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The Minneapolis Foundation awards Community Grants from the endowment created by generous Minnesotans through bequests and other unrestricted gifts. Each year The Minneapolis Foundation has approximately $5 to $7 million available for Community Grantmaking. In 2009, we rolled out our new strategic plan. This plan will guide our grantmaking decisions in an effort to create a better community.
Overview
The strategic plan has brought a sharper focus, clearer goals, and a more collaborative and sustainable approach to the Foundation's work. Our goal is to "promote social, economic, and racial equity."
- The strategic plan includes a clearer definition of the areas in which we feel we can have the greatest community impact with our unrestricted resources: transforming education, promoting economic vitality, and building social capital. This new focus will allow us to support a range of specific strategies, including an ongoing commitment to our work in policy and systems change.
- We have narrowed the geographic scope of our community grantmaking to organizations and activities that can demonstrate measurable outcomes for Minneapolis residents.
- The grantmaking deadlines for 2010 are: March 15 and September 1, with grant decisions in June and December of each year.
- Proposals must be received by 4:30 p.m. Late applications will not be considered for further review.
- Due to current economic circumstances and limited resources available, we have suspended capital grantmaking and multi-year grants for 2010.
- Applicants for the June grant round will be notified by May 1, 2010 whether their proposal is still under active consideration.
Ways to Learn More
- View the webinar held on July 29, 2009. Click here to see the recorded webinar. Remember the deadlines for 2010 are posted on the website. The webinar was recorded for 2009 grant round.
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- Contact a Community Philanthropy Officer to answer questions specific to your project or organization. Please contact:
- For any other questions on the grant process, application, deadlines or forms contact:
page updated 2/2/10
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