Applicants are invited to apply for the Community Wealth Building Grants.
Donor Name: Blandin Foundation
State: Minnesota, Minnesota
County: Itasca County (MN), Itasca County (MN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/21/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 3 Years
Details:
Community Wealth Building is a community development approach that considers the full spectrum of assets needed for healthy communities – financial, intellectual, environmental, cultural, and social – and weaves them together in a way that roots all development locally, focusing on sustainable, shared community benefit and reducing disparities.
Targets for Funding
Funding should address one or more of the following.
- A known community need and/or issue facing its residents.
- Show engagement across different beliefs, races, ages, genders, socioeconomic status, educational, physical and cognitive abilities, and differing experiences present in the community.
- Systemic barriers through new or continued partnerships; implementing projects that are sustainable, innovative, scalable and/or replicable; increasing the capacity of the community to engage in, plan or facilitate activities.
- Demonstrate ideas that move small communities forward.
- Show evidence of community support.
- Examples of community support (monetary and nonmonetary):
Funding Information
Typical grant awards will be between $25,000 and $150,000.
Grant Period
Funded projects can have a timeframe of up to 3 years.
Outcomes
- Affordable Housing and Housing Stability
- Community-Based Economic Development
- Workforce and Talent Development Systems
- Equitable Access to Capital
- Cross-Cutting and Community-Level Outcomes.
Geography & Population Requirements
Applicants under this RFP will be required to meet the following target geography and/or population requirements:
- Be Native Nations, cities, towns, and townships in the Blandin Foundation local giving area: Itasca County plus Northome, Blackduck, Hill City, and Remer. Find the size of your community using the U.S. Census.
- Organizations (including fiscal sponsors) located in rural hubs of more than 5,000 people may apply if funding can be demonstrated to directly benefit small communities.
- Metro-based organizations are ineligible to apply for funding under this RFP.
Eligibility Criteria
Grantee organizations and projects must align with Blandin Foundation’s mission and meet the following requirements:
- Authorized by the Internal Revenue Service as having Section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status or be fiscally sponsored by an eligible organization for charitable purposes or categorized as a Tribal government entity, public agency, or a unit of government with a charitable purpose.
- Must adhere to Blandin Foundation’s Anti-Discrimination Policy.
For more information, visit Blandin Foundation.
