Apply for Grants: Women for Women of Pitt County | North Carolina Community Foundation

Women for Women of Pitt County seeks proposals from charitable organizations in Pitt County for services benefitting women and girls. For 2026, $100,000 is available from the fund through an application cycle that opens on Feb. 6, 2026, and closes at NOON eastern time on March 10, 2026.

Awards will be made in May 2026, and grant awards typically range from $5,000 to $15,000. Learn more about past grant recipients.

How to apply

Women for Women of Pitt County is a fund of the North Carolina Community Foundation. Organizations must apply for grants using NCCF’s Grant Application Portal. Follow the instructions below to apply.

If this is your first time applying, follow the instructions in Training Module I to create a profile. If your organization already has an account, use your information to log in.
New and existing users should follow the instructions in Training Module II to add a grant application.
Once logged in, select “Apply” near the top of the page. You will arrive at a page with information about applying for a grant from NCCF. In the upper right-hand corner, you will see an “Access Code” box. In that box, type the code: w4wpittco. Then, select the “Enter Code” button. NOTE: The access code is case-sensitive.
The page will refresh, and a link to the application process, titled “2026 Women for Women of Pitt County” will appear. Use the blue “Apply” button to access the application form, which is only available during the program’s open cycle. For assistance adding an application, view the training slides.

We recommend reviewing the application first to familiarize yourself with the information required prior to applying. After completing the steps above, you may access the application at any time using the “Preview” button.

Apply online Grantmaking guidelines

Eligibility

Applicant organizations must:

Be nonprofit organizations that are qualified as tax-exempt public charities under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, classified as a unit of government, including public schools, or be a church. Nonprofit organizations which are not classified by the IRS as 501(c)(3) public charities, but which are fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) public charity, are also eligible and must include a letter from the sponsoring organization in their application that verifies the relationship, describes the nature of the relationship and includes when the relationship was established.
Offer programs and services without discrimination of any kind.
Be located in Pitt County.
Offer services benefitting women and/or girls in Pitt County.

Restrictions

Grants are not awarded for:

Annual fund or capital campaigns
Political purposes or lobbying
Programs/activities that are restricted to members of a particular faith or promote a specific religious doctrine
Loans
Reimbursement
Individuals
Re-granting by the applicant organization
General operating support for religious entities or government organizations

Terms

The fund intends to make grants in 2026 totaling $100,000. Grant awards typically range from $5,000 to $15,000.
Organizations may only submit one application during each open cycle.
Grant terms are one year.

Schedule

Applications for this program will be accepted with a cycle that opens on Feb. 6, 2026, and closes at NOON on March 10, 2026. Awards will be made in May 2026.

Grants Awarded

2024

The Women for Women of Pitt County Endowment awarded $103,000 in grants to programs that improve the lives of women and girls locally.

$5,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Coastal Plain for SMART Girls with social-emotional wellness programming
$5,000 to CareNet Counseling East for Right-Ing One’s Narrative: Gaining Understanding, Skills, and Vision for a Better Life
$15,000 to Center for Family Violence Prevention for the New Directions Safe House and crisis intervention
$10,000 to Hope of Glory Ministries for the Community Co-op
$5,000 to House of HUGS for Women and Children for the HUGS Life EnRICHment Program
$12,500 to Koinonia Community Solutions, StrongHER (Healthy, Empowered and Resilient) Girls of Pitt County
$12,000 to NC Stop Human Trafficking to meet basic needs of survivors of human trafficking
$7,500 to Operation Sunshine, Inc., for general operating support
$14,300 to the Pitt County Council on Aging for Feeding Our Grandmas
$5,000 to the Pitt County Health Department for nurse-family partnership client support
$6,000 to the Pitt County Health Department – Health Education Department for youth development infant simulation program
$5,700 to The Mediation Center of Eastern Carolina for Girls Empowered

2023

The Women for Women of Pitt County Endowment has awarded $108,000 in grants to local nonprofit organizations:

$12,500 to Boys & Girls Clubs of the Coastal Plain for SMART Girls
$10,000 to CareNet Counseling East for Right-ing One’s Narrative: Gaining Understanding, Skills, and Vision for a Better Life 2.0
$9,500 to Daughters of Worth for emergency services support for at-risk youth and women
$5,000 to Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines for Girl Scout Leadership Experience
$8,000 to Hope of Glory Ministries for Community Co-op Program
$7,625 to House of HUGS for Women and Children for HUGS Life Enrichment Program
$15,000 to Koinonia Community Solutions for Strong, Healthy, Resilient Girls of Pitt County (StrongHER Pitt)
$9,500 to NC Stop Human Trafficking to meet basic needs of human trafficking victims
$15,000 to Operation Sunshine, Inc., for general operating support
$8,100 to Rocking Horse Ranch for the Rocking Horse Ranch Scholarship Fund
$7,775 to The Mediation Center of Eastern Carolina for Girls Empowered

2022

The Women for Women of Pitt County fund has awarded a total of $100,000 in grants to the following local nonprofit organizations:

$12,500 to Boys & Girls Clubs of the Coastal Plain for SMART Girls
$7,500 to CareNet Counseling East for Right-ing One’s Narrative: Gaining Understanding, Skills, and Vision for a Better Life
$15,000 to Center for Family Violence Prevention for New Directions Safe House
$15,000 to Daughters of Worth for Emergency Services Program
$7,500 to Hope of Glory Ministries for Community Co-op Program
$15,000 to Koinonia Community Solutions for Strong, Healthy, Resilient Girls of Pitt County (StrongHER Pitt)
$10,000 to Pitt County Council on Aging for Older Adult Women Food Insecurity
$5,000 to REAL Crisis Intervention, Inc. for Victim Emergency Assistance
$5,000 to Rocking Horse Ranch for Scholarship Fund
$7,500 to The Mediation Center of Eastern Carolina for Girls Empowered

2021

The Women for Women of Pitt County fund has awarded at total of $75,000 in grants to the following local nonprofit organizations:

$7,760 to the Bray Hollow Foundation Inc DBA A Time for Science for the S.A.G.E. Sisters (Serious About Girls’ Empowerment) program
$5,000 to CareNet Counseling East for the Right-ing One’s Narrative: Gaining Understanding, Skills, and Vision for a New Life program
$15,000 to the Center for Family Violence Prevention for the New Directions Safe House program
$15,000 to Daughters of Worth for the Emergency Funds Program
$5,000 to East Carolina University for the Soul FOOD: Sistas Fighting Overweight and Obesity Diseases program
$5,000 to Hope of Glory Ministries for the Community Co-op Program
$6,240 to the Mediation Center of Eastern Carolina for the Girls Empowered program
$6,000 to Operation Sunshine for the Shining Bright program
$5,000 to the Pitt County Council on Aging for the Meals for Women program
$5,000 to REAL Crisis Intervention, Inc. for the Victims Emergency Assistance Fund