Grants available to advance Social Equity in St. Cloud (Minnesota)

The Morgan Family Foundation is seeking applications for its Social Equity Grant Program.

Donor Name: Morgan Family Foundation

State: Minnesota

City: St. Cloud

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 02/12/2024

Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000

Grant Duration: 3 Years

Details:

Social equity is central to the purpose, as the foundations seeks a society in which all individuals have ample opportunities to thrive and outcomes are not determined by one’s heritage, physical characteristics, beliefs, residence or inclusion in any particular group. Social inequities directly challenge many different groups of people and in many different sectors of the society, and they all suffer when some are excluded from their full potential.

The scope of this grant program is limited to advancing social equity in St. Cloud, Minnesota and/or the immediate vicinity. The focus of the social equity grantmaking is the reduction of unfair disparities for disadvantaged communities and at-risk populations in St. Cloud, Minnesota and for positive change in attitudes, practices and policies that lead to equitable outcomes for those communities. This includes, but is not limited to, disparities and inequities of race, class, religion, gender, age, immigrant status, sexual orientation, and ability, as well as inequities related to COVID-19.

As the Foundation learns more about social equity in St. Cloud, they may narrow the focus further for future grant cycles.

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

preparing individuals from marginalized and at-risk populations to serve and lead the community;
building healthy relationships among various societal groups; and
triggering bold, collaborative community projects that advance social equity.

The Foundation will accept requests for a variety of grant types, including:

Program, Project, Capital, Start-Up and Operating Grants: They welcome grant requests to support innovative program initiatives, short-term projects, capital requests, start-up or operating needs.
Capacity Building: Grant resources are available to invest in efforts to enhance the management and governance performance of charitable organizations that are addressing the themes of social equity in St. Cloud in Minnesota.
Advocacy: While the Foundation is prohibited from lobbying, we will consider funding permissible advocacy activities such as public education campaigns on a given topic, nonpartisan analysis study or research, training for nonprofits on how to engage effectively in advocacy, educating public policy makers on various issues, and nonpartisan election-related activity.

Funding Information

The Foundation welcomes collaboration with other grantmakers and favors grantseekers with multiple sources of support. Historically, they generally don’t consider requests for less than $10,000. Beginning in 2023, the Foundation is willing to consider multi-year grant requests that do not exceed three years.

Eligibility Criteria

The Morgan Family Foundation awards the vast majority of its grants to charitable, nonprofit organizations that are recognized by the IRS as 501(c)(3) public charities. Occasionally grants may be made to units of government. Generally, the Foundation will not: