Current Grants

Please visit the Grants section of the current Digest newsletter for a national listing.

2008-09 Grant Opportunities

The MLK Challenge – North Carolina

NC Campus Compact is one of seven national lead agencies in promoting the 2009 Dr. Martin LutherKing Jr. Day of Service. The MLK Day of Service honors the life of Dr. King. It is also a way of reminding all Americans of their civic duty to serve, as well as helping members of the community to work together to solve common problems. The 2009 MLK Day of Service is January 19. 

While NC Campus Compact will provide funding to support institutions of higher education throughout the United States, we will provide $8,000 in direct funding to individual institutions or regional consortia in North Carolina to promote the MLK Day of Service 2009.  The goal is to mobilize at least 2500 volunteers to complete service projects throughout the state of North Carolina while reflecting on Dr. King’s life.  Grantees will organize projects that assist local agencies in expanding or improving their abilities to help the people they serve. The MLK Challenge breaks down barriers amongst participants and between the students and their local community using a unique program model that frames the day as a “challenge” utilizing the resources, creativity and planning ability of each team or group of young people. In addition to unifying diverse participants around a service project, the MLK Challenge provides opportunities for participants to reflect upon, honor and celebrate the life and legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jr.  All NC Campus Compact member campuses are eligible to apply for an MLK Challenge grant. 

Click here for the Request for Proposals.

Click here for the Regional Consortium application.

Click here for the Host Campus application.

Click here to download the MLK Challenge toolkit. (Recommended that you review before applying)

Deadline to apply:  September 15, 2008

To learn more about the MLK national Day of Service visit www.mlkday.gov.

$1000 CASE Grants Available to Student Social Entrepreneurs

NC Campus Compact is now accepting applications for the 2008 Carter Academic-Service Entrepreneurship (CASE) grants to be presented to two students (from member campuses) with the most innovative and promising ideas to use the funds to establish or significantly further a partnership between the student (and his or her school) and acommunity non-profit organization. Funding for these grants is provided by the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Foundation.

Click here for a complete overview of the grant.

Click here to download an application.

See below for highlights from the 2006 and 2007 winning projects. 

Applications due: October 3, 2008

$500 Mini-grants for Vote Initiatives Available!

The submission deadline is now past. Check back for a list of recipients.

We encourage member campuses to apply for our 2008 Vote Initiative mini-grants. This initiative is intended to improve voter registration, turnout, and awareness. How you do that is up to you and your campus. Members are invited to utilize these funds to create or enhance initiatives on your campus to accomplish these goals.  Previous initiatives include distribution of registration forms at freshman orientations, door-to-door voter registration in residence halls, voter kickoff events, and the creation of interactive online tools to encourage voter awareness and registration. Visit http://www.compact.org/vote/ for ideas or information about voting initiatives.

Questions can be addressed to NC Campus Compact Program Coordinator, Jonathan Romm (336)-278-7197.

2007-08 Grant Highlights

C.A.S.E. Grant

On November 10, 2007, NC Campus Compact awarded two Carter Academic-Service Entrepreneur (CASE) Grants for Campus-Community Collaboration. This grant was awarded to two NC Campus Compact students with the most innovative and promising ideas to use the $1000 grant to establish or significantly further a partnership between the student (and his or her school) and acommunity non-profit organization.   

Funding for these grants is provided by the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Partnership Foundation.

Photo:  Amanda Lawing (UNC-Greensboro) and Joseph Hamby (Gardner-Webb University) pose with Dr. Lisa Keyne, NC Campus Compact Executive Director after receiving their C.A.S.E. grants on November 10, 2007.

Click here for an overview of the 2007 CASE Awards and the winner project descriptions.

Click here to read the final report from Amanda Lawing's project.

Click here to read the final report from Joseph Hamby's project.

Click here for an overview of the 2006 CASE Awards and the winner project descriptions.

2008 MLK Challenge Mini-Grants

On December 7, 2007, NC Campus Compact announced the recipients of the 2007 MLK Challenge mini-grants (see below).  Each campus received $300 to support their 2008 MLK Day service events.  In addition, all NC Campus Compact member campuses received an MLK Challenge toolkit to provide a model for how to conduct an MLK service event.  These efforts were possible through a grant from the Points of Light Foundation.

Visit this link for the 2008 list of recipients and project highlights.