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The Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation Grant – Minnesota and Florida

Applications are now being accepted for the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation Grant.

Donor Name: Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation

State: Florida, Minnesota

County: Selected Counties

Type of Grant: Grant

Deadline: 12/20/2024

Size of the Grant: Not Available

Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned

Details:

Focus Areas 

  • Education (including scholarships)
    • Adult Education and Workforce Development Programs and Services.
      • Programs and services focused on leadership, professional development, workforce development, and employment training that expand an adult’s knowledge in a particular field or discipline.
    • Early Childhood Programs and Services.
      • Educational programs that provide a learning foundation, engagement in early learning, and brain development programming for children aged birth to five years old.
    • Scholarship and Financial Support.
      • Financial help that students need to meet their educational expenses while in school.
    • Special Education.
      • Individualized programming, instruction, and support services for gifted and disabled children and youth, modified curricula, teaching methodologies, or instructional materials to learn.
    • Youth Education Programs and Services.
      • Classroom support, after-school tutoring, and instruction for school-aged students that enhance formal education, semi-skilled, skilled, technical, or professional post-secondary programs for college-aged students.
  • Human/Social Services
    • Children’s and Family Services.
      • Services that promote a child’s well-being — childcare, adoption, foster care, family counseling, and parenting education that strengthen their families.
    • Disability and Special Needs Services.
      • Individual and group support and advocacy for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, services that promote self-determination, employment, connection, and involvement in community life.
    • Domestic Abuse.
      • Domestic violence support and prevention programs that address the needs of individuals and families experiencing domestic violence and work that helps prevent the (re)occurrence of these situations
    • Food Banks, Food Pantries, and Food Distribution.
      • Hunger relief in communities.
    • Homeless, Shelter & Crisis Services.
      • Help for individuals and families who experience homelessness, programs that increase housing stability through direct interventions, basic needs, and advocacy
    • Housing.
      • Placement into permanent, supportive, or transitional housing and services that promote housing stability, rental or utility help, landlord-tenant mediation, eviction prevention, affordable housing unit development, or preserving existing affordable housing units.
    • Multipurpose Human Service Organizations.
      • Direct services to the communities served such as YMCAs, YWCAs, Red Cross, and Salvation Army.
    • Youth Development.
      • Outside-of-school activities that promote the ongoing development and growth of youth, activities that connect them to caring adults and mentors, and camping experiences for young people.

Geographical Areas 

These counties in Minnesota and Florida remain important to the family. While foundation funds some national programs, the priority is to invest in these counties.

  • Minnesota Counties: Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington.
  • Florida Counties: Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee.

Eligibility Criteria 

  • Must have IRS Tax-Exempt Status
    • tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
    • organize and operate for charitable purposes
  • Must serve the geographic locations foundation supports
    • serve communities in the counties foundation serves
    • requests for counties other than those listed where foundation do the work are by invitation only.

Ineligibility 

  • Addiction and substance abuse recovery
  • Biomedical research
  • Debt retirement
  • Endowments
  • Environmental causes
  • For-profit businesses
  • Government agencies
  • Hospice care
  • Individuals (except through the scholarship programs)
  • Labor organizations
  • Lobbying, advocacy, or political campaigns
  • Mental health providers other than those focusing on prevention and early intervention services for children and adolescents
  • Neurodegenerative diseases
  • Performing and fine arts organizations
  • Publicly funded K-12 schools except for charter schools
  • Sectarian religious causes
  • Special events or conferences
  • Sports or athletic organizations.

For more information, visit RMSFF.

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