City of Mankato Special Event Support Grant Program (Minnesota)

The Special Event Support Grant has been established to assist community not-for-profit organizations initiate and develop events with the intent of providing the event organizers funding that will help create strong, healthy events, and to help with the maintenance of traditional events.

Donor Name: City of Mankato

State: Minnesota

City: Mankato

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 12/08/2023

Size of the Grant: $2,000

Details:

Types of Events

Events that are eligible must meet the following criteria:

The event is open to the general public; and
The event can be identified as major or significant because it draws from the immediate market area; and
The event promotes the City of Mankato, its mission, the identity of the city, and/or is a significant event to the community and/or region; and
The event is non-profit or has a non-profit charitable benefactor; and
The event has a significant broad based economic impact for the Mankato area community which is focused on more than a single area of commerce; and
Proceeds for the event are redistributed to the community and not used for operations or fundraising strategies of the organization.

Funding Information

Due to the amount of funding available and the number of requests, applicants will be eligible for no more than $2,000. Applying for a grant does not guarantee receipt of funding.

Grants can be used for

Special event staffing and labor costs for set-up and take down.
Police services
Fire services

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must:

be legally registered and in good standing as a not-for-profit; or
be an organizing committee with a sponsoring organization with a not-for-profit status; and
be a City of Mankato based organization, holding an event in the City of Mankato.

The City of Mankato will NOT fund: