Grant Information
Who Qualifies?
How To Apply
Make sure you completely read and understand the grant guidelines prior to beginning the grant application. This will help you determine if you should apply for funding.
When To Apply
| Grant Application Deadlines (Grant applications must reach us by this date) |
Review and Award Month (During the months of) |
| February 28, 2025 | March |
| May 31, 2025 | June |
| August 31, 2025 | September |
| November 30, 2025 | December |
Grant Guidelines
501(c)(3) organizations can apply for a Caring Customers grant.
Caring Customers is a program of the Newnan Utilities Foundation. The mission of the Foundation is to support charitable causes that improve the quality of life for the citizens within the communities we serve.
Grants are reviewed by an advisory committee which consists of Newnan Utilities customers and board members of the Newnan Utilities Foundation. Grant applications may be submitted anytime, but applications are reviewed and awarded on a quarterly basis.
Through Caring Customers, all Newnan Utilities customers can partner with Newnan Utilities in deliberate, charitable giving. Local nonprofit organizations are the beneficiaries of the funds raised through this partnership. Together, we help our neighbors.
Guidelines:
- Nonprofit grant applicants must serve citizens in the communities served by Newnan Utilities. We do not provide grants to individuals nor do we fund political campaigns or causes.
- Grant requests must be for a specific service or program. Fundraising events are not funded.
- We do not support organizations whose policies or actions discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age or disability.
- Grant requests up to and including $5,000 are evaluated on a quarterly basis.
- Grant requests greater than $5,000 must be reviewed and approved by the foundation board.
- Tax-exempt organizations may receive contributions once per 12-month period and reapply on an annual basis.
- Nonprofit organizations applying for funds are not required to have office space within the communities served by Newnan Utilities, however, they must provide services and/or programs to Newnan Utilities customers in the communities we serve.
Questions:
If you have questions regarding requirements and eligibility after reviewing the Grant Application, please contact Melissa Payton at 770-683-6181 or by email at mpayton@newnanutilities.org
Grant Process
You may complete and submit the grant application one of three ways:
- Â Complete online and submit the application and required attachments electronically
NOTE: By using this method, you will be able to save your progress and resume at another time with password access. - Â Complete online, print the completed application and all required attachments, and mail to the address below
- Â Print the blank application, complete application, and mail it along with all required attachments to the address below
Mailing address:
Newnan Utilities
ATTN: Melissa Payton
P.O. Box 578
Newnan, GA 30264
Advisory Committee
Grant application reviews are overseen by an Advisory Committee. The Committee is comprised of Newnan Utilities’ customers, employees, and members of the Board of Directors of the Newnan Utilities Foundation.
Employees:
- Â Melissa Payton, Newnan Utilities Employee
- Â Joni Scarbrough, Member Newnan Utilities Foundation Board of Directors
Customers:
- Candace Frank
- Volita Almon
- Sandee Crain
Grants Awarded
Carolyn Barron Montessori School
This grant will help equip a new toddler classroom at CBMS, expanding access to Montessori education and supporting early childhood development.
Ellie & Friends
This grant will support the launch of Coweta’s first private special education school, opening in 2025 to serve students with special needs through personalized learning and support.
Healing with Art N Sound
This grant will help provide five free group therapy sessions for trauma survivors, cancer patients, caregivers, and underserved residents in Coweta County.
Swing Chic Foundation
This grant will help fund 10 special needs adults in Coweta County to prepare for the 2025 Special Olympics Golf Tournament.
CORRAL
This grant will cover the care of one therapy horse for a year, ensuring it remains healthy and ready to serve riders.
More Music Foundation
Dedicated to providing music education opportunities to at-risk youth and cultivating community through the unifying art of learning to play music.
Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
To advocate and secure the protection and stewardship of the Chattahoochee River, its lakes, tributaries, and watershed, to restore and preserve their ecological health for the people and wildlife that depend on the river system.
Coweta Community Foundation
The Foundation’s mission is to enhance our community’s quality of life by encouraging philanthropic interaction in Coweta County.
Newnan-Coweta Habitat For Humanity
Over the past 30 years, NCHFH has constructed new homes, renovated and repaired existing homes, and contributed to projects that support local neighborhood revitalization efforts.
Midwest Food Bank
Midwest Food Bank currently distributes nearly $34 million worth of food to over 2,200 non-profits each month.
Coweta CASA
To recruit, screen, train and support community volunteers to advocate for children experiencing foster care in Coweta, Heard and Meriwether counties until a safe, permanent home is assured.
Backstreet Community Arts
Provides a safe, welcoming, creative environment to anyone who may benefit from the proven healing powers of art and community.
Hope Revisited
To create a safe and stable environment where families disconnected due to life circumstances learn to thrive and achieve sustainable unifications for generations to come.
Southern Conservation Trust
Dedicates itself to elevating nature through exceptional stewardship. SCT accomplishes its mission by protecting greenspace, conserving resources, educating the public, and advocating for wildlife.
ELEVATE Coweta Students
To elevate students to success in school, in our community, and in life.
Southern Arc Dance Theater
Providing a safe place for dancers and movers of all ages, diversities, and abilities to achieve and/or surpass their goals in terms of physical, emotional, and creative well-being.
RiverLife
Exists to transform lives by equipping volunteers to grow deep in faith and reach wide in service to others through local missions.
One Roof
Provides food, clothing, and financial assistance to those in need, as well as shelter to women and children
at The Lodge.
Sisters for Society
Committed to helping individuals and families undergoing unforeseen life situations
and hardships by providing food, clothing and financial education.