The Community Foundation for Mason County provides grants to 501(c)(3) organizations, churches, schools, agencies, and governmental units serving the greater Mason County area.
Donor Name: Community Foundation for Mason County
State: Michigan
County: Mason County (MI)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/22/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Community Foundation’s vision was reaffirmed in 2021, when the Community Foundation began a strategic planning process to guide where we could make the largest impact with our investments of grant dollars, community engagement, and advocacy. The process involved surveying our stakeholders, community leaders, nonprofit organizations, donors, trustees, Youth Advisory Council, volunteers, and staff to determine the areas of focus.
Priorities
- Advancing Educational Attainment (Education)
- Create a career education culture – college (bachelor/associate), trade school, certificate and apprenticeship
- Educational equity – post-secondary education access for all
- Increase education program completion – college (bachelor/associate), trade school, certificate and apprenticeship
- Improve Workforce Supports (Community and Economic Development)
- Broadband
- Transportation
- Removing barriers to financial independence for all
- Increase Recreation and Quality of Life Opportunities (Community Development)
- Parks and Beautification
- Community Gathering Spaces
- Arts and Culture
Criteria
Qualities of the best grant proposals:
- Collaborative, comprehensive, and sustainable
- Designed to prevent problems, rather than simply addressing the effects of problems
- Provide start-up or seed funding for innovative projects
- Leverage grant dollars to bring in additional funds; have multiple sources of funding
The strongest proposals are submitted by organizations that have:
- Adequate staff/organizational capacity to achieve the proposal goal
- Sound fiscal policy and responsible financial management
- Staff and board of directors reflective of the organization’s audience
- Ability to measure the impact of grant money and report the results
- Proven record of cooperating with other organizations
- Capacity to understand and explain how the project will relate to other area services/organizations
- Broad base of community support
For more information, visit Community Foundation for Mason County.