Strategic Partnership Grants

Apply for the Committee

This is a chance to help shape the future of Buncombe County by joining a newly forming committee to participate in a public budgeting process. Strategic Partnership Grant funding is granted to nonprofit organizations working toward outcomes in alignment with County Commissioner goals.

A new committee is being established to make grant recommendations to the Board of Commissioners for Buncombe County. The committee will consist of nine (9) members, who will:

• Apply for membership through the Office of the Clerk to the Board of Commissioners;
• Be appointed by the Board of Commissioners;
• Serve three (3) year staggered terms;
• Represent expertise in the Strategic Plan focus areas
• Represent the geographic diversity of the County;
• Abide by conflict of interest policies, to include not serving on the Board of Directors or staff of an applicant organization within the past two (2) years;
• Hold open meetings and comply with public records requirements;
• Utilize a standardized, points-based scoring system to review grants;
• Hold in-person presentations for grant finalists; and
• Recommend a portfolio of grants for approval by the Board of Commissioners; and
• Meet throughout the year to monitor grants and review progress.