Rural Poverty Fund Grants for Nonprofit Organizations (Minnesota)

The Central Minnesota Community Foundation and the Initiative Foundation are jointly offering the Rural Poverty Fund grants for planning and implementation of projects or programs that address rural poverty.

Donor Name: Central Minnesota Community Foundation

State: Minnesota

County: Selected Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 06/30/2024

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

Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned

Details:

Grant funds may establish or supplement existing emergency and transitional activities which directly address specific and immediate needs that rural people have due to poverty or be used to assess community needs and assets, develop action plans, or provide for project implementation in rural areas. Grants must relate to a variety of identified programs or agency needs.

Focus Areas

Establish or supplement existing emergency and transitional activities
Assess community needs and assets
Development of action plans
Provide for project implementation

Favorable Considerations

Matching Funds
Local cash and in-kind project support is encouraged
Projects/Programs that support diversity, equity and inclusion. (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy)

Grants can be fund

General Operations
New programs/projects
Expanded programs/projects
Population Served: Those in poverty

Funding Information

$1,000-$5,000.

Geographic Area

14 counties that encompass Central Minnesota: Benton, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pine, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, Wadena, and Wright and the sovereign Native nations of the Leech Lake and Mille Lacs Bands of Ojibwe that share geography.

Eligibility Criteria

501(c) 3 nonprofit organizations, schools or government entities.

Grants cannot be fund