Deadline: 22-Jun-21
Hutchinson Community Foundation is seeking proposals from organisations for its unrestricted grantmaking fund to address the ever-changing needs of the community.
The year-round application cycle allows Foundation representatives—board members, community representatives, and staff—to regularly hear directly from the community about innovative solutions and critical needs in our communities and select programs to support.
Among Reno County’s strongest assets are the community-based organizations and nonprofits that enhance the lives of the people they serve and our community’s quality of life. We believe that high-performing, adaptive, and collaborative organizations are essential to achieving our vision of a thriving community where dreams are fulfilled through the power of philanthropy.
Some of the grants are small but mighty, while others are large and far-reaching. Each represents an innovative approach or collaboration, a new efficiency for an established organization, a critical need that requires “just in time” funding, or an opportunity that needs just a bit of local support to leverage great resources for our community.
Priorities
Proposals will be given priority in funding:
- Innovation – Proposals that represent new and promising approaches, smart experiments, or bold ideas that shift the collective focus from reactive problem solving to creating the vision of our future.
- Collaboration – Proposals that strengthen cross-sector and inter-sector relationships, leverage resources to optimize shared goals of multiple organizations, and create increasingly inclusive and seamless systems of services.
- Effective organizations – Proposals that evaluate, expand, or improve the effective services, operations, and leadership development of established organizations.
- Adaptive leadership – Proposals that prioritize an attitude of curiosity, acknowledge the multiple perspectives in a system, and foster reflection and trust among people with diverse life experiences.
- Systems and environment change – Proposals that go beyond programming and into changing policies, systems, and environments that lead to improving the livelihoods of all people, especially those living on the margins.
Funding Information
- Grant awards have typically ranged from $1,000 to $15,000 but have averaged around $6,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Proposals must come from organizations that are exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) and serve Reno County.
- Special purpose units of government may apply for support of innovative projects. Community groups who do not have a 501(c)(3) status may apply for grant awards if another tax-exempt organization acts as a fiscal sponsor. Grant proposals from individuals or non-qualifying organizations will not be considered.
- Applicants must conduct business without discrimination on the basis of race, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, creed or ethnicity.
For more information, visit https://hutchcf.org/wp/nonprofitsandgrants/available-grants/