Search Through Grants for Women in North Carolina in the U.S.

Encouraging diversity and inclusion within the field of ADR

The Diversity Scholarship Fund is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). This fund supports individuals and institutions committed to advancing knowledge, skills, and inclusive leadership in ADR.

INDIVIDUAL SCHOLARSHIPS

The Fund provides financial assistance of up to $2,000 to students or professionals. This support can be used towards:

• Degree program or fellowship in alternative dispute resolution
• Conference or training program in alternative dispute resolution 

Access education and training opportunities that advance careers and enhance inclusivity within the field.

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR LAW STUDENTS AT HBCUs

The AAA-ICDR Foundation partners with law schools at two historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) – Howard University and North Carolina Central University – that offer certificates in dispute resolution. Key details include:

• $50,000 awarded annually to each law school.
• Scholarships specifically for second- and third-year law students pursuing certificates in dispute resolution.
• Recipients are selected each year in September by the respective law schools

The Labcorp Charitable Foundation

We believe every person deserves equitable care and education.

In 2020 Labcorp established a private charitable 501(c)(3) foundation to advance our desire to bring quality healthcare access to all by supporting education and our local communities. 

Common grant opportunities include:

• Supporting food pantries and meal programs
• Providing healthcare and patient services for underserved populations
• Encouraging STEM programming
• Advocating for healthy lifestyles through ongoing medical research and screening

History

Established and endowed by William and Jeanne Pratt in 1999, the PFF's work reflects the interests and principals of the Pratt family. In addition to community efforts, the PFF gives special consideration to promoting excellence in schools as well as advancements in healthcare and medical technology.

The PFF actively engages and supports a number of cornerstone organizations though a rigorous assessment-based initiative that provides core program grants. The PFF strives to support a variety of organizations that bring innovation to the stewardship of these causes.

Activities Supported Include the Following

• Housing Assistance
• Support and Assistance for Abused and Battered Women and Their Dependants
• Educational Assistance
• General Education Institutional Assistance (Public and Private schools and Universities)
• Disaster Relief
• Aid for Women in Crisis Pregnancies
• Disadvantaged Youth Programs
• Healthcare for Children

Philanthropy is our commitment to communities in which we operate and broader society. We focus our resources on a limited number of key projects that can deliver valuable benefits from our contributions and those of our partners. We give priority to innovative, high-quality projects that meet the following criteria:

• promote sustainable development
• offer an opportunity for Roche to use its expertise and logistics capabilities
• involve Roche actively at an early stage with local authorities and established partners
• engage Roche employees in cultural (focus on contemporary arts), educational and social activities
• managed by an accredited charity

Our four focus areas

Humanitarian and Social

We direct the majority of our philanthropic donations to humanitarian and social development projects.

Science and education

We are dedicated to programmes that promote scientific interest and provide educational opportunities for young people around the world.

Community and Environment

We are committed to building stronger communities and responding to natural disasters sustainably.

Arts and Culture

We support groundbreaking contemporary art, cultural projects and activities that explore the parallels between innovation in art and in science. 

Our Mission

The Tony Robbins Foundation is a nonprofit organization created to empower individuals and organizations to make a significant difference in the quality of life of people often forgotten.

We’re dedicated to creating positive changes in the lives of youth, seniors, the hungry, homeless and the imprisoned population, all who need a boost envisioning a happier and deeply satisfying way of life. Our passionate staff, generous donors and caring group of international volunteers provide the vision, inspiration, and resources needed to empower these important members of our society.

Grants

Dedicated to meeting challenges within the global community, creating solutions and taking action, The Tony Robbins Foundation provides monetary donations to various organizations around the world. Funding requests are evaluated on an ongoing basis. We look for organizations that align with our mission to empower individuals and organizations to make a significant difference in the quality of life of those often forgotten.

About Third Wave Fund

​​Third Wave Fund is the only national fund that supports youth-led Gender Justice activism to advance the political power, well-being, and self determination of communities of color and low-income communities in the United States.

We hold the following beliefs:

• People directly impacted by an issue are best positioned to design and lead solutions.
• The leadership of young women of color, trans, intersex, queer and gender non-conforming youth brings critical analysis and power to all social justice movements.
• We will only achieve deep and lasting change if we address the root cause of an issue.

