The 2022 Community Impact Grants Initiative is designed to fuel innovative ideas and lasting impact in their community by granting funds to nonprofits to meet their community’s most pressing needs and seize its most compelling opportunities.
Donor Name: Community Foundation of Bloomington and Monroe County (CFBMC)
State: Indiana
County: Monroe County (IN)
City: Bloomington
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 09/07/2022
Grant Size: $10,000 to $50,000
Details:
Grants are awarded from the Unrestricted Endowment Fund, select field of interest funds, and from collaborative funding provided by Community Foundation partners, including the Smithville Charitable Foundation. Grant funding is designed to support a broad range of community needs such as arts and culture, social and health services, education, recreation, beautification and preservation, animal welfare, the environment, and community development opportunities.
Through the Community Impact Funding Initiative, the Foundation seeks to invest in projects that are forward thinking, community changing in their implementation, practical in their application, and unique to the community.
Highest priority in the evaluation of grant awards will be given to projects that incorporate and embrace the following:
- Innovative or transformative solutions to critical community issues
- Collaboration across organizations and/or sectors to increase impact and effectiveness
- Projects/programs that plan for long-term sustainability (when applicable)
Funding Information
The amount of the grants will range from $10,000 to $50,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Impact grants will be made to local 501(c)(3) nonprofits and organizations that are exempt from filing for a 501(c)(3) status. This includes units of government, school corporations, and religious organizations. Impact grants may be awarded to religious organizations for programs that are non-proselytizing and do not promote religious doctrine or instruction. In limited situations, CFMBC may be able to grant to other types of organizations that are serving a charitable purpose but do not have a 501(c)(3) status.
The Community Foundation does not accept requests for:
- Previously incurred debts
- Political campaigns
- Efforts to influence legislation of any governmental body other than through making available the results of nonpartisan analysis, study, and research
They typically do not fund requests for general operating support only.
For more information, visit Community Impact Grants.
