Competitive Grants- Waccamaw Community Trust Fund

The Waccamaw Community Trust Fund provides competitive grants of up to $5,000 to support initiatives that improve the lives of individuals and families in Horry and Georgetown counties. The Trust prioritizes projects that address emerging needs and foster innovative solutions, while encouraging sustainability beyond the grant period. Eligible organizations include public charities and government agencies that do not discriminate based on age, race, or disability. However, applications for certain purposes, such as political lobbying, are discouraged.

NOTE: If you have never applied for a grant from Waccamaw Community Foundation, please contact the Program Officer before you submit your application.
Overview
The Community Foundation’s purpose is to help create vibrant communities by uniting people and investing
resources. One of the ways we do that is through meaningful and impactful grants programs. The Foundation is made up of several different types of funds, including donor advised, restricted, field of interest and organization endowments. These funds comprise the majority of the grants we make, and do not accept unsolicited funding requests from nonprofits. These grant guidelines apply only to grants awarded from the competitive grant programs.
Funding Priorities
Funding priority is given to proposals that include one or more of the following facets:
Sensitive to an emerging need.Address existing needs in new and imaginative ways.Initiation of a promising pilot.Designed to reduce cost and increase efficiency of nonprofit organizations.Direct impact on persons with need.Plans for necessary funding to continue after the Foundation’s support has ended.
The Waccamaw Community Trust Fund awards grants up to $5,000 The Community Trust Fund supports a wide range of causes that share one common purpose: to improve the lives of individuals and families living in Horry and Georgetown counties.
Funding is available for
equipment & supplies, general operating support and special projects or programs.

Eligibility

The Community Foundation considers applications from organizations that:Are determined by the I.R.S. as being a public charity under section 501(c)(3) of I.R.S. code, a government agency or recognized house of worship that are exempt from income tax.Provide programs and services to Horry and/or Georgetown counties.Do not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, color, sexual orientation, national/ethnic origin or disability

Ineligibility

Just as the Foundation has priorities for funding, there are also applications that either are not eligible for
funding or are generally less competitive. Applications that are in support of the following are discouraged from submitting: private foundations, individuals, political or lobbying organizations
;strictly religious purposes, including worship, instruction or recruitment
;publication of books
;conferences, dinners, fundraisers, or other special one-time events
;reimbursements, including for programs that have already taken place
;capital campaigns or endowments
;projects that are typically the funding responsibility of federal, state or local governments.