The Golden LEAF Foundation Community Based Grants Initiative (CBGI) is now underway in the North Central Prosperity Zone, which includes Person County. The CBGI is designed to identify projects with the potential to have a significant impact. It is a focused process with grants targeted toward investments in the building blocks of economic growth. Funds are limited to projects that address Golden LEAF priorities of job creation and economic investment, agriculture, and workforce preparedness.

A total of $11 million is available to support projects in the region. Awards are limited to no more than three projects in any county and may total no more than $1.5 million in any county. Not all proposals will be funded and there is no assurance that there will be a funded project in every county. 

Applicants must be 501(c)(3) organizations or governmental entities (county and municipal governments, community colleges, universities, etc.). Funds do not have to be administered or implemented by the county government.

For more information about grants impacting Person County, contact Brandy Lynch, Person County Economic Development Director, at 336-597-1752 or blynch@personcountync.gov.

For more information about the Golden LEAF Foundation's CBGI, visit CBGI - North Central Prosperity Zone - Golden LEAF Foundation.