The Women's Fund of North Carolina Grant

The Women's Fund of North Carolina, a program of the North Carolina Community Foundation, aims to enhance the lives of women and girls across the state through grants ranging from $2,500 to $5,000. This fund prioritizes organizations that address diverse needs and challenges faced by women, especially those led by marginalized populations. Grant decisions are made by a committee, and applicants are notified within 90 days after the application deadline.

About Women's Fund of North Carolina
The Women's Fund of North Carolina is a program of the North Carolina Community Foundation. The Fund was founded to establish a permanent endowment dedicated to improving the quality of lives of women and girls in North Carolina, encourage philanthropic giving among women and to encourage funding sources to assign a higher priority to issues and concerns of women and girls.
The Women’s Fund of North Carolina is committed to supporting changing and diverse issues, needs and challenges facing women throughout North Carolina. Grants support nonprofit organizations and programs that serve women and girls in any county within the North Carolina Community Foundation network.
Funding
Grants typically range from $2,500 to $5,000. Grant decisions are made by a committee of representatives of NCCF’s women’s giving circles, and applicants will be notified of the outcome within 90 days of the application deadline.

Eligibility

An organization must meet the following criteria to apply:Organizations must be qualified as tax-exempt public charities under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or be classified as a unit of local government (including public schools).
An exception is made to include fire and rescue departments.
If your organization operates as a 501 (c)(3) public charity via a fiscal agent, your application's supporting documentation must include a letter from the fiscal agent organization that verifies the relationship and includes when the relationship was established.
Religious entities, including churches, congregations and other houses of worship, and/or faith-based organizations whose core functions/operations promote a specific religious doctrine or are restricted to members of a particular faith may apply for funding to support social outreach and charitable service programs to benefit the community-at-large, but they may not apply for general operating support.
Only those organizations that serve the counties within our affiliate network will be considered.
If an organization serves multiple counties within our network, that organization may complete a separate application for each of those affiliates.
Organizations must offer programs and services without discrimination based on age, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, physical ability, sexual orientation, political affiliation or religious belief. General operating support is funding that an organization uses for its core/general operations which allows the organization to continue to operate and meet its mission.
Grants for this purpose may be used for any cost that keeps the organization operating, unless otherwise restricted at the time of the grant, which generally permits some flexibility for the grantee.
Program/project support is funding for specific, mission-related programs or projects/initiatives that the organization is undertaking.
Grants for this purpose only cover costs directly related to the program/project for which the application is made.
Your organization may apply for grants in any of the affiliate programs, if your organization serves the counties of that affiliate.
In addition, your organization may also apply for more than one project within a grant cycle for an individual affiliate; however, in those circumstances, it is best to communicate with the NCCF Regional Director for that affiliate as to which project is your priority in case the board is only able to fund one.
Grant recipients have one year from the date of the grant to spend funds awarded by NCCF affiliates.

Ineligibility

Political purposes or lobbying
Programs and/or activities that are restricted to members of a faith community or promote a specific religious doctrine
Reimbursements
This program does not support reimbursement of costs incurred prior to the deadline for submission of your application.
Your request may only include costs that will occur in the future, after the submission deadline of the application.