Mobilize Power Fund

The Mobilize Power Fund is a rapid response fund that resources gender justice organizations to adapt or pivot their work when met with unanticipated, time-sensitive opportunities or threats to their movement building work and organizing conditions. ​The Mobilize Power Fund prioritizes organizations that are responding to specific incidents or changes of circumstances that have occurred in the last six months. This can include rapid response mobilizations, healing justice work, conflict resolution/conflict transformation, community accountability, mutual aid, direct actions, emergency safety, security, and defense needs, and more. This fund prioritizes groups and organizations who are experiencing an unanticipated incident. Because of this, organizations applying on behalf of a budget shortfall or preplanned events or ongoing programming will not be prioritized.

History

We launched the Mobilize Power Fund because powerful movements need the ability to respond to and heal from immediate threats and opportunities with flexible and responsive funding. Mobilize Power Fund’s first iteration was to support organizers against HB2, the transphobic “Bathroom Bill” proposed in North Carolina in 2016.

Who is the fund for?

The Mobilize Power Fund prioritizes organizations that are led by young women of color (transgender and cisgender), and trans, queer, gender non conforming and intersex young people of color under 35, led by and for communities directly impacted by the issues they focus on, have an intersectional gender justice lens, and have a total organizational budget under $500k​. Groups do not need 501c3 of fiscal sponsor status to apply.

What kind of work do the funds support?

The fund covers unanticipated and time-sensitive community organizing or direct action, Participatory Action Research, healing justice work, conflict mediation/resolution, legal or bail fees, marches or rallies, leadership training & skills building, mutual aid, unanticipated legislative or ballot initiative campaigns.

How much are the grants for?

Grants can be made for up to $10,000 USD. Larger grants may be made on a case-by-case basis. Partnership or coalitions of two or more groups can request up to $20,000 USD.

Women for Women

The mission of Women for Women (WFW) is to improve the lives of women and girls in Western North Carolina through women’s collective giving. Our vision is to empower women to take action, inspire hope and possibility, and strengthen Western North Carolina. WFW works to create opportunities through grantmaking, advocacy and advancing women’s philanthropy. Since 2006 and with additional support from the Women's Fund, WFW has invested more than $5 million in grants in WNC.WFW seeks to contribute to a region of shared prosperity and belonging where all who identify as women and girls benefit from equitable opportunities and outcomes. To that end, WFW is committed to focusing our grantmaking on work that will reduce inequities in our region, address racial and other biases, and dismantle discriminatory systems that disadvantage marginalized members of our community.

What We Will FundFor the 2024-2025 grant cycle, WFW will invest in programs that help economically disadvantaged women become more self-sufficient. Proposals might include but are not limited to workforce training; mentorship programs; access to safe, affordable housing; access to reliable transportation; access to high quality, affordable childcare; financial education and empowerment initiatives; services or supports to age in place.Organizations can apply in one of the two following grant categories:

• $125,000 for new or expanded project support. In this category, only new or expanded projects are eligible for support.
• $15,000-$60,000 for project or operations support. In this category, new, expanded, and existing projects, as well as general operations, are all eligible for support.

For both categories, applicants can request that funds be distributed over one or two years.WFW understands that certain types of programming (e.g., school-based programs, job training programs, etc.) may also benefit boys or men. Such inclusion is acceptable for WFW funding, though WFW will consider the number of women and girls who will benefit from a proposal, and WFW prioritizes funding opportunities designed specifically for women and girls.WFW will support direct service or advocacy work. WFW defines advocacy as activities that promote social change for women and girls at various levels of society - communities, institutions, systems, and policies; it is NOT direct service to individual clients.This cycle Women for Women intends to award one grant at the $125,000 level and three or more grants at the $15,000-$60,000 level. In the last grant cycle, WFW made one grant of $125,000 out of 11 initial Letters of Intent submitted in that category and five grants of $60,000 or less out of 37 initial Letters of Intent submitted in that category.

Military and Veterans Healing Arts Grant

These grants are designed to support arts projects focused on serving North Carolina’s military service men and women, veterans, and their families.

