The DeKalb County Community Foundation’s Community Needs Grant program supports the charitable needs and efforts of nonprofit and public sector organizations throughout DeKalb County, Illinois.
Donor Name: DeKalb County Community Foundation
State: Illinois
County: DeKalb County (IL)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $20,000 or more
Details:
Grant Priorities
The Community Foundation believes in supporting projects that will have a significant impact within the community. The Board has broadly defined these priorities for the Community Needs Grant program:
- Support organizations with projects that enhance the quality of life in DeKalb County
- Assist organizations to better respond to clearly defined unmet needs within the community
- Encourage programs and projects that enhance cooperation and collaboration among organizations within DeKalb County. Examples of collaboration include partnerships, demonstrating community leadership, and being a contributing member of the DeKalb County Nonprofit Partnership (DCNP)
- Leverage funds and in-kind support, such as using “seed” money, “match” and “challenge” grants and funds from multiple sources.
Funding Areas
The Community Foundation provides Community Needs Grants in the following areas:
- Arts and Culture – Supports organizations that provide opportunities for access, participation, education, awareness, and appreciation for a variety of arts and cultural experiences
- Community Development – Supports organizations that focus broadly on strengthening, protecting, unifying and building the economic, cultural, and social services of a community
- Education – Supports organizations that provide educational opportunities from birth to adulthood.
- Environment and Animal Welfare – Supports organizations whose primary purpose is to preserve, protect, conserve and improve the environment. Animal Welfare supports organizations that promote the well-being of animals
- Health and Human Services – Supports organizations that provide essential programs and services addressing basic human needs to children, youth, adults, and senior citizens, and/or promoting physical and mental health.
Funding Information
Applicants can request $20,000 or more.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants are 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations and public sector organizations, with preference given to 501(c)3 organizations
- Grants are made to eligible organizations located in or serving DeKalb County, Illinois
- Public School Districts – Within public school districts, the above mentioned guidelines apply to each school. For example, each elementary, middle, and high school building is eligible to receive one grant per two grant cycles
- Higher Education – Within a community college or university, each “department” is eligible to receive one grant per two grant cycles
- Municipal or Governmental Entities – Within governmental entities, each department (e.g., police, fire) is eligible to receive one grant per two grant cycles.
Ineligibility
Community Needs Grants are not made for:
- Routine operational costs of projects, programs, and organizations including updating technology
- Personnel and/or administrative/overhead costs
- Religious purposes; however, grants may be given to religious/faith-based organizations for programs or projects with a direct community benefit or to facilities such as day-care centers that have nonprofit status independent from a sponsoring church or religious organization
- Purchase of advertising
- Capital or operational debt reduction
- Any political campaign or to support attempts to influence legislative issues of any government body
- Direct funding to individuals
- Re-granting organizations
- Project costs incurred prior to the grant start date
- Project costs incurred after the grant end date, unless given prior approval from the Community Foundation.
For more information, visit DCCF.
