United Way of 1000 Lakes is seeking applications for Community Impact Grant to create a thriving Itasca-area community where children, individuals, and families can realize their full potential.
Donor Name: United Way of 1000 Lakes
State: Minnesota
County:
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $2,500 and $15,000
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
Situated at the intersection of Itasca’s nonprofit, public service, and business sectors, United Way of 1000 Lakes has a unique vantage point and role to play in ensuring that their community works for everyone. United Way’s greatest strength is our ability to approach a challenge from multiple directions.
United Way’s greatest strength is their ability to approach a challenge from multiple directions. Informed by the voices of their community’s residents and nonprofit organizations in their community assessment, United Way will focus investments across four impact area pillars:
- Ready Kids, Resilient Families
- Family Financial Stability
- Healthy Minds & Bodies
- Safety Net
The findings in their community assessment also underscored the interconnected nature of educational, economic, and health outcomes for children and the adults in their lives. In response, United Way is introducing a new two-generation approach across our community impact area pillars.
To advance a two-generation approach across our community, United Way will partner with organizations addressing the multiple domains that impact individual and family success, including:
- Education spanning early childhood through secondary
- Postsecondary and employment pathways
- Family stability and economic asset-building
- Holistic health and wellness
- Social capital and connectedness
Funding Information
United Way of 1000 Lakes seeks to award up to $165,000 to nonprofit organizations whose services align with our framework strategies and metrics. They anticipate awarding 11-15 grants between $2,500 and $15,000. Grants will provide unrestricted program-level funding intended to support general program operations in alignment with your proposal and are not restricted to any specific line item or program activity.
Population of Focus
United Way will direct resources where we can make the greatest impact, focusing on children, individuals, and families who are vulnerable in Greater Itasca County. Geographic Area United Way supports work that is vital to our communities, in Itasca County as well as parts of Aitkin and Cass counties and the Leech Lake Reservation.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible organizations must meet the following criteria in order to be considered for funding:
- Serve individuals, children, and/or families who may be vulnerable and/or marginalized with limited resources in Greater Itasca County, including: individuals at risk for multiple health problems and/or pre-existing conditions, children and adults facing educational and economic disparities, and individuals experiencing any form of discrimination (racial, ethnic, caste, gender, sexual orientation, disability, cultural, national, religious, etc.).
- Align with United Way’s Impact priorities (mentioned above)
- Align with United Way’s Impact priorities:
- Ready Kids, Resilient Families,
- Healthy Minds & Bodies,
- Family Financial Stability
- Have substantial local presence and programming in the geographic area served by United Way of 1000 Lakes, which includes Itasca County and the surrounding communities of Hill City, the Leech Lake Reservation.
Funding will not be provided for:
- Individuals
- For-profit entities
- Political campaigns, candidates, parties, or partisan activities
- Programming that includes theological functions or requires religious participation
For more information, visit Community Impact Grant.
