The Target Grant has established to support a variety of small to mid-sized projects, programs, and capacity building items that address key needs and strengthen the overall quality of life in communities.
Donor Name: Missouri River Historical Development
State: Iowa
County: Woodbury County (IA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/31/2026
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Target Grant funding is often used to support facility repairs or upgrades, program expansion or enhancement, as well as equipment, technology, and furnishings.
Target Grants are designed to be responsive by providing the financial award upfront and without requiring the scale or match as MRHD’s other larger grant programs do.
Projects must align with at least one of MRHD’s grant focus areas:
- Economic Development, Community Improvement, Tourism
- Human Services, Health Services
- Civic, Public, Charitable, Patriotic, Religious
- Leisure, Cultural, Historical
- Education
Funding Information
- Available Funding: In total, $500,000 is available for this grant cycle.
- Maximum Award: Up to $25,000 per award. Grants are paid upfront at the Awards Ceremony.
Project Period
12-months from award date.
Geographic Funding Area
Counties of Woodbury, Cherokee, Crawford, Ida, Monona, and Plymouth in Iowa, Union County in South Dakota, and Dakota County in Nebraska.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications will only be accepted from Educational Entities, Local Governments, and Tax-Exempt Organizations whose principal place of business and project are in the Geographic Funding Area.
- Tax-Exempt Organizations may only submit one application per funding opportunity, whereas Educational Entities and Local Governments may submit more than one application per funding opportunity as “individual units” within these organizations are considered separate and may each submit one application per funding opportunity. Each funding request must be for a distinctly different project or a distinctly different phase of a larger, multi-phase project.
- Entities with two active Target and Impact Match grants are ineligible to apply.
Requirements
- Projects must improve quality of life for Woodbury County residents and align with at least one of MRHD’s grant focus areas.
- Only eligible applicants whose principal place of business and project are in the Geographic Funding Area may apply.
- Grants cannot be used for other nonprofit grant programs, general funds, endowments, foundations, scholarships, events, capital campaign management and fund-raising efforts, or as replacement monies already allocated, individuals, political action committees, lobbyists, lobbying efforts, internal costs such as payroll, taxes, insurance, salaries, special salaries, volunteer incentives, reimbursements, office supplies or general operation expenses.
- Local Governments must provide a W9 or IRS Employer Identification Number (EIN) Verification Letter as proof of their federal EIN, and a signed Letter of Intent from the head of the organization (County Board of Supervisors Chairperson, City Mayor, or City Manager/Administrator) that approves the unit’s grant request and agrees to accept MRHD funds.
- Tax-Exempt Organizations must provide a copy of their IRS Determination Letter as proof of their tax-exempt status and Employer Identification Number (EIN), and a signed Letter of Intent from the head of the organization (Board of Directors President, Chief Executive Officer, or Executive Director) that approves the organization’s grant request and agrees to accept MRHD funds.
- Projects that involve a partnership or collaboration with another entity must provide a signed Letter of Agreement from each respective partner that acknowledges their agreement with the applicant’s proposal, describes their level of involvement, and if applicable, includes a statement of financial commitment detailing any cash or in-kind contribution the organization is providing and shall also describe any plans to continue the project after the grant funding ends, or a transfer of ownership of any project deliverable occurs.
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