Applications are now being accepted for the 2025 Veridian Credit Union’s Successful Financial Future Grants.
Donor Name: Veridian Credit Union
State: Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/15/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This fund provides general operating support grants to nonprofit organizations whose work plays a vital role in creating successful financial futures in Veridian Credit Union’s service area in Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota. Veridian Credit Union has partnered with the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa to provide the Veridian Credit Union’s Successful Financial Future Grants. Grants are made possible through the Veridian Credit Union Fund of the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa.
The Veridian Credit Union’s Successful Financial Future Grants are general operating grants of up to $5,000 and are made available to nonprofits that are strengthening communities by helping individuals become more financially stable.
The purpose of these grants is to provide support to nonprofits whose core mission is primarily focused on addressing barriers to financial stability by educating individuals in financial literacy or employment readiness.
- Core Mission is defined as:
- Central aspect of the organization’s work that encompasses all programming provided to participants. It is an integral part of the organization’s commitment to service delivery.
- Financial Literacy is defined as:
- Ability to understand and effectively use various financial skills, including personal financial management, budgeting, and investing.
- Employment Readiness is defined as:
- Measurable increase in work readiness skills including occupational information, values, clarification, and personal understanding, career planning and decision making, and job search techniques.
Funding Priorities
Funding priority will be given to the following applicants:
- Organizations that have a proven track record of success in helping improve financial literacy and/or by helping individuals increase employability
- Organizations that use evidence-based approaches and/or data-driven decisions in its work
- Healthy organizations (demonstration of financial and organizational strength)
- Organizations that demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Organizations that do work in a collaborative manner.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations must meet the following eligibility requirements in order to be considered for a Veridian Credit Union’s Successful Financial Future Grant:
- Applicants must be classified by the IRS as 501(c)(3) public charities.
- Applicants must be serving residents in all 99 Iowa counties and/or in the following Nebraska counties: Cass, Douglas, Lancaster, Sarpy, Saunders, Washington, and Minnesota counties: Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington, and Wright
- If the applicant has received past funding, all grant reporting must be up to date and in good standing.
Ineligibility Criteria
The following groups are NOT eligible to apply:
- Government entities
- Applications submitted through a fiscal sponsor
- Organizations whose primary purpose is to raise funds for other organizations (this includes “friends of” and “foundation” arms of nonprofits)
- Organizations that require participants to participate in religious programming. Religious activities include religious worship, instruction, or proselytization or activities that promote specific religious doctrine.
- Late, incomplete, or hard copy applications will not be considered. Incomplete applications are those that are in DRAFT mode at the time of the application deadline.
For more information, visit CFNEIA.
