Cumberland Community Foundation awards between $7 million and $10 million in grants annually (depending on donor advised fund activity).
- About 70% to 80% of the distributions are made from donor-restricted funds to causes designated by the donors.
- Other grants are awarded from unrestricted and field-of-interest "Community Funds" through the competitive grant application program called "Community Grants."
- Charitable organizations based in Cumberland County, NC should attend a Grantseeker Information meeting to learn more about CCF's Community Grants Program. (Click on Calendar/Events at the top menu and register online. You will need your nonprofit's tax identification number.)
2026 Winter Cycle Grants Awarded
View the list of grantees HERE.
2025 Fall Cycle Grants Awarded
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2025 Summer Cycle Grants Awarded
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2025 Spring Cycle Grants Awarded
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Community Grants History
CCF makes grants that maximize impact. Grants from CCF's unrestricted endowments support the greatest needs and best opportunities in the community, as they change over the years.
CCF awards grants to strengthen community infrastructure and build community-wide resources, such as start up funding for Cape Fear Botanical Garden (three years of funding starting in 1980), Fayetteville Symphony Youth Orchestra (two years of funding in 2017), The CARE Clinic (1990), Cumberland County Medication Assistance Program "CCMAP" (2001), Institute of Community Leadership, the Cornelia Bullock Wilkins Senior Information Hub at Cumberland County Council on Older Adults, Methodist University Cape Fear Valley School of Medicine, and many others.
CCF provided early support to help build community amenities, such as the $250,000 grant to purchase the site for the headquarters library in downtown Fayetteville (1984), the $250,000 grant to Cape Fear Botanical Garden to develop the Children's Garden (2016), the $150,000 grant to Cape Fear Botanical Garden's Campaign for Natural Growth (2006), the $500,000 grant to the NC History Center (2014), and the $500,000 to Cape Fear Regional Theatre's Act II Campaign.
