New Hanover Community Endowment now welcomes grant inquiries on a rolling basis. You can start the inquiry process whenever your project, program, initiative, or idea is ready by following the process outlined below.
What We Fund
At New Hanover Community Endowment we are focused on partnering with the community to significantly improve by focusing on four pillars:
Education
Social & Health Equity
Community Development
Community Safety
Who We Fund
We support organizations that are seeking to identify and address root causes in these areas, aiming for long-lasting and deeply impactful solutions.
- New Hanover County organizations classified as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3)
- New Hanover County public agencies, including state and local governments
- New or emerging organizations without 501(c)(3) status are permitted to apply through a tax-exempt organization acting as fiscal sponsor.
- The fiscal sponsor must maintain full discretion and control over any awarded grant funds and should have the organizational capacity to manage and accept the risks involved with fiscal sponsorship
- The project must be aligned with the fiscal sponsor’s charitable mission
- The fiscal sponsor’s board must approve the project as furthering the sponsor’s charitable mission before completing a Letter of Inquiry (LOI) with the Endowment.
We leverage a variety of strategies across the four pillars to advance our goals.
Grantmaking – Investing dollars to have greater impact.
Convening – Bringing together partners, community groups, and other funders to strengthen our impact.
Capacity building – Enhancing the work of community partners through support and learning.
Communication – Using our platform to amplify the challenges and opportunities in our community.
Evaluation – Continually measuring our investment to understand and share how together we can make the greatest impact. Also demonstrating our process, successes, and challenges.
Interested in a partnership?
We accept applications on a rolling basis. Check out the Funding Types and Before You Apply information below.
Funding Types
Strategic (outcomes-focused grants) – These are funding opportunities tied to specific goals and strategies.
Responsive – Responsive grants allow us to be flexible and may serve emerging needs. This can also lead to more strategic (outcomes-focused) grantmaking.
Before You Apply:
We encourage you to follow these key steps:
- Review the NHCE pillars/focus areas for alignment or specific strategic funding opportunities.
- If you identify an opportunity that is a good fit, review the eligibility requirements.
- Connect with a Network Officer or by email at grants@nhcendowment.org if you have questions.
- If you believe that you are eligible, create an account or login into the Grants portal (Fluxx) and complete the Letter of Inquiry Form, https://nhcendowment.fluxx.io/user_sessions/new.
- For technical assistance, please contact Eileen O’Malley, Grants Manager at eomalley@nhcendowment.org or dial (910) 596-5990.
