Grants to Minnesota Nonprofits to Address Urgent Community Needs

United Way Community Response Grant

Agency

Foundation

GrantWatch ID#

194515

Funding Source

UNITED WAY OF BEMIDJI AREA

Geographic Focus

USA: Minnesota: Beltrami, Hubbard, and/or Clearwater Counties

Important Dates

Deadline: Ongoing

Grant Description

Grants of up to $2,500 to Minnesota nonprofit organizations in eligible counties to address urgent and short-term community needs. Organizations must address one of the following areas of focus: education, health, and financial stability. Eligible organizations operate in Beltrami, Hubbard, and/or Clearwater counties.

The Community Response Grant is designed to respond swiftly in support of non-profit organizations that are serving the escalating needs of local communities by providing funds to help solve short-term emerging needs and programs.

Organizations must demonstrate alignment with at least one of United Way of Bemidji Area’s areas of focus:

Education - Helping children, youth, and adults achieve their full potential;
Income - Promoting financial stability and increasing self-sufficiency;
Health - Improving people's health, social well-being, and providing basic needs/emergency services.

Recipient

Additional Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Requirements:
1. Non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations operating in Beltrami, Hubbard, and/or Clearwater Counties.
2. Alignment with at least one of United Way of Bemidji Area’s areas of focus (listed above).
3. Potential for solving an emerging short-term need, as defined by the objectives of the project itself, and as indicated by the capabilities of the agency/organization.
4. Evidence of non-duplication if other services/programs are currently available to the target population in the identified geographic area of service.
5. The ability of the agency or project to attract or develop funds to continue the project after funding through the Community Response Grant is exhausted, if appropriate.

Ineligible

Restrictions: Athletic teams or events, school activities for which school credit is earned, political activities, proposals to fund prior year’s deficits, general operating expenses, one-time presenters or presentations, marketing expenses, previously purchased equipment or programs in progress, government-funded and/or for-profit organizations will not be funded.

Pre-Application Information

Grant Deadline:
There is no set grant cycle, agencies may only submit one grant application per calendar year and the application should address the timeframe that the funds will be expended.

Grants may be submitted at any time and review of applications will begin the first Friday of each month. Applications submitted prior to the first Friday of the month will be notified of the committee’s decision on the third Friday of that month.

Estimated Size of Grant

The maximum grant available through the Community Response Grant Program is $2,500.

Contact Information

Submit applications to: GRANTS@UNITEDWAYBEMIDJI.ORG

Phone: (218) 444-8929 (UWAY)

Street Address:
716 Paul Bunyan Drive NW
Bemidji, MN 56601

Mailing Address:
PO Box 27
Bemidji, MN 56619-0027

RFP & Supporting Documents

Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates / changes / addendums / conferences / LOIs.

https://www.unitedwaybemidji.org/sites/unitedwaybemidji/files/Response%20Grant%20Application%202021.docx

Grants to Minnesota Nonprofits to Address Urgent Community Needs

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