North Carolina has the fourth largest military population in the U.S. with over 100,000 active duty service men and women stationed at five military bases, a military ocean terminal, and a coast guard base. North Carolina also hosts over 43,000 National Guard and reserve members. North Carolina’s veteran population resides in every county in the state and numbers over 620,000, ranking fifth highest in the nation. In addition, there are over 39,000 active-duty spouses and 69,000 active-duty children living in North Carolina. Four federal VA medical centers and 14 state veteran service centers are the foundation of support for veterans in the state, but other resources are available through universities and community colleges, and nonprofit organizations.

In addition to the intrinsic value that the arts possess to enhance the quality of life for all citizens, they provide important support for the unique needs of service men and women, veterans and their families.

For these military audiences engaging in arts activities:

• Enhances healing and provides important health benefits in every stage from recovery to wellness
• Strengthens a sense of self, and creates opportunities to tell one’s story in different ways, including nonverbal means of expression
• Builds a connection with the community and diminishes feelings of isolation, both by making art in a group setting and also by instigating a public discussion about topics relevant to servicemen and veterans

An array of arts projects with an emphasis on serving military and veterans audiences are eligible for support.

Examples include:

• A single exhibition, performance, or two to three related events, such as a reading series
• A series of workshops
• An artist residency
• A literary publication or documentary film

All projects must include appropriate outreach activities. Additionally, projects that contribute to the development of this field of work through technical assistance are eligible for support. 

Funding

From $5,000 to $15,000

Organizations with prior-year expenses between $20,000 and $50,000 are eligible to apply for $5,000, the minimum grant award.

Applicants from Tier 2 and Tier 3 counties may apply for up to two-thirds of the overall project expenses and must provide a cash match for the remaining third. Applicants from economically distressed Tier 1 counties are eligible to waive the matching requirement.  

North Carolina Community Foundation

Our mission is to inspire North Carolinians to make lasting and meaningful contributions to their communities.

Women for Women of Pitt County

Women for Women of Pitt County seeks proposals from charitable organizations in Pitt County for services benefitting women and girls.

This fund intends to support proposals for efforts that are designed to achieve the following goals:

• Empower women and girls to achieve their full potential
• Assist women in achieving economic self-sufficiency through a wide range of options
• Prevent violence against women and girls
• Promote the health, physical, emotional and spiritual well-being for women and girls
• Encourage enhancement and participation of women and girls in our community
• Create opportunities for the economic, educational, social, artistic and personal growth of women and girls

Funding

The fund intends to make grants totaling $103,000. Grant awards range from $5,000 to $15,000. Grant terms are one year.

About Cary Women's Giving Network

The Cary Women's Giving Network is a giving circle of the North Carolina Community Foundation. The Giving Network leverages the power of collective giving through a local network that supports the community in a purposeful way. The Network supports charitable organizations serving women, children and families in the Cary community.

The Giving Network is designed to maximize women’s leadership in philanthropy by engaging and educating its membership and increasing charitable contributions.

Cary Women’s Giving Network

Cary Women’s Giving Network members use a collaborative decision-making process to provide grants to local 501(c)3 charitable organizations that have a strong impact on critical and/or emerging needs in the Town of Cary. 

Grants typically range from $1,000 to $5,000. 

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.

About Bertie-Hertford Women's Fund

The Bertie-Hertford Women's Fund is a giving circle of the North Carolina Community Foundation. The Women's Fund leverages the power of collective giving through a local network that supports the community in a purposeful way. The Fund supports charitable organizations serving women, children and families in Bertie and Hertford counties.

The Women's Fund is designed to maximize women’s leadership in philanthropy by engaging and educating its membership, increasing charitable contributions and focusing on initiatives that address the areas of health, education and human services.

Bertie-Hertford Women's Fund

The Bertie-Hertford Women's Fund accepts grant applications from organizations that support the needs of women and/or children in areas of health, education and human services in Bertie and Hertford counties.

Funding

Grants range from $500 to $2,500.

