The Community Foundation of the North State is accepting applications for its 2025 McConnell Fund.
Donor Name: Community Foundation of the North State
State: California
County: Marin County (CA), Shasta County (CA), Siskiyou County (CA), Tehama County (CA), Trinity County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/05/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The McConnell Fund of the Community Foundation of the North State was established in 2001. The McConnell Foundation’s directors chose the Community Foundation as a funding partner because of its connection and widespread involvement in the communities they serve. This fund is another way The McConnell Foundation furthers its mission of helping to build better communities through philanthropy.
The Fund awards grants primarily for the purchase of equipment or building-related projects in the following areas: Arts & Culture, Recreation, Environment, Community Vitality, Social Services, Health care, Children, Youth & Education.
Funding Information
The McConnell Fund accepts grant requests up to $50,000 from eligible organizations in Shasta, Siskiyou, and Tehama counties and up to $30,000 in Trinity and Modoc counties.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible organizations include:
- Nonprofits with a public tax exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code (501c3 nonprofit/public charity), public entities (ex: schools, counties, special districts, federally-recognized tribes), or projects/programs fiscally-sponsored by a nonprofit or public entity. Non-federally recognized tribes are welcome to apply with nonprofit status or a fiscal sponsor.
- Grants are NOT awarded to or for:
- administrative/operating/program expenses including personnel costs and items consumable in nature,
- essential government service (basic equipment or building features required or mandated of a public organization to provide service)
- permanent improvements to buildings or land not owned by the applicant organization (for building or land-related projects with permanent improvements, the applicant org (a 501c3 or public entity) should own the building or land. If the building/land is leased, requested grant items should be removeable should the organization’s location change reimbursements (costs incurred prior to signing of awarded grant contract)
- equipment that will be stored at personal residences
- building/land purchase
- leases or leased equipment
- planning costs
- budget deficits
- endowment funds or annual fund drives
- sectarian religious purposes
- individuals
- organizations with past-due report(s) to the Community Foundation.
For more information, visit CFNS.
