Cashiers Community Fund in North Carolina

The Cashiers Community Fund seeks to improve the quality of life in Cashiers by supporting projects that benefit the community and its residents. Donor Name: The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina State: North Carolina County: All Counties Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: 07/05/2024 Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000 Grant Duration: 1 Year Details: The Fund provides grants of $2,500 to $12,500 to nonprofit organizations and public agencies for charitable purposes, including programmatic needs, capital campaigns and operating expenses. Requests that exhibit the greatest community benefit will be given the highest consideration. If an organization other than the applicant will benefit from the grant, then the applicant should include a letter of endorsement from that organization. Grant funds should be expended within one year of the award. Eligibility Criteria Grants may be awarded to qualified 501(c)(3), governmental, educational, and religious organizations serving Cashiers with a documented history of substantial work in Cashiers that pre-dates the application. An eligible organization may only submit one application per year. Grants generally do not support annual giving campaigns, scholarships, sectarian religious purposes, partisan political purposes, endowment funds, deficit funding or debt retirement, festivals or one-time events such as exhibits, performances or fundraisers, private primary and secondary schools (except for projects or programs that are not directed toward the school’s students or staff and that directly address community needs) and private clubs, or activities taking place or expenses incurred before grant decisions are made. For more information, visit CFWNC.