Women Givers of Northeast NC 

The Women Givers of Northeast NC is a giving circle of the North Carolina Community Foundation. The Women Givers leverages the power of collective giving through a local network that supports the community in a purposeful way. The Women Givers supports charitable organizations serving women, children and families in Camden, Gates, Pasquotank and Perquimans counties.

The Women Givers is designed to maximize women’s leadership in philanthropy by engaging and educating its membership and increasing charitable contributions.

State Grants

The NC Council for Women & Youth Involvement provides grants and certification to qualifying NC agencies which provide domestic violence, sexual assault, or family violence prevention and services. Grantees must report regularly on client services and expenditures. 

Domestic Violence Program

Introduction

The North Carolina Council for Women and Youth Involvement (CFWYI) is the state’s leading voice on key issues impacting women. CFWYI is an advocacy division within the Department of Administration (DOA) that provides funding, consultation, and technical assistance to domestic violence centers statewide. CFWYI has region offices that provide consultation and technical assistance to programs and that help with program and board development. The region office staff conduct monitoring assessments for all funded domestic violence centers to ensure compliance with federal, state and local laws, and other criteria established by CFWYI considering evidence-based best practices in service delivery. CFWYI Grant Administrators provide fiscal and financial guidance to programs. Domestic Violence Centers provide immediate safety and supportive services to improve the long-term social and emotional well-being of those seeking safety.

Purpose

The purpose of these Domestic Violence Program Guidelines is to provide all recipients that receive funding from CFWYI with information about administrative, programmatic, and fiscal requirements.

State Grants

The NC Council for Women & Youth Involvement provides grants to qualifying NC agencies that provide domestic violence, sexual assault, or family violence prevention and services. These grants are funded through the state Sexual Assault and Rape Crisis Center Fund, state Domestic Violence Center Fund, and federal Family Violence Prevention and Services Act respectively.

Sexual Assault Program

Introduction

The North Carolina Council for Women and Youth Involvement (CFWYI) is the state’s leading voice on key issues impacting women. CFWYI is a departmental advocacy division within the Department of Administration (DOA) that provides funding, consultation, and technical assistance to sexual assault and rape crisis centers statewide. CFWYI has region offices that provide consultation and technical assistance to programs and that help with program and board development. The region office staff conduct monitoring assessments for all funded sexual assault centers to ensure compliance with federal, state and local laws, and other criteria as established by CFWYI considering evidence-based best practices in service delivery. CFWYI Grant Administrators provide fiscal and financial guidance to programs.

Purpose

The purpose of these Sexual Assault Program Guidelines is to provide all recipients that receive funding from CFWYI with information about administrative, programmatic, and fiscal requirements.

Northern Albemarle Unrestricted Endowment 

This fund enables the Northern Albemarle Community Foundation to respond to changing community needs and to enhance the quality of community life in Camden, Gates, Perquimans, and Pasquotank Counties through annual grants to local nonprofit organizations.

Grants typically range from $500 to $3,000. Much of this affiliate's grantmaking comes from the Judge Thomas Watts Fund, originally established by the Elizabeth City Jaycees. A separate application is not required to apply to the Judge Thomas Watts Fund. The application also allows access to the grant application for the Women Givers of Northeast North Carolina, supporting the needs of women and children in Camden, Gates, Pasquotank and Perquimans Counties.

The North Carolina Community Foundation is honored to serve the people of our state by connecting our nonprofit partners that are meeting community needs with our fundholders and donors supporting that vital work. Our competitive grantmaking programs demonstrate our fundholders’ commitment to nonprofit causes strengthening our communities across the state.

Louise Oriole Burevitch Endowment

The Louise Oriole Burevitch Endowment was founded by the noted Wilmington philanthropist whose gifts are having a transformative effect on eastern North Carolina. NCCF is pleased to offer a competitive grants program from the Louise Oriole Burevitch Endowment in support of education, health and human services in eastern North Carolina.

Focus Areas

The Endowment defines these focus areas as follows:

Education

Education benefits students, teachers, school personnel within pre-K, K-12 and 4-year college and university education systems with a goal of escalating school success. 

• After-school educational programs and other educational extra-curricular activities serving students may be considered with a focus on academic achievement.
• The Endowment may consider non-academic educational opportunities for youth that offer leadership development.

