OVERVIEW: This health legacy funder in North Carolina supports healthy eating and active lifestyles for kids, public schools, and capacity building for nonprofits. Current grant opportunities are posted on the funder’s website.
IP TAKE: While this funder mainly limits its work to Alamance County, North Carolina, it is approachable and accessible for organizations of all sizes working to improve the lives of residents. Check its current opportunities page for new funding initiatives and reach out via email with questions or ideas at any time.
PROFILE: Based in Burlington, North Carolina, Impact Alamance is a health legacy funder created when Alamance Regional Medical Center merged with Cone Health. It seeks to “strategically invest in our community for health, hope and prosperity.” Its three areas of grantmaking focus are healthy kids, healthy communities and the progress and advancement fund.
Grants for Health, Education and Community Development
Impact Alamance’s three programs make grants for health, education and community development with overlapping goals and themes. The healthy kids program has recently focused on kindergarten readiness initiatives, including early childhood education, healthcare access and early literacy. Recenet grants have supported Alamance Achieves and the Alamance Burlington School System. The healthy communities program, meanwhile, also focuses on “getting kids ready for school,” but also supports programs and organizations involved in community health in a broader sense. Past grantees of this focus area include the City of Burlington Recreation and Parks Department, Alamance Eldercare and the Women’s Resource Center of Alamance County. Finally, the progress and advancement fund awards grants of up to $50,000 to Alamance county organizations “seeking to improve access to care, education, or the economy.”
Important Grant Details:
This funder usually makes around $2 million in grants each year, with grants generally awarded in amounts up to $50,000. Grantmaking is mainly limited to organizations in Alamance County, North Carolina. Impact Alamance has supported organizations of all sizes that demonstrate strong commitment to improving the lives of county residents. For additional information about past grantmaking, see the foundation’s recent grants page or its recent annual reports.
Impact Alamance awards grants organizational assessment and capacity building throughout year, but also posts current grantmaking opportunities on a separate page of its website. Guidelines and information about eligibility and due dates are available at the organization’s application page. General inquiries may be submitted to this funder via email or telephone at (336) 221-0011.
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