Capacity Building Grants Program

Capacity Building Grants Program is sponsored by The Congdon Foundation. The Capacity Building Grants are intended to fund efforts like adding staff, expanding facilities, building out digital infrastructure, enlisting consultants or other professionals, enhancing fundraising or marketing efforts, creating programs, and developing leadership for 501(…

Capacity Building Grants - Congdon Foundation The Congdon Foundation developed the Capacity Building Grants Program to address a common desire among our partner nonprofits to do more, to do better, and to be sustainable.

The Capacity Building Grants are intended to fund efforts like: adding staff, expanding facilities, building out digital infrastructure, enlisting consultants or other professionals, enhancing fundraising or marketing efforts, creating programs, and developing leadership. As a family rooted in High Point, NC, the grantmaking work of the foundation is restricted to 501(c)3 nonprofits in the Greater High Point area.

The annual Capacity Building Grant cycle runs from January 1st – January 31st. Decisions are announced by the end of March with funds made available in April. Each grant will be for $30,000 and renewable for three years.

Thus, each grantee will get a total of $90,000 over the course of the grant, assuming positive annual reviews. Each year, the Congdon Foundation will award 10 new Capacity Building Grants. Each year the Capacity Building Grant call for proposals focuses on a different one of the foundation’s three funding priorities.

Please read our FAQ to help with any questions you may have. The application process is online, short, and focused on how funds will be used to create capacity. The link below will be live on January 1st.

A detailed description of the application can be accessed here. When you click the button to apply for the grant, it will take you to a web portal to complete the application. You can complete a profile at any time, but no eligible applicaiton will appear on the portal until after January 1.

*For additional questions please contact Dr. Joe Blosser, Chief Executive Officer, at joe@congdonfoundation. org . Complete Grant Application (opens in new tab) Congdon Foundation Grant Recipients We are pleased to announce the following organizations received an Education-focused Capacity Building Grant.

Learn More (opens in new tab) Communities in Schools of High Point Learn More (opens in new tab) PEAK Adventure Ministries Learn More (opens in new tab) The College Prep and Leadership Academy Learn More (opens in new tab) Learn More (opens in new tab) Greensboro Cerebral Palsy Association Learn More (opens in new tab) Notes for Notes at Penn-Griffin School of the Arts Learn More (opens in new tab) Learn More (opens in new tab) Increasing access to and the quality of education Addressing critical community needs Supporting economic development for revitalization and stabilization Increasing access to and the quality of education Check Out Our Podcast With High Point Discovered it inspires you to help others.

" EMILY CAROTHERS , Earl and Kitty Congdon Old Dominion Freight Line Scholarship Recipient "Compassion is taking action. It’s not being satisfied with the status quo. " Carl Vierling , Greater High Point Food Alliance "We’re creating our own ecosystem that is poised to turn our home into the “high point” of our state once more.

" Rachel Collins , Business High Point "All must give as they are able, according to the blessings given to them by the Lord your God. " "Our board is deeply involved in High Point. Their commitment to the city is evident in their desire for the foundation to form real partnerships with our grant recipients, so that we can support them to grow their impact.

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