Health

Health includes programs and services that yield positive impacts on the health and well-being of individuals, groups, and communities.

• Health includes physical health, mental health, and general wellness.
• The priority of the program and/or service must be to improve health outcomes directly, not indirectly.

Human Services

Human Services addresses basic human needs – food, clothing, shelter and safety.

• Job skills training and employment assistance may be considered within this category as they serve basic human needs and improve quality of life.
• Because of the fund’s preference for benefiting women, domestic violence services are included within this category as serving a basic human need for safety.

State-Level Systemic Change Strategy

For decades, ZSR has supported positive changes to state-level systems and structures to ensure that North Carolina is a place where all people can thrive. This commitment is rooted in and driven by our mission and our core values. Over the years, our grantees have made significant gains for all North Carolinians, but we still have much to do together. Therefore, we remain committed to state-level systemic change. We desire for ALL North Carolinians to have access to high-quality public education, to benefit from a healthy and sustainable environment, to enjoy economic opportunity under just and fair rules and to be able to engage fully in civic life.

Our Vision

The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation believes that all of North Carolina benefits when every North Carolinian has the resources and opportunities to achieve their full potential and when each person’s worth and dignity is affirmed. Therefore, we desire for ALL North Carolinians to have access to high-quality education, to benefit from a healthy and sustainable environment, to enjoy economic opportunity under just and fair rules and to be able to engage fully in civic life.

Our Strategy

We recognize that there are systemic and structural barriers in place, particularly regarding race, that disadvantage some North Carolinians from realizing this vision, even as they advantage others. Therefore, the Foundation, consistent with our core values, seeks to partner with others to help change state-level systems in ways that overcome those barriers and thereby help improve the quality of life for all North Carolinians. In particular, we believe that working together across issues, approaches and populations is necessary to create systemic change.*

• *By “state-level systemic change,” we mean something different than reform or piecemeal policy change. Rather, we seek to support efforts aimed at making “fundamental change in policies, processes, relationships and power structures, as well as values and norms” that impair the quality of life for North Carolinians.

We will support grantees using one or more approaches, including, but not limited to:

• Advocacy 
• Applied Research 
• Communications/Digital Media 
• Leadership Development 
• Legal/Litigation 
• Organizing/Mobilizing 
• Training/Education 

We will give particular emphasis to work targeted at improving opportunities and outcomes for populations who have been historically marginalized, subjected to systemic discrimination, or excluded from full participation in society, including, but not limited to:

• Immigrants 
• People who are LGBTQIA+
• Individuals with low income
• People of Color
• Women 
• Young People 

The Foundation seeks to help build the capacity of its grantees in this strategy to work better together in service of the above-stated vision.

ZSR'S Four Priority Areas

As part of ZSR's State-Level Systemic Change Strategy, we focus on four priority areas that are integral to achieving this state-level vision. We recognize that each of these four areas intersect in multiple ways, and look for approaches that not only strengthen each, but also work holistically within and across them.​

Advancing Public Education

Consistent with the Foundation’s mission and core values, the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation believes that children in North Carolina should have equitable, universal access to high quality public education that develops the full potential of each child. Access to high quality early childhood education and k-12 public education is a foundation block of democracy and is essential for the future economic sustainability, prosperity and ongoing vitality of our state and its communities. The Foundation further believes that children are best prepared to live, work and lead in our increasingly diverse state if schools are racially, ethnically and economically diverse and if schools value the individual experiences and contributions of each student.

Consequently, the Foundation supports efforts that:

• build the public will to support and strengthen North Carolina’s public systems of education, including early childhood education through high school*;
• build the capacity of these systems for continuous improvement; and
• advance educational equity. 

Through this grantmaking strategy, the Foundation funds work that is focused on state-level systemic change.

