addition to, endowment fundsPayment of debt or legal settlementsPolitical or partisan purposesExpenses incurred prior to the grant award dateCapital ExpensesPersonnel Expenses