The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation is accepting applications for its Wirtanen Family Fund.
Donor Name: Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation
State: Minnesota, Wisconsin
County: Aitkin County (MN), Ashland County (WI), Bayfield County (WI), Carlton County (MN), Cook County (MN), Douglas County (WI), Itasca County (MN), Koochiching County (MN), Lake County (MN), Saint Louis County (MN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The fund supports initiatives that:
- Increase community awareness of global interdependence
- Encourage progressive social change
- Broaden democratic participation, particularly to assure continued freedom of expression as guaranteed by the First Amendment
- Fight racism, sexism and discrimination of all kinds
- Promote justice
- Promote access to universal health care
- Promote the well-being of all people
Other objectives of the fund include:
- Increasing citizen understanding of world cultures, political and social systems and international trade
- Highlighting the need for population control
- Addressing problems of less-developed countries
- Contributing to the preservation of the environment
- Examining the validity of military expenditures
- Fostering justice and human rights.
Projects will receive priority if they address problems of great contemporary concern and have wide regional impact.
Examples
The following are representative but not exclusive examples of projects:
- Lectures in support of peace and justice
- News articles
- Sister city relationships, particularly with countries with which the United States may be on unfriendly terms
- Foreign exchanges of postsecondary faculty or students
- Awards to individuals for university or graduate-level study in the United States or abroad on subjects related to peace and justice
- Projects that explore innovative ideas for solutions to problems of hunger and homelessness, or that provide emergency aid to people dealing with these issues in northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin
Funding Information
Grants generally range from $500 to $4,000.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply for funding, an organization must:
- Be classified as a charitable organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or classified as an organization under Section 170(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code or have a fiscal sponsor classified as a charitable organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or an organization under Section 170(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code
- Be located in or provide service to residents within: Bayfield, Douglas and Ashland Counties in northwest Wisconsin; or Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis Counties in northeast Minnesota; or the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa/Mashkiiziibii, the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa/Atisokanigamig, the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa/Nah-Gah-Chi-Wa-Nong, the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa/Gichi Onigaming, the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe or the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa/Gaa-Miskwaabikaang
For moe inforamtion, visit DSACF.
