The CommunityGiving is seeking applications for its Opportunity Gap Grant program to poor and well-off children and families.
Donor Name: Willmar Area Community Foundation (WACF)
State: Minnesota
County: Kandiyohi County (MN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/30/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Opportunity Gap refers to vast and growing differences in opportunities available to poor and well-off children and families nationwide. These include quality early childhood education, to Advanced Placement courses in high school, to sport and enrichment activities that provide mentoring, teambuilding and other life-long skills they need to be good citizens and good employees. The WACF seeks to make a variety of smaller grants to support the five building blocks to help children succeed.
Focus Areas
- Addressing the Achievement Gap for Youth
- Address access to quality early childhood programming and address barriers to access
- Projects that improve access to enrichment activities for low income and underserved children
- Projects that provide ‘on ramps’ for skills, training and experiences beyond a four year college prep focus including apprenticeships, skills training, innovative programming, etc
- Projects are preferred that help build foundational, technical and soft skills that prepare young people for future workforce and that help students with challenges to become productive members of community
- Career On-Ramps for Success
- Engagement in the K-12 Years
- High Quality Early Childhood Education
- Safe and Caring Communities
- Stable Family and Parenting.
Funding Information
- Capital funding can be requested during this round but only for projects that are solely focused on children, youth and families.
- Capital grants maximum is $20,000 one time for a project.
- Funding Amount Range: $5,000-$20,000.
Geographic Area
Kandiyohi County in Minnesota.
Eligibility Criteria
501(c) 3 nonprofit organizations, schools or government entities.
For more information, visit WACF.
