Deadline: 1-Feb-22
The Marillac Mission Fund (MMF) has announced the applications for the Responsive Grants Program.
Focus Areas
- Immigrants & Refugees: MMF supports programs that promote the dignity and protects the rights of immigrants and refugees in their region.
- Older Adults Living Independently: Older Adults Living Independently is a focus on programs that promote independent living for older citizens, 65 years and older who are low-income, or cost burdened and wish to live in their own homes as long as it is possible. Preference is given to services that support aging within independent homes over independent living facilities.
- Veterans: Intended for community-based nonprofit organizations that offer support and services to US Veterans and their families that are not otherwise available through public organizations, such as the Veteran’s Administration. Funding priority is given to programs serving veterans returning from post-9/11 conflicts.
- Human Trafficking Prevention: The Human Trafficking Prevention goal is to support efforts to prevent and respond to human trafficking and exploitation of young people through multi-layered and collaborative approaches to prevention, training and survivor services needed to equip those most vulnerable with skills and knowledge to help prevent them from becoming victims of human trafficking.
- Advocacy & Coalition-Building: The Marillac Mission Fund supports advocacy as an investment that can lead to systemic, long-lasting change that can affect large segments of the population within their focus areas over the long-term.
Types of Grants
Responsive Grants fall into two types; applicants will be instructed to select one:
- Program or Project: A Program is an organized set of services designed to achieve specific outcomes for a specified population that will continue beyond the grant period. A Project is a planned undertaking or organized set of services designed to achieve specific outcomes that are time-limited. (Note: A successful project may become an ongoing program of the organization.)
- General Operating Support: Grant funds are available to support the ongoing services, mission or goals of an organization within their focus areas. To be eligible, 100% of the organization's programs must serve the selected focus area. This type of funding is not typically available to first-time grantees of Marillac Mission Fund.
Funding Information
Minimum request amount is $5,000 and maximum request amount is $50,000.
Eligibility Criteria
Any applicant organization must:
- Have 501(c)(3) or other nonprofit status.
- Be located in the 16-county St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area.
- Be willing to avoid participating in, contributing to, or promoting activities contrary to Catholic Church Moral Teachings.
- Follow MMF Outcome Indicators and Activities.
- Support one of the Fund's focus areas of Immigrants & Refugees, Older Adults Living Independently, Veterans, Human Trafficking Prevention, or Advocacy & Coalition-Building (within one of four previous focus areas).
For more information, visit MMF.
For more information, visit https://marillacmissionfund.org/what-we-fund/responsive-grants