The Staples-Motley Area Community Foundation awards grants to develop and strengthen community resources and to enhance the quality of life of individuals, families and organizations in the Staples and Motley communities and the Staples Motley School District.
Donor Name: Initiative Foundation
State: Minnesota
City: Staples, Motley
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/15/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Staples-Motley Area Community Foundation is a Partner Fund of the Initiative Foundation. As a program of the Initiative Foundation, all Staples-Motley Area Community Foundation contributions are professionally managed and stewarded for the benefit of the community now and long into the future.
Funding Priorities
The Staples Motley Area Community Foundation will accept and consider funding proposals that fit within the following categories:
- Strengthening Youth and Families: Supplementing the endeavors of others in developing and implementing positive opportunities for youth and families
- Improving Community Appearance: Making community attractive and inviting to visitors and improving the appearance of the community to make residents proud to live here
- Increasing Community Involvement and Leadership: Promoting citizen community involvement by developing and identifying leaders within the community in order to instill a sense of solidarity based on the assets of community.
Funding Information
Current maximum grant size is $2,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants are those that serve the residents living and/or working within the physical boundaries of ISD #2170 and include:
- 501(c) 3 nonprofit organizations (that have received no adverse opinion from the IRS concerning their tax-exempt status)
- school districts
- local unit of governments
- community groups operating through a mission-related fiscal host with the appropriate tax-exempt status
- Grants will be made only in support of proposals that fit one or more of the above funding priorities and that benefit the communities identified in the geographic boundaries described above
- In general, it is not the purpose of the foundation to sponsor projects which involve annual events
- The SMACF Advisory Board will periodically review the minimum and maximum grant size. (Current maximum grant size is $2,000, not to exceed 50% of total project cost.).
For more information, visit Initiative Foundation.
