Community Grants
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
From the program guidelines: “CFBC Annual Cycle – July”
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Eligible organizations
- Geographic Scope: Burke County, NC only
Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
Other requirements
- Must serve Burke County residents
- What They Fund: Programs and projects that promote cooperation and collaboration among organizations without duplication of services.
Overview
Grants to tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) nonprofits benefiting the residents of Burke County.
Eligible Applicants:
- Tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organizations
- Must serve Burke County residents
Geographic Scope: Burke County, NC only
What They Fund: Programs and projects that promote cooperation and collaboration among organizations without duplication of services.
What They Do NOT Fund:
- Proposals outside of Burke County
- Grants or loans to individuals
Current Status: All opportunities currently closed
Tentative 2026 Grant Timeline:
- Burke Charitable Properties – Check back later
- Burke Women's Fund – Open, due May 5 at 5 PM
- Burke Youth Organized Philanthropists - Closed
- Rostan Family Foundation - April
- CFBC Annual Cycle – July
- J. Alex and Vivian G. Mull Foundation – August
Contact Information:
- Office: 123 North Sterling St, Morganton, NC 28655
- Mailing: PO Box 1156, Morganton, NC 28680
- Phone: (828) 437-7105
- Fax: (828) 437-0433
- Email: info@cfburkecounty.org
What Community Foundation of Burke County actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 23
- Total given
- $1.43M
- Median grant
- $32K
- Range
- $20K–$275K
- By dollars: North Carolina 95%, Indiana 3%, South Dakota 2%. Top recipient cities: Morganton, NC; Valdese, NC; Drexel, NC.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 30% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Waldensian Presbyterian Church of Valdese · Valdese, NC
Religion
$275K
Burke United Christian Ministries · Morganton, NC
Human services
$273K
Drexel Museum Inc · Hickory, NC
Art, culture and humanities
$135K
Waldensian Heritage Foundation · Valdese, NC
Art, culture and humanities
$111K
Amorem · Lenoir, NC
Health
$71K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Community development
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