Grantmaking
P.O. Box 3558
Chapel Hill, NC 27515-3558
Strowd Roses, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Your time is valuable, so please review our eligibility guidelines and restrictions before working on a grant application.
New Grant Applicants
New grant applicants and applicants who have not received a grant in more than 3 years, please schedule a meet and greet with our executive director, Hudson Fuller.
Meetings will be by Zoom. If Zoom poses difficulties for you, please email us at executivedirector@strowdroses.org to discuss other options.
Previous Recipients
If you have received a grant in the past three years from Strowd Roses and have no questions, you can start the application process. Please email Hudson at executivedirector@strowdroses.org with any questions.
Eligibility & Restrictions
Expand the sections below for more information.
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 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).
- No funding be granted for summer camp programs. (Strowd Roses provides an annual block grant award to the Public School Foundation for students to attend summer camps).
- No funding will be granted for UNC-affiliated programs, organizations or clubs. 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
- The organization is a registered student organization that receives funding from UNC
- 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.