PROJECT AND CAPITAL GRANTS

Grant Applications

The Foundation considers two types of grant requests:

Project Grants have a specific purpose to be completed in one or two years.  The maximum funding is $10,000.

Capital Grants to improve, expand, repair or construct facilities or purchase major equipment that supports the organization’s charitable activities.  The maximum funding for these grants is $30,000.

If an application is submitted for a Capital Grant, a Project Grant application may NOT be submitted until after applicant has received notification of the decline of its Capital Grant application. 

Qualifications and Requirements for a Grant

Organization must be a non-profit and tax exempt as defined by section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code and must include a copy of your IRS Tax Exemption letter.

The grant request must be to partially or fully fund a project in the areas of arts, health and welfare and/or education.

Your organization is NOT eligible for a grant if:

• Beneficiaries of your project are not within New Hanover, Pender or Brunswick counties.

• The organization operates as a private non-operating foundation.

• The application is for direct aid to individuals.

• The grant is primarily for operating expenses, such as administrative costs, general overhead, advertising or signage, principal and interest payments on debt.

• The grant is for costs of capital items already acquired or the purchase of real property.

• The grant is for a start-up organization (the date of your IRS determination letter must be two years before the date of submission of this application)

• The organization is engaged in any way in the promotion or advancement of political or religious beliefs.

• The organization will transfer any portion of a Landfall Foundation Grant Award to any other organization.

• The organization is a local branch of a national organization with internal fundraising staff.

• The organization discriminates on the basis of age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion.

• The grant application is for research, feasibility studies or engineering and planning.

• The organization received a program grant award in the previous year and has not submitted a final or preliminary report by May 15, 2023.

• The organization received a capital grant award in the current year.
  

Project Grant Application Process

The Foundation accepts only one grant application from an organization. The following process is required to apply by June 3, 2024:

1. Organizations receiving a grant from the Landfall Foundation the previous year and re-applying the following year, must complete and submit a Project Report online by May 15, 2024. Note: responses are not saved until you click on "Submit".

   Click here for Project Management Report

2. Prepare to complete your online application by clicking on any of the following documents that provide guidelines and information.
   4-4-24 Final Applicant Training Slides
   Grant Training and Examples
   Grant Scoring Matrix

3. Organizations receiving grants will be notified in early October 2024. Awards will be made at a reception November 7, 2024.

4. Complete the Grant Application by selecting one of the applications that follows.

   Please note: We use G-Suite Forms by Google. Because uploaded files will be stored, Google requires that you sign in with a gmail account. If you don’t have one, you will be prompted to create one. If this will prohibit your organization from applying, please contact the grants so-chairs or if you have any questions, click here to email Grants Co-Chairs.
   

Application available Feb. 15 - June 3, 2024

Click here for Grant Application - Health & Welfare
Click here for Grant Application - Education
Click here for Grant Application - Arts

Capital Grant Application Process

The Landfall Foundation considers Capital Grants for significant capital projects.   These projects include acquisition of property, new construction, additions to existing structures, renovations or repairs to existing structures, purchase of fixed integrated equipment, and purchase of stand-alone equipment.

1. The Capital Grant Application will be available online only from November 15 through January 5 of the ensuing year. The electronic process is the same as our grant application process, as follows.

2. The following documents will be required to be uploaded during the application process (instructions will be included), current 501(c)(3) tax-exempt letter, financial report, board of directors, and project budget.

3. Applicants not selected for final review will be notified promptly (no later than March 1) to allow the applicant to submit a Foundation Grant Request.

4. If selected for final review, the applicant may be notified to present more information to the Capital Grants Committee (not to exceed 30 minutes) followed by a site visit (if deemed appropriate).

5. The Grants Committee presents its recommendations to the full Board of the Foundation for discussion and a vote on each recommendation..

6. No later than April 15th the Grants Committee Chair will inform the applicant of the outcome of this vote which is final and at the sole and absolute discretion of the Landfall Foundation Board of Directors. No appeal is available.

Please note: We use G-Suite Forms by Google. Because uploaded files will be stored on The Landfall Foundation drive, Google requires that you sign in with a gmail account. If you don’t have one, you will be prompted to create one. If this will prohibit your organization from applying or if you have any questions, click here to email Capital Grants Chairperson.

Click here for the Capital Grant Application.

GRANTS

Co-Chairs
Cathy Crumpton,
Tina Leak

ARTS
Tim Jones, Chair
Anne Boucher
Joel Sanders
Christine Hinsch
Joyce Fernando

EDUCATION
Kathleen McLean, Chair
Elizabeth Borges
Adair Wright
Beth O’Connell
Dick Gongaware

HEALTH & WELFARE
Hannah Holt, Chair
Cathy Marshall
Bob Applegate
Beth Bowers

CAPITAL GRANTS

Chair
Bob Harootyan

Cathy Crumpton
Anne Sorhagen