The Arras Foundation: Healthy Community Grant
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Can we apply?
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Eligible organizations
- Community Nonprofits are eligible to apply.
Overview
The Arras Foundation's Healthy Community Grant supports community nonprofits in Fort Lawn, Great Falls, and Lancaster County. The grant aims to promote healthier communities through collaboration and innovative solutions that leverage community assets. Interested applicants must complete pre-proposal steps, including workshops and exploratory meetings, before submitting their Letter of Inquiry. The Foundation invites eligible organizations to join their mission of fostering positive change and enhancing community well-being.
NOTE:
Healthy Community Grant applications are accepted throughout the year.Seekers of Healthy Community Grants must complete steps before they are invited to apply for a grant. Pre-Proposal deadline - These include: attending a workshop, understanding the 11 Healthy Community Indicators we look for, and having an exploratory meeting, among others. This is represented by the Pre-Proposal deadline.Letter of Inquiry deadline - The Letter of Intent can then be submitted.Full Proposal deadline - Invite Only - We’ll then review your application and it will be submitted to Grants Committee and then the Board for final approval.
We work directly with community nonprofit partners to effect positive change.
Healthy Community grants are designed to connect and support organizations whose work builds on community assets or proposes ways to turn community challenges into opportunities for positive change and for seeing the possible. The grant application focuses on multi-sector collaboration, planning, and outcomes.
Eligibility
Community Nonprofits are eligible to apply.
Past recipients of this program
Recent awards under this program (from Arras Foundation's IRS filings)
Lancaster County Council of the Arts
Lancaster, SC · 2022
$120K
Kershaw Area Resource Exchange (Kare)
Kershaw, SC · 2022
$110K
A Father's Way - Lancaster Fatherhood Project
Columbia, SC · 2022
$55K
Lancaster, SC · 2022
$50K
Lancaster Fatherhood Project
Lancaster, SC · 2021
$115K
33 grants in Arras Foundation's 2020–2022 filings reference “Healthy Community Grant” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.
What Arras Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2022
- Grants in 2022
- 28
- Total given
- $675K
- Median grant
- $2,500
- Range
- $461–$150K
- By dollars: South Carolina 100%. Top recipient cities: Lancaster, SC; Chester, SC; Kershaw, SC.
- 7% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 40% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Lancaster Promise Neighborhood · Lancaster, SC
Healthy community grant
$150K
Lancaster County Council of the Arts · Lancaster, SC
(healthy community grant) creative smarts - build healthy community thru creative…
$120K
Kershaw Area Resource Exchange (Kare) · Kershaw, SC
(healthy community grant) general operations
$110K
Grasp - Great Falls Referral and Assistance · Great Falls, SC
"community enrichment program"
$65K
A Father's Way - Lancaster Fatherhood Project · Columbia, SC
(healthy community grant) re-engaging low-income fathers through health health access…
$55K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Community health
- Community development
- Foundation
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