SWIF’s Community Responsive Fund 2025 – Minnesota - fundsforNGOs

Applications are now being accepted for the 2025 Otto Bremer Trust Community Responsive Fund.

Donor Name: Southwest Initiative Foundation

State: Minnesota

County: Selected Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 05/22/2025

Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000

Grant Duration: 1 Year

Details:

Areas of Focus

Southwest Minnesota nonprofits may apply for funding from the OBT’s Community Responsive Fund through SWIF. Qualified applicants focus on:

Literacy: Organization and programs advancing literacy.
Adoption and foster care services: Organizations and programs that support adoption and foster care.
Children’s health: Organizations and programs that provide health-related access and services for children.
Children’s disability services: Organizations and programs focused on supporting children with physical/cognitive disabilities.
Mental health: Organizations and programs that support access to and delivery of mental health services, with preference given to work that addresses the needs of children aged 5-15.
Capital projects for hospitals and clinics: Activities supporting the maintenance of hospitals, construction of facilities, and purchase of medical equipment.

Funding Information

Eligible 501(c)(3) organizations may apply for grants of $10,000 to $75,000 to support operations, programming or capital projects.

Grant Period

Projects must be completed within 12 months of the grant award date.

Eligibility Criteria

Must have 501(c)(3) status and active operations for five years.
Government entities and public schools are not eligible.
Non-public schools are eligible.
Must have at least five years of operations.
Must have had actual expenses of $2 million or more in the last fiscal year.
Must have physical operations and headquarters in one of the following: Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Swift or Yellow Medicine counties; or the Upper Sioux Community or Lower Sioux Indian Community.
May not have an open OBT strategic grant. (This is a new grant directly through Otto Bremer Trust and does not include the 2024 Community Responsive Fund grants, or previous OBT grants).
Only one grant application may be submitted per organization.