Deadline: 19-Feb-21
The Lakes Area United Way is seeking applications for its Community Grant 2021-2022 to mobilize the caring power of community by focusing on programs that support education, health, and financial stability in Crow Wing and Cass counties.
Priority Areas
- Education: Helping People Achieve Their Potential through Education
- Helping children enter school developmentally on track and ready to succeed.
- Key initiatives improving access to educational opportunities.
- Educational growth opportunities, including literacy.
- Support high-quality child care, after-school programs, healthy habits, and mentoring.
- Support all levels of educational opportunities from young to elderly.
- Income: Promoting Financial Stability and Independence
- Helping families move toward financial independence.
- Helping increase income levels.
- Increasing accessible financial education resources.
- Increasing financial literacy and stability.
- Helping stabilize families and helping them to succeed in the workforce.
- Health: Working to Ensure Everyone Has Access to Affordable and Quality Care
- Support programs that increase health and wellness.
- Access to basic health care and prevention programs.
- Reduction of risky behaviors for both youth and adults.
- Reduce and prevent child abuse and neglect.
- Maternal health and infant well-being.
Eligibility Criteria
Successful applicants will meet the following minimum requirements:
- Operate as non-profit charitable: educational, civic, social welfare, or health service organization.
- Operate under written Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, other written documents or statutes that define the applicant’s purposes, membership, management and operation.
- Operate on a non-discriminatory basis in employment, recruitment of volunteers and delivery of services.
- Demonstrate effective program community impact, financial responsibility, and accountability.
- Operate or provide service within Crow Wing and/or Cass counties in Minnesota.
- Must have been in operation minimum of one year from time of application.
- Certify that Lakes Area United Way funds and donations will be used in compliance with all applicable anti-terrorist financing and asset control laws, statutes and executive orders.
- Funding must provide for services or activities that align with the Lakes Area United Ways priority areas of education, health, and/or financial stability
For more information, visit https://www.unitedwaynow.org/grant-application