Triangle Community Foundation announces increase to budget cap for Community Grantmaking Program

July 26, 2010

Durham, N.C (July 26, 2010).  – Triangle Community Foundation announced today that it is increasing the budget cap for its Community Grantmaking Program from $750,000 to $1,500,000. Now in its fourth year, the program makes grants in the areas of Youth Leadership & Development and Civic Engagement to nonprofit entities in Chatham, Durham, Orange and Wake counties.

“Extending the budget cap to $1.5 million will allow us to consider additional organizations that are doing exemplary work in the Triangle,” said Andrea Bazán, Triangle Community Foundation President. “We are excited that this additional funding opportunity will help more nonprofits increase their reach and address a broader range of community needs.”

The Foundation also announced the recipients of its Community Grantmaking Program for the Spring 2010 cycle. Over $207,000 will be divided among 16 nonprofit organizations chosen by the program’s selection committee, with an average grant size of $13,200.

There were seven grants made in the area of youth leadership and development and nine grants made in the area of civic engagement. In total, 78 nonprofit organizations submitted proposals for consideration in the seventh cycle of this open, competitive grantmaking program.

The spring 2010 Community Grantmaking Program recipients are:

Youth Leadership & Development
• Art Therapy Institute ($14,045)
• Boys & Girls Clubs of the Eastern Piedmont ($15,000)
• Budo Karate House ($15,000)
• Dispute Settlement Center ($14,034)
• Literacy Council of Wake County ($15,000)
• Loaves and Fishes Ministry ($13,260)
• NC Psychoanalytic Foundation ($15,000)

Civic Engagement
• Chatham County Literacy Council ($7,010)
• NC Center for Voter Education ($10,000)
• Project Compassion ($10,000)
• Scrap Exchange ($14,800)
• Clean Energy Durham ($10,000)
• Student Action with Farmworkers ($15,000)
• Haw River Assembly ($11,850)
• Institute for Southern Studies ($14,350)
• Southeast Regional Economic Justice Network ($15,000)

To learn more about the types of organizations and projects that the Foundation typically funds through the Community Grantmaking Program, please visit our website and watch past grantees’ Digital Storytelling Videos.

Fall 2010 Cycle Now Open
Triangle Community Foundation is now accepting proposal applications for the fall 2010 cycle of our Community Grantmaking Program.  Applications, guidelines, proposal scoring rubrics, and additional background information are available on the Foundation’s Web site at: http://www.trianglecf.org/grants_support/community_grantmaking_program/

Completed applications are due via email on August 15 by 5 pm.  Applications received after this deadline will not be considered.  Funding decisions will be announced by December 20.  Funding will be available by December 31 to be spent January 2011-December 2011. Average grant size will be $10,000 - $15,000.

Eligibility Criteria
Triangle Community Foundation’s Community Grantmaking Program focuses funding in two areas: Civic Engagement and Youth Leadership & Development. The program is open to 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organizations, religious congregations, and governmental entities that are based in the Triangle (Chatham, Durham, Orange and Wake counties) and (2) have a total annual organizational budget of $1,500,000 or less.  Please note that this budget cap has been increased from previous grantmaking cycles.

Organizations that received Community Grantmaking Program funding in fall 2009 are eligible reapply for funding.  However, these organizations must submit an interim report using the Foundation’s Grantee Report Form along with their Proposal Application. Interim reports are due with the completed proposal by August 15. Grantee Report forms can be found here on the Foundation’s website.

About Triangle Community Foundation: The Community Grantmaking Program is one of many initiatives sponsored by Triangle Community Foundation, which annually makes grants totaling more than $15 million. Triangle Community Foundation is a nonprofit organization that manages $135 million in funds established by individuals, businesses and families. The Foundation currently manages over 740 funds, ranging in size from $10,000 to $10 million, primarily for the benefit of Wake, Durham, Orange and Chatham counties.  The Foundation also manages a number of scholarships and other special programs for the benefit of the community. For more information, please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or visit the Foundation’s Web site: http://www.trianglecf.org.