The Bremer County Community Foundation, an affiliate of the Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa, is accepting applications to support Bremer County and to attract additional funds to assist donors in creating lasting legacies through a variety of giving options within Bremer County.
Donor Name: Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa
State: Iowa
County:
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/15/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Details:
Funding Priorities
Highest priority for funding is given to projects that:
- Address a community need, demonstrate broad-based community support, and provide benefits that are community/county wide.
- Show a high level of support or leveraged (match) funding from other sources.
- Maximize community resources through cooperation and collaboration with other organizations in the community and work to eliminate redundant services, programs, or projects.
- Show long-term sustainability of the project without annual grant support from the BCCF.
What will Fund
The Bremer County Community Foundation committees provide grants to improve life throughout Bremer County, Iowa. They want to help develop all their communities into places where people want to live, as well as to benefit rural areas of the county. Areas of Foundation giving are:
- Arts and Culture
- Community Betterment
- Education and Youth Development
- Environment and Animal Welfare
- Health
- Human Service
Funding Information
The grant request minimum for Bremer County Community Foundation is $2,000; the maximum request for the Bremer County Community Foundation is $10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations must provide benefits to the people of the Bremer County and must meet the following criteria in order to apply for a grant:
- Be classified as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or be a government entity. Tax-exempt organizations classified as other than 501(c)(3) are also eligible if and only if the project is deemed charitable;
- Be current with all state and federal reporting requirements, such as filing of 990 forms
- Must not have any past due grant reports for previous Bremer County Community Foundation grants.
For groups, projects, or initiatives that do not meet the above eligibility requirements, the Community Foundation will consider your requests if submitted through a fiscal sponsor. Fiscal sponsors must be classified as a 501(c)(3) or a government entity. The Foundation prefers that the fiscal sponsor’s mission closely align with the sponsored project. Fiscal Sponsors will be legally and financially responsible for any grant funds that are awarded by the Bremer County Community Foundation.
For more information, visit Bremer County Community Foundation Grant.
