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Community
Grants are awarded throughout Minnesota from the unrestricted
funds of The Minneapolis Foundation and its funding
partners.
Community Grants support systems and policy change work
in the areas of 1) Affordable Housing; 2) Economic Opportunities;
3) Educational Achievement; and 4) the Health and Well-being
of Children, Youth, and Families.
Community
Grants support efforts to improve
policies and practices affecting disadvantaged
Minnesotans -- rather than targeting
individual circumstances -- in order
to have the greatest possible impact.
In general, direct service activities
are not funded through the Community
Grantmaking process.
Eligible
Activities
Eligible
activities may include public policy
advocacy, public awareness, community
organizing, interagency collaboration,
or governmental system reform. Eligible
activities address the root causes
of social issues and have long-term
impact in the Twin Cities metropolitan
area, Greater Minnesota, or statewide.
Eligible organizations include 501(c)(3)
nonprofits, public institutions, and
emerging groups organized for nonprofit
purposes.
Organizations
seeking funding through this source
should consider the fit between their
mission and activities and the Foundation's
guidelines.
Grantmaking
Areas (click on each area below
for more information)
•
Affordable
Housing
• Economic
Opportunities
•
Educational Achievement
• Health
and Well-being of Children, Youth,
and Families
Types
of Support
•
Single or Multiple year
• Project/Program or Operating
support
• Capital support (for organizations in the metropolitan
area)
We
Do Not Fund
individuals
• organizations or activities
outside the state of Minnesota •
conference registration fees •
memberships • direct religious
activities • political organizations
or candidates • direct fundraising
efforts • telephone solicitations
• courtesy advertising •
financial deficits
How
to Apply for a Community Grant
Please
use the Minnesota
Common Grant Cover Sheet, Application,
and Checklist for Community Grantmaking
requests. Send TWO copies to: Community
Grantmaking at The Minneapolis Foundation.
Please do not submit any materials
not found on the application checklist.
Guidelines
Requests
for funding through the Community
Grantmaking process should clearly
demonstrate how the organization or
program will accomplish long-term
change in one of the grantmaking areas:
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Educational
Achievement, and
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the
Health and Well-being of Children,
Youth, and Families.
Preference
is given to requests for funding that
use one or more of the following approaches
with clear and measurable results:
-
improves
the quality of life for the most
disadvantaged Minnesotans
-
focuses
on equity and social justice
-
addresses
the structural causes behind key
issues
-
leads
to long-term, sustainable solutions
-
builds
on community strengths, including
cultural, racial, and ethnic diversity
-
pursues
policy change to solve critical
needs or increase opportunities
-
involves
key constituencies in program creation
and implementation
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has
clear and measurable program results
-
eliminates
gaps and redundancies in services
and systems
-
increases
system responsiveness, efficiency,
and capacity to serve constituents
Timing
and Process
Proposals are accepted year-round
and reviewed on a continual basis.
The review process make take up to
six months; funding decisions are
made twice a year. We will make every
effort to keep you updated on the
status of your proposal.
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