Grantmaking
P.O. Box 3558
Chapel Hill, NC 27515-3558
Strowd Roses, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Eligibility & Restrictions
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Eligibility
- Applicants must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in good standing or a local government entity, or be an organization that is fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) or a local government entity.
- Applicants must have a current North Carolina charitable solicitation license or current statutory exemption.
- Proposals are only accepted from organizations serving the residents of Chapel Hill and the local surrounding community. Nonprofits may be located outside of Chapel Hill, as long as the services or programs benefit residents of Chapel Hill and the immediate surrounding areas.
- Consistent with Strowd Roses’ policies and values, all grant recipients must support an environment that is free from discrimination in their hiring and service provision on the basis of gender, race, race, ethnicity, creed, color, religion, political affiliation, national origin, socio-economic status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, familial status, sexual orientation, veteran status, or physical or mental disability.
Restrictions
- No funding will be awarded to individuals or endowments.
- No funding will be granted for programs or summer camps held in Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools or specifically for CHCCS students. (Strowd Roses provides an annual block grant award to the Public School Foundation to support school-based projects and summer camp programming).
- No funding will be granted for UNC-affiliated clubs or programs. Strowd Roses defines UNC-affiliated as any one (or more) of the following:
- The organization’s board of directors is comprised of UNC’s Board of Trustees
- The organization is physically housed at a University school/unit
- Paychecks to the staff are from UNC-Chapel Hill
- The application is filled out by University Development staff
- The organization is not a separate 501(c)(3)
- UNC students are the primary beneficiary of programs
- No funding will be granted specifically for sectarian religious purposes but funding can be made to religious organizations for general community programs.
- No grant funding shall be used to attempt to influence legislation or to intervene in any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office.