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REQUEST FOR COMMUNITY PROJECT PROPOSALS

Leadership Fountain Inn is accepting proposals from nonprofit organizations in response to
this Request for Proposal in order to provide a line‐up of projects to be evaluated and chosen by our Inaugural Class 1 participants.

Proposals will be reviewed by the Leadership Fountain Inn class and the Planning Committee and selections will be made no later than September 2026. A single project will be selected and will be completed by May 2027. The project scope must lend itself to this timeline.

The mission of Leadership Fountain Inn is to educate and inspire a diverse group of current and emerging leaders to create collaborations and partnerships to impact the community needs of the Upstate of South Carolina.

In keeping with this mission, each annual class of Leadership Fountain Inn participants is tasked with implementing a group service project. This project will serve to increase participants’ knowledge of regional issues and positively impact the Fountain Inn community.

Through its group service project, Leadership Fountain Inn will affect change while enabling participants to go beyond simply connecting the dots of regional issues by connecting themselves to the organizations and becoming a part of lasting change.

Submission Guidelines, Requirements, & Timeline

The following submission guidelines & requirements apply to this Request for
Proposal:

1. Submissions shall be made by an established (in business for the past three years) 501(c)(3) organization serving the needs of Fountain Inn, South Carolina and surrounding
communities of Gray Court, Owings, Fork Shoals.

2. Proposals should include:

• 1. Description of your organization and its mission
• 2. Project summary, including scope and goal(s)
• 3. Project budget including all funding sources
• 4. Recorded video from organization, summarizing the above details. Videos will be shown to Class 1 during their Orientation.

3. The proposal submission deadline is 5:00pm on Friday, August 14, 2026.

4. Proposal files can be submitted online at:

Leadership Fountain Inn RFP

5. Leadership Fountain Inn participants will notify all submitting organizations of their final acceptance decisions no later than September 25, 2026.

Questions? Contact staff:

Fountain Inn Chamber of Commerce, Marnie Schwartz-Hanley

Phone: (864)862-2586 Email:meshanley@fountaininnchamber.org

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