Fostering a Healthy and Sustainable Environment

The Foundation believes that lasting state-level systemic change is most likely to be achieved and sustained through the combined efforts of networks of local, regional and statewide organizations working with different constituencies; using multiple strategies and approaches; and working together towards common or aligned goals. One of the priority areas for the SLSC Strategy is Fostering a Healthy and Sustainable Environment, which, with the exception of a couple modifications, has been described as follows since 2018:

• Consistent with the Foundation’s mission and core values, the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation seeks to improve the lives of all North Carolinians by preventing harm to, ensuring access to, and enhancing the resilience of the natural systems that sustain life.
  • The Foundation believes healthy natural systems are deeply connected to human health, economic security, and community resilience. In addition, because low-income communities and communities of color shoulder a disproportionate share of environmental hazards, the Foundation places a special emphasis on promoting solutions that address ongoing injustice.
• Consequently, the Foundation supports local, regional and/or statewide efforts that:
  • prevent and mitigate the impacts of climate change;
  • ensure healthy air and water quality and water quantity;
  • promote access to the green economy;
  • address the impact of environmental hazards on human health; and
  • protect significant ecosystems while meeting the growth demands of the state in environmentally sound ways.
• Through this grantmaking strategy, the Foundation funds work that is focused on state-level systemic change. For a healthy environment across the state, the Foundation recognizes that some of its environmental investments may need to focus locally and/or regionally within the state.

Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) communities across North Carolina continue to be significantly impacted by the layered effects of climate change, polluting industries and systemic racism. To ensure our environmental grantmaking is more inclusive, balanced and equitable, the Foundation will seek to target more organizations that center communities that are most directly impacted by environmental injustices. This will include allocating a portion of funding to these types of organizations.

We will work to build trusting relationships particularly with Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) led and centered organizations, listening and engaging with communities and BIPOC-led organizations, and shifting power and resources to directly impacted communities. These are organizations that have been doing the work for decades, yet philanthropy has under-funded or not funded them at all.

At the same time, we will continue supporting environmental partners that play unique and critical roles in systems change and continue seeking to center racial justice and be equitable partners with directly impacted communities. This will include funding these types of organizations. We believe that supporting these organizations, as well as supporting new grantee partners that center communities that are most directly impacted by environmental injustices, will contribute to a vibrant and aligned systemic change infrastructure by transforming power structures and sharing resources to build equitable networks, collaborations, alliances and coalitions.

As we embark in this new direction for our environmental grantmaking, we will continue to operationalize a racial equity lens in ZSR’s work, including, but not limited to, building relationships; closing access gaps to resources, power and infrastructure; modifying language; and strengthening grassroots BIPOC infrastructure. Further, while we will continue to support efforts in the Fostering a Healthy and Sustainable Environment priority area, our new direction includes greater focus on:

• Organizations and networks strengthening the ability of directly impacted communities to shape the decisions and systems that affect their lives.
• Funding Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) led and centered organizations.
• Funding organizations already working at the intersection of issues, including climate, environmental and energy justice, and democracy issues. (We define “democracy” here as strengthening the ability of people to shape the systems that affect their lives).
• Supporting ground-up, decentralized, and interconnected networks.
• Strengthening the capacity of organizations and networks.
• Supporting work that promotes shifting control of energy, land and labor to communities, such as increasing community-owned energy and green economic development, and community control, ownership and stewardship of land.

Promoting Social and Economic Justice

Consistent with the Foundation’s mission and core values, the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation believes it is critical to help change systems and structures that have often made it harder for populations who have been historically marginalized, subjected to discrimination, or excluded from full participation in society to thrive. Structural oppression is pervasive across all kinds of systems, sometimes in ways that are explicit and overt, but more often in ways that are implicit and less conscious. The Foundation also recognizes that North Carolinians are impacted by multiple intersecting systems simultaneously, not just one system or issue at a time. 

Consequently, the Foundation anticipates supporting efforts that aim to remove structural barriers to North Carolinians being able to create a better life for themselves and their families. While this work can take many forms, the Foundation is especially interested in work that seeks to:

• address the economic impacts and racial disparities of the criminal justice system;
• embrace and expand the contributions of and opportunities for immigrants;
• advance reproductive justice*; and
• ensure that all North Carolinians have the chance to achieve economic self-sufficiency.

The Foundation will consider applications for other social and economic justice work, as well, but special emphasis will be placed on the above-mentioned areas and their intersections. 

