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We are committed to empowering organizations through Capacity Building. We hope to provide organizations with the tools they need to work at their highest capacity in the most sustainable way.
A huge part of Capacity Building is supporting and expanding existing team members knowledge to obtain, improve or learn new skills to further the organization’s overall mission in a sustainable way. We want to provide support to organizations seeking to host educational opportunities dedicated to improving the health of our region:
AMY recognizes that in order to serve our communities in need organizations must have staff that feels supported financially to run programs, a structure to house programs and teams, and funding to support existing programs that are working well. AMY knows that operational funding can be a hard sell to individual donors and we never want that to be a barrier to success. We support organization’s Operations in the following ways:
AMY Wellness Foundation grant opportunities will be open year-round. Applicants may create an account by clicking here. You will fill out a survey that will direct you to the correct application based on which funding opportunity you are applying to. Our Associate Director, Nora Frank is available to answer questions. If you would like to set up a phone appointment please email:
n.frank@amywellnessfoundation.org
Government agencies, local education agencies or nonprofits with 509(a) or 501(c)3 IRS status are eligible to receive funds.
The following areas fall outside the AMY Wellness Foundation scope of support:
Our primary focus areas are:
Avery,
Mitchell, and
Yancey Counties.
We aim to support programs and organizations working in these counties. We encourage anyone outside of these areas to investigate collaborative asks with organizations who have a physical presence in our focus area and the capacity to serve as the fiscal agent for the project.
AMY Wellness Foundation Board of Directors will review applications from the previous month at the start of each month. Applicants will be notified of the Board decision 30-45 days later depending on the volume of applications received that month.
For example, all applications submitted in May will be reviewed starting
June 1. Applicants will be notified 30-45 days later.
Exception: COVID-19 Rapid Relief applications will receive responses within two weeks.
We have identified food, housing, and mental health as our region’s top priorities and will put these needs at the forefront of our efforts. However, we understand that there are endless needs to create lasting impact and change. Do not feel circumscribed by these three priorities.
AMYWF believes that sustainable impactful change is possible through collaboration, innovation, and upstream solutions. Applicants that highlight any of these three values will have a competitive submission.
All grant recipients are required to submit an audit with their final report. This will not be an entire audit of the organization, although we do recommend that as best practice. Grantees must have an audit of funds given by AMYWF for the term of each grant given. Please budget accordingly.
Applicants may be granted funds for their organizational needs and also be granted funds as a fiscal agent in a collaborative ask. An applicant is eligible to receive funding for both applications semi-annually.
Each application is capped at $75,000 in the following grant categories:
The Board has set annual designation amounts per grant category. These designations will be reviewed at the fourth quarter of every year and the Board has flexibility to expand each designation if there has been a high volume of accepted applications throughout the year. Annual designations for the remainder of 2020 as of May 8th are:
Applications are open! Click below to sign in.