ECCF’s annual granting cycles connect funding opportunities with community initiatives improving the lives of Pee Dee residents and amplify awareness of local nonprofit organizations.
Our community-based grantmaking model brings together diverse voices representing a variety of perspectives within the communities we serve, as well as areas of focus for our funding programs.
Grantmaking at Eastern Carolina Community Foundation promotes partnerships with communities – its nonprofits, workers, families, and leaders – to cultivate thriving communities.
An annual community impact grant cycle exists to advance the missions of local nonprofits through a competitive grant process. Relying on a trust-based philanthropy model, ECCF intentionally focuses on receiving applications to support capacity building and operational support to assist nonprofit organizations in strengthening operations and infrastructure, enhancing organizational stability, planning for strategic growth, and/or making critical improvements to their facilities. Grant submissions up to $10,000 will be considered.
Proposals to be considered might include (but are not limited to):
- Staff training and development
- Operational support
- Facilities expansion or improvement
- Equipment
- Technology expenses
- Strategic planning
Non-eligible activities include:
- Marketing expenses
- Fundraising activities
- Endowment
- Sponsorships
- Start-up expenses
- Debt reduction
Granting Cycles, Applications, and Guidelines
Women in Philanthropy (WiP) is the Giving Circle Fund of the foundation.
When a group of individuals joins together to pool their knowledge, their commitment to positive change and their resources, amazing things can be accomplished. Members of giving circles put their charitable dollars into a pooled fund and decide, as a group, which charities to support through their grantmaking.
The grant purpose must align with Women in Philanthropy’s objectives to support organizations that are working to improve lives through addressing health, nutrition, prevention and/or care needs for victims of violence, neglect, and/or poverty. Grant submissions up to $7,000 will be considered.