The Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation is seeking applications for its Community Sharing Fund.
Donor Name: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
State: Minnesota
Counties: Ramsey County (MN), Dakota County (MN), Washington County (MN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 02/23/2022
Size of the Grant: $100 to $750
Details:
The purpose of the Community Sharing Fund is to provide funding to individuals and families with verifiable emergency needs when other services or funds are unavailable. Grants are approved for rent, damage deposit, utility costs, medical expenses, childcare, transportation, and other critical needs.
Funding Information
Grant amounts range from $100 to $750.
Funding Criteria
- The applicant is a resident of Dakota, Ramsey, or Washington County, Minnesota for at least 30 days.
- The request must be a health and human services-related need.
- The applicant has not received a grant from Community Sharing Fund within the last 18 months.
- No other member of the applicant’s household has received a grant from Community Sharing Fund in the last 18 months.
- The need has been created by an unforeseen event that has resulted in an emergency.
- Community Sharing Fund is a resource of last resort. Eligibility for assistance from other funds and the family’s own resources are considered.
- The grant will solve a problem that is not expected to reoccur in the near future.
- If the emergency has resulted from a resolvable underlying issue, the grant will be approved only if the referring organization can verify that corrective action has been taken.
For-Profit Organizations Only – If the agency is a For-Profit organization, the caseworker will need to be contracted with an agency of 501(c)(3) status or a government agency. The contracted agency will be reimbursed. For example the county or another nonprofit agency.
For more information, visit Community Sharing Fund Grant.