Grantmaking

While strides have been made, Hurricane Helene’s impact is still being felt in far Western North Carolina. This once-in-a-century storm ravaged our small mountain communities, leaving physical, emotional, and financial destruction in its wake. Recovery will take years.

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Priority: Youth and Young Adult Well-being

Through our grantmaking program, we partner with local organizations that have recognized a need in their community, developed a proven or innovative strategy to address that need at its roots, and are prepared to see their project through to its conclusion.

After a year of holding listening sessions, conducting interviews, and diving deep into proven methods and anticipated results, we have adapted our focus to address the health and well-being needs of school-aged children and young adults.

Through our 2024 grant cycle, we are looking to invest in projects designed to significantly move the needle on issues that impact health and well-being for children from age 5 to young adults age 24. If your organization has something like that in mind, we look forward to hearing more about it.

Pre-applications for the 2024 grant cycle will be accepted July 1 – 22.

Subscribers to our e-newsletter are the first to hear when new funding opportunities are available.

How We Are Investing in Health and Well-being

Our region deserves exceptional homes, businesses, and schools. That’s why we are proud to have invested in programs like these:

Building Safer Homes

Everyone deserves to live in a safe home. Safe and affordable housing plays a pivotal role in shaping individual and community health outcomes.

That’s why we’ve partnered with communities and other philanthropic organizations to ensure vital home-repair funding is being invested in our area.

Housing support for children currently in and aging out of foster is another priority.

Building Businesses

Farm-to-table partnerships
Downtown Revitalization programs
Public and personal transportation options
Expanded childcare services so parents can continue to work
Bi-lingual career and professional development to meet the needs of marginalized families
Public WiFi expansion
Building a Community Health Hub

Building Education

Support for our students through a variety of STEM/STEAM opportunities, as well as exploration of environmental, construction, gardening, sustainable horticulture, business management, and marketing career paths
Establish and expand local nursing, EMS training, health sciences, and optometry programs
Short-term student housing for rural nursing fellowship programs
Fulfilling unmet staffing and infrastructure needs in our schools

Building Workforce

Now + Next offers current and future leaders the opportunity to develop leadership skills that will keep them engaged in our communities and provide them with the organizational and collective tools they need to collaborate effectively with others and grow the people they serve, resulting in a richer, more inclusive and connected community.

For Grant Seekers

First-time visitors to our grant management portal should register as new users. User accounts are designed to be individual records and SHOULD NOT be shared within agencies. As platform administrators, we reserve the right to disable accounts if we discover evidence of two or more individuals using one account.

Creating an account on Nantahala Health Foundation’s grants management platforms indicates your willingness to receive email updates from our organization. You are free to unsubscribe from these updates at any time; however, once unsubscribed you will no longer learn of grant opportunities via our email communications.

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For Grant Recipients

For Awardees: Before the Foundation releases funds to an organization, the organization must review and approve a written agreement. Once the funds are released, successful applicants must submit written progress reports as specified in each grant agreement. Organizations that have received a previous grant from the Foundation must first meet all reporting requirements in order for an additional application to be considered.

County Health Rankings and Action Recommendatons

Explore the Factors that Influence Health

Many factors influence how well and how long we live, from access to affordable housing and well-paying jobs to opportunities for a good education for our kids. The County Health Rankings model shows us how these factors work together and illustrates where we can take action to improve health and eliminate unjust barriers to opportunity.