Marillac Mission Fund is accepting applications for consideration from eligible nonprofits through their Responsive Grant program.
Donor Name: Marillac Mission Fund
State: Missouri and Illinois
County: Selected Counties
City: St. Louis
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/01/2022
Size of the Grant: $50,000
Details:
Focus Areas
- Immigrants & Refugees
- Older Adults Living Independently
- Veterans
- Human Trafficking Prevention
- Advocacy & Coalition-Building (must be working within one of the four previous focus areas)
Types of Grants
Responsive Grants fall into two types; applicants will be instructed to select one:
- Program or Project
- A Program is an organized set of services designed to achieve specific outcomes for a specified population that will continue beyond the grant period. A Project is a planned undertaking or organized set of services designed to achieve specific outcomes that are time-limited. (Note: A successful project may become an ongoing program of the organization.)
- General Operating Support
- Grant funds are available to support the ongoing services, mission or goals of an organization within focus areas. To be eligible, 100% of the organization’s programs must serve the selected focus area. This type of funding is not typically available to first-time grantees of Marillac Mission Fund.
Funding Information
Minimum request amount is $5,000 and maximum request amount is $50,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any applicant organization must:
- Have 501(c)(3) or other nonprofit status.
- Be located in the 16-county St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area.
- Be willing to avoid participating in, contributing to, or promoting activities contrary to Catholic Church Moral Teachings.
- Follow MMF Outcome Indicators and Activities. Please see the MMF User’s Guide for examples.
- Support one of the Fund’s focus areas of Immigrants & Refugees, Older Adults Living Independently, Veterans, Human Trafficking Prevention, or Advocacy & Coalition-Building (within one of four previous focus areas).
What Will NOT Fund
- Major capital expenditures such as construction, acquisition or renovation of facilities, equipment or major technology
- Endowments, scholarships, or tuition
- Projects where the Foundation would be the principal source of support
- Grants to individuals, units of government or government agencies
- Annual appeals, membership drives, or fundraising campaigns
- Event sponsorships
- Partisan political advocacy or for lobbying purposes
- Programs or projects that result in duplication of services
- Organizations or projects that use grant funds to make grants to other organizations
- Projects that fall outside the ethical and religious directives of the Catholic Church (see Catholic Moral Teachings)
- Loans
- Operational emergency funds
- Research: academic, scientific and medical.
For more information, visit MMF.
