Franklin County Foundation Grant

The Franklin County Community Foundation Grant supports innovative nonprofit projects in Franklin County, focusing on arts, education, community development, environment, and health services. It seeks applications that demonstrate sustainability and impactful outcomes for local individuals and families. Eligible applicants include registered nonprofits or those with a fiscal sponsor. The foundation prioritizes projects that address community needs, particularly in music, health, and early childhood education, while not funding advertising or new staff positions without sustainability plans.

The Franklin County Community Foundation (FCCF), a regional foundation of The Foundation for Enhancing Communities (TFEC), conducts an annual competitive grantmaking program for nonprofit organizations serving Franklin County.
Funding Priorities
FCCF’s strategic grantmaking focus is to invest in innovative, collaborative approaches and solutions to community problems, and to support projects that demonstrate achievable outcomes, the potential for replication as a model program, and plans for sustainability beyond the grant term. The overarching goal is to fund programs and services that have the potential for the greatest impact on the quality of life and positive outcomes for individuals and families living in Franklin County.
FCCF requires that applicant organizations be aligned with one or more of the following funding priorities:

• Arts & culture Community development
• Education
• Environment
• Health & human services
• FCCF’s additionally pleased to welcome grant applications that address:

programs & projects in the field of music & the arts;health services with particular emphasis on cancer;services for the in-need, elderly, & people with special needs;programs that benefit children with special needs or accessibility needs; andprograms & projects that focus upon or nurture access to early childhood education.

Eligibility

Eligible projects must serve Franklin County.
Applicants must either be a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, a nonprofit organization as recognized by the IRS as such, or have a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization act as a fiscal sponsor for the proposed project.

Ineligibility

What we do not fund: AdvertisingCapital campaignsDirect lobbying to influence legislation or funding appropriationsIndividualsNational and statewide umbrella organizations that cannot demonstrate a local presenceNew staff positions without a substantial plan for sustainabilityReligious organizations for religious purposesRetroactive projectsFCF is unable to fund 100% of any project.FCCF does not utilize separate applications for program or capacity proposals.