Applications are open for the North Carolina Local News Lab Fund to support for non-profit organizations and funding for projects with a charitable purpose for for-profit entities who have appropriate fiscal sponsorship.
Donor Name: North Carolina Community Foundation
State: North Carolina
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/29/2022
Grant Size: up to $75,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The North Carolina Local News Lab Fund is a pooled fund housed at the North Carolina Community Foundation building a sustainable and inclusive news and information ecosystem that benefits all of North Carolina.
They will prioritize funding organizations and projects that reflect:
- Equitable ways of working with and for people and communities through listening, learning, direct engagement, and transformative approaches to serving news and information needs
- Team diversity
- Service of marginalized people, communities, and geographies, including North Carolina’s media deserts, low-wealth communities, communities of color, rural communities, Indigenous communities, and communities disconnected by the digital divide, language, and literacy
- Little-d democratic goals, including free and fair elections, community connection, and topics like public health, mutual aid, and public accountability
- Efforts to build on existing organizational strengths by expanding access to the work beyond current audiences
- Diversifying and earning revenue for your organization (only applicable for 501c3 public charity applicant organizations)
- Outcomes that will move more than one organization forward
Funding Information
Grants last year were one-year, general operating grants between $15,000 and $45,000, on a one-year term. This year, we expect to make larger grants and invite requests up to $75,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- 501c3 public charity nonprofits and for-profit organizations with projects serving a charitable purpose with appropriate fiscal sponsorship from a nonprofit organization will be eligible.
- For organizations who applied with a fiscal sponsor, fiscal sponsorship must still be active to be eligible.
For more information, visit North Carolina Community Foundation.