The West Central Initiative is accepting applications for its Resiliency Fund Grants to respond to the immediate COVID-19 needs of their region and the long-term recovery of west central Minnesota.
Donor Name: West Central Initiative
State: Minnesota
County: Becker County (MN), Clay County (MN), Douglas County (MN), Grant County (MN), Otter Tail County (MN), Pope County (MN), Stevens County (MN), Traverse County (MN) and Wilkin County (MN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/13/2022
Size of the Grant: $25,000
Grant Duration: 2 year
Details:
The current grant round retains emphasis on pandemic response and recovery, while refining the focus to efforts in two crucial areas: sustainability and equity.
Sustainable Region: Resiliency Fund Sustainable Region Grants are intended to support nonprofits with a focus on sustainability solutions in their response to and recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- They’ll prioritize applications that:
- Are being led by or are serving Black people, Indigenous people, and/or people of color.
- Specifically focus on building a local sustainable food system, sustainable agricultural practices, catalyzing climate-conscious work, and projects in line with the Building Economic Resilience through Clean Energy and Equity in Minnesota Report
Equitable Region: Resiliency Fund Equitable Region Grants are intended to support BIPOC (Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color) -led and/or serving nonprofits in their response to and recovery from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Funding Information
- Sustainable Region: They suggest grant requests be between $5,000 and $10,000. They may award a grant of up to $25,000 based on scope, need, and impact. The project timeline may extend to two years.
- Equitable Region: They suggest grant requests be between $3,000 and $10,000. They may award a grant of up to $25,000 based on scope, need, and impact. The project timeline may extend to two years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Sustainable Region
- To be eligible for a Resiliency Fund Sustainable Region Grant, your organization must:
- Be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, school, or unit of government (including Tribal government or division) or must be fiscally sponsored by another organization with this status.
- Serve people in West Central Initiative’s geography, which includes nine counties: Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, and Wilkin and the portion of the White Earth Nation in Becker County.
- To be eligible for a Resiliency Fund Sustainable Region Grant, your organization must:
They will consider only one application per organization.
- Equitable Region
- To be eligible for a Resiliency Fund Sustainable Region Grant, your organization must:
- Be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, school, or unit of government (including Tribal government or division) or must be fiscally sponsored by another organization with this status.
- Serve people in West Central Initiative’s geography, which includes nine counties: Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, and Wilkin and the portion of the White Earth Nation in Becker County.
- Be BIPOC-led and/or serving.
- To be eligible for a Resiliency Fund Sustainable Region Grant, your organization must:
They are particularly interested in receiving applications from small nonprofits that do not typically pursue or receive grant funding. They will consider only one application per organization.
For more information, visit Resiliency Fund Grants.
