Yancey County COVID-19 Response Fund Grant Application Form
To nonprofits interested in applying for grant assistance from the Yancey County COVID-19 Response Fund: Below you will find a short application form to be completed to request financial assistance from the grant program. Please complete the entire form as directed and return the completed form, along with scanned digital copies of the requested supporting documentation, to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
As an alternative to submitting the form electronically, applicants may submit their completed grant application via mail addressed as follows:
Jamie L. McMahan, Director
Yancey Advancement Foundation, Inc.
PO Box 246
Burnsville, NC 28714
Important guidelines to remember regarding grants made from the Yancey County COVID-19 Response Fund:
- Grants awarded may only be spent to assist with the cost of purchase and acquisition of materials or resources. Grant dollars will not be awarded to cover the expense of salary or personnel costs.
- Grants will only be awarded for programs directly responding to the effects of the COVID-19 crisis only, not to assist with routine programs or operations conducted by the applicant which do not provide a direct response to the health crisis.
- Grants will be awarded on a rolling basis depending on the availability of dollars in the Response Fund at any given time. Applications will be reviewed and approved or denied by the Yancey Advancement Foundation Board of Directors. For purposes of reviewing grant submissions the YAF Board will meet on a bi-weekly schedule beginning on April 20, 2020.
- There is no deadline for grant applications. Grants will be awarded on a rolling basis, depending on the availability of funds available at any given time and pending grant applications.
- For answers to any questions regarding submission of grant applications please contact Jamie McMahan, Yancey EDC/YAF Executive Director via phone at (828) 682-7722 or via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
The application form is available in two formats shown below:
Yancey County COVID-19 Response Fund Grant Application Form - Microsoft Word format
NOTE:When completing the Word document fill in the information without altering the format of the original document.
Yancey County COVID-19 Response Fund Grant Application Form - Adobe PDF format
