Apply now for Nonprofit Infrastructure Grant Program – Minnesota

Propel Nonprofits is seeking proposals that lead to meaningful improvement in an organization’s infrastructure, including technology investments, staff development, relationship building, or other opportunities to increase nonprofits’ core mission support.

Donor Name: Propel Nonprofits

State: Minnesota

County: All Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 10/26/2023

Size of the Grant: up to $65,000

Details:

The Nonprofit Infrastructure Grant Program (NIGP) will support the missions of small BIPOC-led nonprofit organizations by providing grants, training, and technical assistance that strengthen vital organization infrastructure needed for long-term sustainability. The program focuses on increasing the capacity of small BIPOC led nonprofit organizations focused on serving historically underserved cultural communities. Grantees will work closely with Propel to develop NIGP project workplans to identify capacity building priorities. They will have access to periodic technical assistance focused on financial administration and other nonprofit finance, strategy, and governance areas.

Funding Information

The anticipated grant terms and goals are:

• Award between 50 – 70 grants
• Award grants of up to $65,000 in multi-year reimbursement-based grants.
• Provide post-award technical assistance to grantees in financial administration and other nonprofit finance, strategy, and governance topic areas.
• Grantees will be asked to share lessons learned through midterm and final grant reports and attend one annual grantee convening each year.

Eligible Program Activities

• Organizational Infrastructure Improvement
  • Grants under this activity area can be used to improve organizational infrastructure. Eligible activities under this category include hiring staff or consultants to assist with: developing database management systems; developing financial systems; and building other administrative systems needed to increase the organization’s ability to access and sustain new funding sources and deliver on the organization’s mission. Other eligible expenses include investments in technology to improve internal infrastructure.
• Organizational Workforce Development
  • Grants under this activity area can be used to increase workforce capacity that builds the organization’s infrastructure. Eligible activities include hiring culturally competent staff or consultants to expand programming capacity; providing training and skills development; and implementing other methods of increasing staff capacity.
• Organizational Partnerships
  • Grants under this activity area can be used to create partnerships with other organizations to increase capacity. Eligible activities include the creation and expansion of partnerships with existing organizations that possess specialized expertise; and the creation of partnerships to increase the capacity of the grantee organizations to improve services for the community.

Eligibility Criteria 

The primary organization eligibility criteria are:

• Nonprofit organizations with current 501(c)(3) status that are:
• Minnesota based with primary activities serving Minnesota communities.
• Small, culturally specific nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations that primarily serve historically underserved cultural communities including organizations where the majority of management or board of directors’ positions are held by these members of these cultural communities and the programs are designed to serve this cultural community.
• Organizations with annual budgets less than $1,000,000.

For more information, visit Propel Nonprofits.