Gateway Grants
Through intentional partnerships and collaborations, Gateway Wellness Foundation invests in programs, initiatives, and organizations that promise to improve the health and well-being of residents in Burke, McDowell, Polk, and Rutherford Counties.
Our mission is to address the social determinants of health in western North Carolina. One way we do this is by providing funding to organizations whose work aligns with our mission.
Gateway’s 2024 Grant Cycle is closed.
We appreciate the time and energy of all our applicants! Award notifications will be made in November 2024.
We look forward to opening our annual grant cycle again in summer 2025.
Any questions? Contact Sarah Morse at [email protected].
What We Fund
We invest our grantmaking dollars in projects that support and empower underserved and marginalized communities and people. Gateway is inviting proposals that focus on access to health care, childhood development, education, housing, and food insecurity. We also have a “Special Projects” category. Please read below for more information on these focus areas and examples of the requests we may fund.
Access to Health Care
- Increasing access to healthcare, including mental and behavioral health care support and services.
- Reducing disparities in access to healthcare.
Childhood Development
- Nurturing the emotional, social, and/or physical development of children, thereby directly impacting their overall development into happy, healthy, productive adults.
- Evidence-based strategies for early childhood programs that support the healthy development of the child and their family.
Education
- Increasing the number of children who are developmentally ready for school
- Increasing the number of high school graduates
- Mentoring and after school programs
- Programs that expand CTE (career and technical education) opportunities
- Other projects that enhance the success rate of students in learning environments
Housing
- Providing education around purchasing and maintaining a home, and removing barriers to home ownership
- Increasing provision of home repair or rehabilitation for people in need
- Increasing access to senior housing
- Increasing access to transitional housing, emergency housing or providing shelter
Food Insecurity
- Measurably decreasing food insecurity and increasing the availability of healthy food.
Special Projects
- Projects may address (but are not limited to) issues around job creation and job readiness, centralized coordination of case management, capacity building, substance use disorder, and hardships that communities are experiencing.
Application Process
Gateway Wellness Foundation is no longer accepting applications for our 2024 Grant Cycle.
Grant award notifications will be made in November 2024.
Please don’t hesitate to reach out with questions! Contact Sarah Morse at [email protected].
The information below pertains to the 2024 Gateway Grant Cycle.
We advise you read all the information below before beginning your application. Click the link in the “How to Apply” section to access our online application form. Applications and attachments must be submitted via this form.
2024 Grant Cycle Timeline
Monday, July 29: Application window OPENS.
Friday, August 30: Application window CLOSES.
APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 8/30/2024
Gateway will send initial award notifications to all applicants via email in early November 2024.
All awards will be issued by the end of December 2024.
How to Apply
This form is currently inactive and will remain closed until the 2025 Grant Cycle.
2024 Gateway Grant Application HERE
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
While there is no official minimum or maximum request amount, requests over $50,000 are very rarely approved, and few requests above $30,000 will be fully funded. If your project’s scope merits a request amount in excess of these suggestions, we recommend you inform our grants staff in advance by emailing [email protected].
The online application form must be completed in one sitting. The online form does not allow the user to save a partially completed application and come back at a later time to complete it.
We encourage you to prepare your application and attachments offline and return to this page when you are ready to submit everything. A downloadable copy of the application form and the project budget template are provided below for your convenience.
Grant Application Forms and Templates
NOTE: While we suggest you complete your application form and attachments in Word and/or Excel in advance using the documents above, you MUST submit your responses and attachments via the online application form linked in the “How to Apply” section. You may copy and paste your responses from a prepared document into the online form. The online form will also accept multiple attachments in a variety of formats.
Eligibility Requirements
To be eligible for funding, the organization:
- Must be a nonprofit 501(c)(3) or governmental entity, and
- Serve the residents of Burke, McDowell, Polk, and/or Rutherford Counties.
- Individuals
- Political purposes, including lobbying
- Out-of-area projects
- Grants prohibited by IRS regulations
Questions? Please contact Sarah Morse, Director of Programs & Grants: [email protected].