Through this grantmaking strategy, the Foundation funds work that is focused on state-level systemic change. 

Strengthening Democracy

Consistent with the Foundation’s mission and core values, the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation believes the quality of life of the people of North Carolina depends, in large part, on an informed and involved populace that is able to exercise its individual rights and come together for a common purpose. The Foundation aims to strengthen democracy by ensuring that public institutions and processes are effective, transparent, accountable, accessible and inclusive. The Foundation is especially interested in removing barriers that prevent civic participation among populations who have been historically marginalized, subjected to discrimination, or excluded from full participation in society. Furthermore, the Foundation recognizes that our government institutions only work well if people have enough credible information on which to base decisions, know how to make their voices heard, and if there are diverse leaders willing to serve the public good. 

Consequently, the Foundation supports efforts that:

• inform the populace about government policies, practices and issues;
• improve the public’s ability to analyze media;
• protect and promote just and fair elections;
• strengthen voters’ rights and increase participation in government; and
• reduce barriers that limit historically marginalized citizens from serving in office or other public decision-making bodies. 

Through this grantmaking strategy, the Foundation funds work that is focused on state-level systemic change. 

Fall Grant Cycle

Grants made in the Fall are primarily for multi-year, general operating support grants. While there will be exceptions, the standard term for these grants will be three years. Any eligible organization working on state-level systemic change work that is aligned with ZSR’s core values and vision may apply for a grant in the Fall grant cycle. 

Bydale Foundation Grant

The Bydale Foundation’s domestic geographic areas of interest are Westchester County, North Carolina, and Massachusetts, or those with a nationwide focus. Within these geographic areas, the foundation provides support for programs in the areas of the environment, social justice, women’s rights, grassroots advocacy, performing arts, and poetry.

The foundation also provides grants to:

• Human rights
• Peace advocacy
• Environmental organizations in Israel.

About Moore Women – A Giving Circle

Moore Women – A Giving Circle is a program of the North Carolina Community Foundation. The Giving Circle leverages the power of collective giving through a local network that supports the community in a purposeful way. The Circle supports charitable organizations serving women, children and families in Moore County.

The Giving Circle is designed to maximize women’s leadership in philanthropy by engaging and educating its membership and increasing charitable contributions.

Moore Women-A Giving Circle

Moore Women-A Giving Circle accepts grant applications from organizations that support the needs of women and children in areas of health, education, and human services in Moore County.

Funding

Grants typically range from $500 to $5,000, with an average annual total granting amount of $25,000. Grant requests outside of the typical range will be considered but should also take into consideration the total amount available in the grant pool.

About Currituck-Dare Women's Fund

The Currituck-Dare Women's Fund is a giving circle of the North Carolina Community Foundation. The Women's Fund leverages the power of collective giving through a local network that supports the community in a purposeful way. The Fund supports charitable organizations serving women, children, and families in Currituck and Dare counties.

The Women's Fund is designed to maximize women’s leadership in philanthropy by engaging and educating its membership and increasing charitable contributions.

Currituck-Dare Women’s Fund

The Currituck-Dare Women's Fund accepts grant applications from organizations that support the needs of and for women and children in Currituck and Dare counties.

Funding

Grants range from $500 to$2,500.

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

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.

Winston-Salem Foundation - What We Do

• Community Investment: We offer proactive and responsive grantmaking and we build deep community partnerships to strengthen Forsyth County.
• Philanthropic Services: We partner with generous community members to make impactful and lasting gifts, both locally and beyond.
• Student Aid: We provide scholarships to local students in their quest for higher education.
• Strategic Initiatives: We amplify the voices and collective impact of local youth, women and girls, and Black communities.

Capital Improvement Grants

Capital Improvement Grants support time-limited projects for nonprofits in Forsyth County, North Carolina to acquire, upgrade, and maintain physical assets (such as property, buildings, technology, or equipment). This program provides grants of up to $25,000.

Organizations may have only one funded Capital Improvement Grant open at a time. (However, they may have concurrent funding open for Capacity-Building Grants, Small Grants, Focus Area Investments, and/or Strategic Initiative Grants.)

Organizations that have received Capital funding are asked to wait three years before submitting an additional request.

