Golden Leaf Foundation Open Grants Program

The Open Grants Program allows applicants to apply for Golden LEAF funding throughout the year. Eligible applicants are governmental entities and 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations. Awards in the Open Grants Program are $500,000 or less.

Priorities

The Golden LEAF Foundation is committed to using the funds entrusted to it for projects that show the most potential for strengthening North Carolina’s economy, especially in tobacco-dependent, economically distressed, and/or rural communities.

This program is for economic development projects aligned with the Golden LEAF priority areas: Job Creation and Economic Investment; Workforce Preparedness; Agriculture; and Community Competitiveness and Capacity.

Competitive applications for projects include requests for funds to:

  • Develop and implement a new workforce training program to meet demand from local employers
  • Implement a career pathway at a high school for a high demand field
  • Extend water, sewer, or road infrastructure to a site to enable industrial development that will create full-time jobs
  • Support the development of new crops, expand markets for agriculture products, or provide training for farmers.
  • Construction of infrastructure for public use needed for development of workforce housing (developer must be a 501(c)(3) or local government entity)

Opportunity offered by:

Golden Leaf Foundation

The Golden LEAF Foundation was established in 1999 to administer a portion of the tobacco settlement agreement monies back into North Carolina’s rural and economically distressed communities. For almost 20…
Online application form
Contact for application information
Opportunity type

Grant
Rolling

Location(s) where available

North Carolina

Maximum grant amount

$500000

Areas of focus

Education
General Funding
Health
Poverty
Underrepresented Community(ies)

This is a recurring opportunity