Deadline: 16-Aug-21
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan (CFSEM) is pleased to announce the Special Grantmaking Grants due to COVID-19 Related Challenges to provide flexible support to a wide range of organizations that meet the interests of their donors.
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan was established in 1984 for the betterment of the residents of Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Monroe, Washtenaw, St. Clair and Livingston counties.
Priorities
At this time, grant applications should address nonprofit organizations’ unique needs due to COVID-19 Related Challenges. Applications can address plans to recover and restore organizational capacity and programs in innovative ways. While the Community Foundation supports a large range of organizations, they will prioritize applications in the following ways:
- The Foundation wants to support projects and ideas tied to a longer-term vision for an organization’s recovery and restoration
- The Foundation serves a seven-county area and think about issues from a regional perspective. While they know that every grant they make will not touch all seven counties, they are particularly interested in organizations that serve a large portion of the region, and/or serve a unique niche within the region not served by others.
- As COVID-19 continues to affect the community, they will prioritize support of organizations serving individuals, families and communities in crises.
Funding Information
The current goal is to support a wide range of organizations at a meaningful but moderate level. As such, the majority of competitive grants will range from $10,000 to $75,000 for 2021 grant cycles.
Eligibility Criteria
There are some specific eligibility rules to keep in mind before you consider applying:
- The Foundation will only make grants to federal 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations, government entities, school districts and universities.
- Please note that for all of competitive grant programs, they require that your organization have a certified financial audit. Under some circumstances,they will accept a financial review, conducted by a CPA or other external financial professional.
- While grants to religious organizations are considered, sectarian religious programs are not eligible. By this they mean that if they are to consider funding a program offered by a religious organization, they would only consider a program that is open to the wider community.
- They do not make grants to individuals.
- They typically do not consider a new grant to an organization when they have an open competitive grant. Some exceptions may be considered at this time.
- Finally, your organization must be headquartered in one of the seven counties that they serve, and must serve residents of the region. Occasionally, grants to statewide or national organizations will be considered for activities in the region and particularly if a local partner is actively involved in the project.
For more information, visit https://cfsem.org/for-nonprofits/