Community Grants Cycle
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Geography
- Serving Gaston County
Overview
Geographic Scope: Gaston County, NC
The Gaston Community Foundation offers grants to nonprofits and organizations serving Gaston County. The foundation distributed over $11.5 million in grants in 2025.
Key Information:
- Grant guidelines available on website
- Past grant recipients listed
- Foundation manages over $150 million in assets
- In 2025, the foundation awarded $11.5 million in total grants and scholarships
Contact Information:
- Phone: 704-864-0927
- Email: info@cfgaston.org
- Mailing Address: P.O. Box 123, Gastonia, NC 28053
- Office Location: 250 South New Hope Road, Suite A, Gastonia, NC 28054
Background: Founded in 1978, the Gaston Community Foundation connects donors to local causes and strengthens the community through grants, scholarships, and philanthropic initiatives.
What Gaston Community Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 168
- Total given
- $10.31M
- Median grant
- $17K
- Range
- $5,100–$1.73M
- By dollars: North Carolina 88%, District of Columbia 7%, Delaware 2%. Top recipient cities: Gastonia, NC; Charlotte, NC; Belmont, NC.
- 19% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Gaston Co Family YMCA · Gastonia, NC
$1.73M
National Geographic Society · Washington, DC
$680K
NC Public Television Foundation · Triangle Research Park, NC
$677K
Caromont Health Foundation · Gastonia, NC
$565K
Other Under 5000 · Gastonia, NC
$515K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Foundation
- Nonprofits
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