NC Tobacco Trust Fund Commission (TTFC) Grant

Projects must benefit and impact one or more of these areas:

• A population that is tobacco-dependent at the farm level and/or manufacturing level and is experiencing economic distress.
• A population that has been adversely affected by changes in the state’s tobacco industry.
• A population that derives most of its income from agriculture.

The Commission has established the following funding priorities:

• Community Economic Development 
• Increasing Farm Profitability 
• Diversification Initiatives 
• Skill and Resource Development 
• Development of Natural Resources

The majority of applicants fall under the Qualified Agricultural Program (QAP) category and are agriculturally based. Projects will address one or more of the following goals::

• Alleviating and avoiding unemployment in the tobacco-related sector of the state’s agricultural economy
• Preserving and increasing the local tax base in agricultural areas
• Encouraging the economic stability of participants in the state’s agricultural economy
• Optimally using natural resources in the tobacco-related segment of the state’s agricultural economy
• Supporting and fostering the vitality and solvency of a tobacco-related sector.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Eligibility Criteria" for clarification)