The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation is seeking applications for its Business Leaders Fund is to encourage and enable projects which build the capacity of nonprofit organizations to sustainably and effectively fulfill their missions or provide high school or college students with an understanding of business and careers.
Donor Name: Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation
States: Minnesota and Wisconsin
Counties: Aitkin County (MN), Carlton County (MN), Cook County (MN), Itasca County (MN), Koochiching County (MN), Lake County (MN), St. Louis County (MN), Ashland County (WI), Bayfield County (WI), Douglas County (WI)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/01/2022
Size of the Grant: $1,000 to $10,000
Details:
The Business Leaders Fund values capacity building projects that help grantees:
- Cultivate strategically important skills and knowledge of board, staff, and volunteers.
- Develop, implement, and/or expand new, more sustainable, business models.
- Explore and pursue strategic restructuring options including joint programming, informal partnerships, mergers, acquisitions, parent/subsidiary relationships, program transfers, and shared administrative services.
- Improve the understanding of supporters, customers, and other stakeholders.
- Develop strong, results-focused, strategic plans.
- Learn about and share best practices.
- Improve internal systems such as accounting, financial planning, information technology,databases, and staff performance evaluations
- Develop and implement program evaluations.
Special priority is given to projects that have the potential to increase the capacity of multiple nonprofit organizations and government agencies or entire sectors.
Funding Information
Grants generally range from $1,000 to $10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply for funding, an organization must:
- be classified as a charitable organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; or classified as an organization under Section 170(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code; and
- be located in or provide service to residents within the seven counties of northeast Minnesota (Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis) and/or the three counties in northwest Wisconsin (Bayfield, Douglas and Ashland).
For more information, visit Business Leaders Fund.