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2023 - 2024 Grant Guidelines
Apply For A Grant
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:
- Basic Needs
- 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.
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
2023 - 2024 Grant Timeline
Timeline
• Application Opens: April 26, 2024 to June 7, 2024.
• Grant Application Training Session: Wednesday, April 17th at 2:00pm
• Application Decision: July 31, 2024.
Past Competitive
Grant Recepient History
• Stuckey Community Improvement Group, Inc. – $25,000, Housing & Homelessness: Home Preservation and Weatherization Initiative
• New Vision for Independence – $15,000, Health & Wellness: Blind Services of South Lake County
• The Neighborhood Center of South Lake – $25,000, General Operating
• Family Matters of Central Florida – $20,000, Education: One on One Tutoring for South Lake Youth
• Total Grants Awarded – $80,000
• Anointed Community Services International – $20,000 Transportation for children for after school care, field trips, and deliveries of Meals on Wheels.
• Education Foundation of Lake County $20,750 – Construction Academy Program.
• Episcopal Children’s Services – $5,700 Hatch Technology to accelerate learning gains in their Head Start program.
• Give a Day Foundation – $10,000 Youth Empowerment Program with mentorship, volunteerism, and education.
• Habitat for Humanity – $17,700 Preservation and Repair Program.
• Hands of Hope America Inc –$25,000 Emergency food assistance, education, and social services. Case manager and programing support.
• Lake Community Action Agency Inc – $25,000 Temporary Rental Assistance and Comprehensive Solutions Program. noncompliant.
• The Neighborhood Center of South Lake – $15,000 Summer Feeding Program support for case manager $2000 share day.
• New Beginnings – $25,000 Transitional housing for 6-18 months and financial budgeting classes.
• New Vision for Independence – $5,000 Overhead and operational expenses noncompliant.
• South Lake Community Ministries – $25,000 Partial salary of a full-time case manager.
• Thrive Clermont – $25,000 Increasing their Adulting program from 200 to 500 students.
• 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.
• 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
• 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