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Grant Guidelines

2022 – 2023

The Community Foundation of South Lake County is dedicated to serving our community through connecting resources and intentional philanthropic giving. Investing in our local non-profits is vital to helping make a difference in the south Lake Community. Over the past 27 years, the Community Foundation has provided more than $9 Million in community grants. The Community Foundation of South Lake County’s Annual Community Impact Grant Cycle accepts applications during the summer, see below for the timeline for Fiscal Year 2022-2023.

 

Grant Requirements and Guidelines

Grant funding must serve residents of the former South Lake County tax district, including the following cities:

  • Clermont
  • Groveland
  • Mascotte
  • Minneola
  • Montverde

 

It also includes unincorporated areas of South Lake County. If your organization is based outside of the South Lake County area, you will need to indicate what percentage of the agency or program benefits residents of the South Lake County tax district and how long you have been serving the South Lake County community.

 

A nonprofit organization with evidence that it:

  • Has been recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as an organization described in Section 501 (c)(3) of the Code
  • Is fiscally sponsored by Section 501 (c)(3) organization
  • Has an Employer Identification Number (EIN)

 

Award Range: up to $25,000

 

Areas of focus:

  • Affordable Housing & Homelessness
  • Education
  • Health & Wellness
  • General Operating
  • If your focus area is Women & Children, please apply for the Women’s Giving Alliance grant opportunity

 

Minimum of three years of financial and program data. Audited financial statements or 990 must be provided for the previous fiscal year.

 

Applicants must be able to adhere to funding requirements in a timely manner; this includes but is not limited to capacity and capability to collect and report programmatic data, track funding utilization and report impact of funding.

What We Don't Fund Through Grant Requests

CFSLC Does Not Fund the Following:

  • Endowments
  • Fundraising expenses, sponsorships, or thrift stores
  • Infrastructure improvements (including but not limited to land/building that is not owned by the applicant)
  • Activities that relate to lobbying or advocacy or litigation related expenses
  • Individuals
  • Foreign based organizations
  • Political or trade associations
  • Support for religious organizations for religious purposes
  • Medical or scientific research
  • Organizations that discriminate or exclude participants the basis of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability or marital status
Grant Writing Resources

Grant Writing – Resource Link Proposal Writing

Grant Writing – Resource Link How to Write a Grant Proposal

Grant Application Information Session.PowerPoint 2023

Timeline

  • Application Opens: July 7, 2023 to August 4, 2023 at 11:59 pm
  • Application Information Session:
  • Application Decision: Before September 30, 2023

For Additional Questions about the WGA Grant Requirement please contact Laura Michalski at  laura@cfslc.org and for technical assistants with the WGA Grant Application form, please contact Ruth Tow at ruth@cfslc.org.

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PAST COMPETITIVE GRANT RECIPIENTS

    2021

    LovExtension, $5,000, Operational Support

    Building Block Ministries, $25,000, Operational support

    Florida’s Vision Quest, $25,000, Vision screenings and glasses for indigent youth.

    Family Matters of Central Florida, Inc, $20,000, Tutoring services for youth.

    Early Learning Coalition of Lake County, $19,172, LENA grow educational program.

    Lake Community Action Agency, $25,000, Rent & utility assistance for South Lake residents.

    2020

    Word Keepers of Clermont (Well of Hope), $20,000, Operational Grant

    Real Life Church for The Central Florida Hope Center, $11,688, Operational Grant

    Habitat for Humanity of Lake-Sumter, $20,000, Preservation and Repair Program in South Lake

    Family Matters of Central Florida, Inc., $15,000, Tutoring for students.

    Educational Foundation of Lake County, $3,200, Support of Take Stock Program

    2019

    FAITH Neighborhood Center, $16,280, Food pantry and intervention services.

    Living Message Church (Find, Feed & Restore), $15,110, Rapid Rehousing and case management.

    United Way of Lake and Sumter Counties, $10,000, Rental Assistance for South Lake residents.

    Family Matters of Central Florida, Inc., $5,000, Tutoring services for students.

    Educational Foundation of Lake County, $20,000, Programming to increase graduation rates.

    New Beginnings of Central Florida, $15,110, Residential Program

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