Standard and Simple Grants

Clay County Community Foundation funds can be used for broad, flexible purposes, including: assisting arts and culture, economic development, education, environment, health and human services, recreation areas, and supporting high-impact community opportunities.  

Prioritized Needs:

• Economic Development/Quality Job Creation – Focus is on innovative non-traditional economic development activities, i.e., youth entrepreneurial development programs, artist entrepreneurship programs, micro-enterprise lending programs, etc., and creation of new jobs or expansion of existing jobs.
• Activities (Cultural, Recreational, Social and Educational) – Special emphasis is placed on activities that bring people together throughout the county, and that bring people to the county.
  
• Parks and Outdoor Recreation Facilities – This includes trails, campgrounds, and other recreational facilities.
  
• Utilize and Support Existing Organizations, Resources, Services and Facilities that Contribute to Quality of Life – Includes projects to more effectively market or make services and programs more fully available to people, whether through better marketing or through efforts to accommodate employed parents' schedules, or the scheduling preferences or requirements of senior citizens, youth, individuals with special needs, etc.
  
• Health and Human Services – This includes projects offering mental health, medical, or dental services and those providing other assistance resources to the community or efforts to help residents find those resources.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Eligibility Criteria" for clarification)