Applicants are invited to apply for the Bush Prize to celebrate organizations that are highly valued within their communities and have a track record of successful community problem solving.
Donor Name: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
State: Minnesota
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Awards and Prizes
Deadline: 05/31/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Bush Prize award is flexible and can be used to build up reserves, test that next big idea or whatever else would best support the organization’s ongoing good work. The award amount is up to 25% of an organization’s most recent fiscal year expenses, with a maximum of $500,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- All Bush Prize: Minnesota award funds must be used for charitable purposes to benefit communities in Minnesota.
- Organizations that are 501(c)(3) public charities or government entities (including schools) are eligible for the Bush Prize. Groups of organizations (such as coalitions or collaboratives) are eligible to apply, but only one organization may receive the award.
- The Foundation accepts Bush Prize applications from organizations or programs that are fiscally sponsored. These organizations or programs may register on the grant application portal and serve as the applicant. They will be asked to provide information on their fiscal sponsor and will need to complete a fiscal sponsor agreement form [PDF] to submit with the application. Fiscal sponsors must be 501(c)(3) public charities or government entities (including schools). If the applicant is selected as the award recipient, their fiscal sponsor will serve as the grantee and receive the funds.
- Bush Prize: Minnesota award recipients must be located in Minnesota. The specific community innovations highlighted in the Bush Prize: Minnesota application must also have occurred within the state of Minnesota.
Selection Criteria
- Does the organization have a pattern of innovative solutions?
- Are these breakthroughs in addressing community needs more effective, equitable or sustainable than existing approaches?
- Did these innovative solutions make a significant difference?
- Could the organization inspire or inform others?
- Does the organization have a pattern of using inclusive, collaborative and resourceful processes?
- Inclusive: meaningfully engaging key stakeholders, thoughtfully identifying those needed to create the intended change and, whenever possible, including those directly affected by the problem.
- Collaborative: a true joint effort, with partners willing to share ownership and decision-making as they pursue an innovation together.
- Resourceful: using existing resources and assets creatively to make the most of what a community already has.
- Does the organizational leadership foster a culture of innovation?
- Is the organization stable and strong in terms of governance and finance?
For more information, visit SPMF.
