Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina Legacy Grant

Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina Legacy Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Sisters Of Mercy
Last Updated: December 28, 2025

Summary

The Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina Legacy Grant aims to enhance the quality of life for economically disadvantaged individuals, particularly women, children, and the elderly. The grant supports educational, healthcare, and social service organizations that create systemic change and empower marginalized communities. Focused on the Charlotte-Metrolina and Western North Carolina areas, it prioritizes collaborative and evidence-based initiatives that serve those who are unserved or underserved.

Overview

Note: All potential applicants must first have a phone conversation with a Program Officer to discuss the need for funding and request a Grant Application Summary. Purpose Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina Legacy seeks to improve the quality of life for the economically poor, especially women, children, and elderly, by supporting effective education, health care and social service organizations that have systemic impact and empower those without a voice. Priorities Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina Legacy provides grants to tax-exempt health care, educational and social service organizations which meet its criteria and effectively assist women, children, those who are elderly and those who are poor to improve the quality of their lives. Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina Legacy values working with organizations whose efforts are collaborative, ecumenical, multicultural and evidence-based. Its grantmaking focus is on organizations that serve the unserved or underserved. Geographic Focus Grants are made primarily to organizations serving the Charlotte-Metrolina and Western North Carolina regions, in the counties composing the original service areas of Mercy Hospital and St. Joseph's Hospital.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Types of Grants ConsideredOngoing operating expenses for individual organizations. The organization must show evidence in the grant application that it is self-sufficient or moving towards self-sufficiency.Specific program or project expenses

Ineligibility

Sisters of Mercy of North Carolina Legacy does not award grants to individuals, private foundations or churches, nor does it award grants to organizations to be used as pass-through funds for another organization that is not a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization or a governmental entity. North Carolina Legacy does not ordinarily support:Projects, programs or organizations that serve relatively few peopleChurch programs that do not have a separate 501(c)(3) designationConferences and travelCapital or annual fundraising campaignsAdministrative overheadScholarshipsPrivate schoolsResearch studiesUnits of federal governmentPolitical activitiesPublication of newsletters, magazines, books and the production of videosEndowment funds