The Sauk Centre Area Community Foundation (SCACF) seeks to make grants that will help build community in bringing about a lasting, positive change in the Sauk Centre area.
Donor Name: Sauk Centre Area Community Foundation
State: Minnesota
Deadline: 10/31/2023
Size of the Grant: $3,000 – $20,000
Details:
The SCACF is looking to provide leadership and financial support that builds a community partnership in order to advance the project or initiatives.
Focus Areas
- Youth and Education
- Grants will be made to support youth initiatives and education including Pre- K-12 and after-school programs.
- Health and Recreation
- Grants will be made to support and promote recreation, health education, physical and mental health and activities that reduce abuse and violence.
- Civic
- Grants will be made to support activities that build, promote and preserve communities.
- Culture
- Grants will be made to support activities that generate an appreciation of diverse cultures and that enhance and improve cultural opportunities.
- Productive Aging
- Grants will be made to support programs and activities that promote healthy aging in place, reduce isolation of seniors and improve their quality of life.
- Capital
- Limited one time funding may be requested for a capital project from a local non-profit agency that serves a wide cross-section of the community. The project must significantly improve their ability to live out their mission efficiently and well into the future. $10,000 maximum request for a purely capital grant that does not tie to a focus area above. $15,000 may be requested for a project that blends both capital need and a specific focus area above.
Favorable Considerations
- Create innovative solutions to community challenges and capitalize on emerging opportunities. For example, projects connected to “Boost Up Sauk Centre” process might align well for consideration.
- Build or support collaborative efforts and involve other community partners such as other nonprofits, government entities, businesses and citizen groups.
- Are likely to make a difference in the quality of life and have the potential to inspire additional investments in the community.
- Build social capital (i.e. connectedness) across generations, cultures and other diverse segments of the community.
- SCACF prefers to fund programs or projects that do not including hiring new personnel due to sustainability concerns.
- Projects/programs that support diversity, equity and inclusion.(Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy)
- Past funding is not a guarantee of future funding. As a general rule, we do not fund the same project for more than 3 years.
Funding Information
$3,000 – $20,000 per project.
Eligibility Criteria
501(c) 3 nonprofit organizations, schools or government entities.
The foundation does not fund
- Individuals
- Religious organizations for religious purposes (Funding for Faith-Based Organizations Policy)
- Political organizations or political campaigns.
- Endowments
- Debt retirement or deficit financing
- Grants for travel or conferences
For more information, visit SCACF.
