The WCA Foundation, a Signature Fund of the Minneapolis Foundation, is pleased to announce its Spring 2022 grant round.
Donor Name: Minneapolis Foundation
State: Minnesota
County: Anoka County (MN), Carver County (MN), Dakota County (MN), Hennepin County (MN), Ramsey County (MN), Scott County (MN) and Washington County (MN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/02/2022
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $30,000
Details:
Funding Information
- Grants currently range from $10,000 to $30,000.
Funding Focus and Eligibility
- Grants are limited to nonprofit organizations and projects that have a 501(c)(3) tax determination in their own name. Grant applicants must maintain direct responsibility for the work for which they are requesting funds.
- The WCA Foundation may make both general operating and project grants for services provided to women.
- General Operations are defined as support of a nonprofit organization’s mission rather than a specific project or program.
- Project Support is defined as support of a specific project, that lives within an organization providing broader services.
- The WCA Foundation supports organizations and projects meeting the following criteria:
- Seven-County Metro
- Organization or project has a physical location in the Twin Cities seven-county metropolitan area (Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington) and serves clients primarily from that area.
- Age of Women
- Organization or project provides direct services to women 18 years and older. The WCA Foundation recognizes that there are situations where some receiving services are under the age of 18, but funding must be used for services predominately for women over the age of 18. The Foundation also recognizes that some programs may occasionally provide services to men, but again, funding must be used for services predominately for women.
- Funding Focus
- Services provided must meet the fundamental needs of the clients, with priority given to education, economic stability, shelter, safety, and health.
- Seven-County Metro
- The WCA Foundation does NOT make grants:
- to individuals
- to private foundations
- to fiscal agents or fiscal sponsors
- to political organizations
- for lobbying purposes
- to religious organizations for religious purposes or for projects having religious overtones or for projects wherein religion is a component of the project
- for medical research projects or to national health organizations; projects which benefit a population afflicted with a medical ailment may be considered
- for deficits already incurred
- to cover the cost of litigation
- to organizations requesting funds for either pro-life or pro-choice projects
- to organizations or projects which require their employees to raise some or all of their own salaries through their individual fundraising efforts
- Grant applications may be submitted twice each year. Application deadlines are the first Monday of May and November. Organizations may submit only one request in each grant cycle.
- Organizations that have received previous grants may submit a subsequent application if it has been at least twelve months since the submission date of their funded proposal and the organization has submitted the final report for the previously awarded grant.
For more information, visit WCA Foundation Spring Grant.