What We Fund

• New and existing facilities (renovations, upgrades, repairs, and ADA accessibility)
• Major material goods (equipment, vehicles, and furniture)
• Technology and software
• Beautification (green spaces, landscaping, gardens, lighting, fencing, etc.)
• Equipment, furniture, and supplies (lower priority)

A strong application will demonstrate:

• Two years of organizational operation
• Proven track record of service in Forsyth County
• Diverse leadership representative of the community it serves
• How the organization gains insights from people with lived experience in the area(s) of service(s) provided
• Financial statements demonstrating revenue and expenses over two years (current year and previous year) – an audit is helpful, but not required
• Clear project plans
• Description of project need
• Organizational capacity to manage the scale of the project
• Ability to sustain any ongoing maintenance costs

Women's Impact Fund Grant

Our grantmaking process has two purposes. First, to make high-impact grants to local nonprofit organizations. Second, to train our members as thoughtful philanthropists. We continue to lean into trust-based philanthropy principles and aim to conduct a fair, transparent grantmaking experience.

Program Areas

Women’s Impact Fund makes annual grants in five program areas. Nonprofits must choose in which program area to apply.

• Arts & Culture
• Education
• Environment
• Health
• Human Services

Funding Principles

• Builds resilience and/or demonstrates the ability to adapt to changing societal and environmental circumstances
• Reduces disparities in our community
• Increases accessibility
• Responsive to, or aware of, root causes
• Considers racial and/or gender equity
• Serves populations that are underserved or not reached through other resources or organizations

Funding

Grant applications, member vote, and the grant pool size determine recipients and grant amounts. Grants for can range from $10,000 to $100,000. Unlike prior years, WIF is not asking applicants to request a specific funding amount.

The Dudley T. Dougherty Foundation Vision

The Dudley T. Dougherty Foundation, "A Foundation for All", was established in 2002. It was begun in order to give a clear voice for those who wish to be a part of the many, worthy, forces for change in our world.

We are a foundation whose purpose is to look ahead towards the future, giving the past its due by remembering where we came from, and how much we can all accomplish together. We aim to make the critical difference on our planet by recognizing and having respect for our ever changing world. We respect all Life, the Environment, and all People, no matter who they are.

North Carolina – East NCE Grants

Grant funding provided by The NRA Foundation must meet all NRA Foundation requirements and be used to further a charitable purpose as defined by the Internal Revenue Code under section 501(c)(3) and accompanying rules, regulations, and other IRS law and materials. Eligibility and funding amount are determined solely by the Foundation.

Grant requests must conform to, and foster the purposes in, The NRA Foundation’s mission statement, such as:

• Promote, advance, and encourage firearms, the shooting sports, and hunting safety.
• Educate individuals, including the youth of the United States, with respect to firearms, firearms history, participation in the shooting sports, hunting safety, and marksmanship, as well as with respect to other subjects that are of importance to the well-being of the general public.
• Conduct research in furtherance of improved firearms safety and marksmanship facilities and techniques.
• Support activities of the National Rifle Association of America, to the extent that such activities are in furtherance of charitable, educational, or scientific purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code which includes activities that are charitable, educational, or foster National or International sports competition.

North Carolina – West NCW Grants

Grant funding provided by The NRA Foundation must meet all NRA Foundation requirements and be used to further a charitable purpose as defined by the Internal Revenue Code under section 501(c)(3) and accompanying rules, regulations, and other IRS law and materials. Eligibility and funding amount are determined solely by the Foundation.

Grant requests must conform to, and foster the purposes in, The NRA Foundation’s mission statement, such as:

• Promote, advance, and encourage firearms, the shooting sports, and hunting safety.
• Educate individuals, including the youth of the United States, with respect to firearms, firearms history, participation in the shooting sports, hunting safety, and marksmanship, as well as with respect to other subjects that are of importance to the well-being of the general public.
• Conduct research in furtherance of improved firearms safety and marksmanship facilities and techniques.
• Support activities of the National Rifle Association of America, to the extent that such activities are in furtherance of charitable, educational, or scientific purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code which includes activities that are charitable, educational, or foster National or International sports competition.