Foundation / Corporation
Pohlad Family Foundation
02/20/14
Grants of up to $10,000 are available to Twin Cities area, Minnesota non-profits, that are dedicated to improving the quality of life in the area, to help increase the number of donors they have. Eligible organizations must have been in operation for at least 5 consecutive years and have annual budgets of between $350,000 and $2,000,000. All funds must be used to help strengthen the organization and enhance its sustainability.
Funds will be awarded as a match to donor funds and must be used for operating support only. Eligible individual contributions must be paid in 2014, not pledged.
Applications will be reviewed against the following criteria:
* Relationship of this challenge to the organization’s strategic goals;
* Access to sources of potential new donors;
* Creative approaches to reaching the challenge goal;
* Quality of organization leadership and extent of board engagement;
* Donors in proposed activities may not receive any benefit in exchange for their gift..
Not Eligible:
Traditional holiday/year end appeals and Give to the Max Day gifts
GrantWatch ID#: 140724
$100,000
10
Up to $10,000
April 1 - October 17, 2014
Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.
For technical questions about the application process:
Misha Dashevsky
Phone: (612) 661-3910
info@pohladfoundation.org
For questions about the Challenge Grant program itself:
Terry Egge, Senior Program Office
(612) 661-3922
tegge@pohladfoundation.org
Nine county Twin Cities area
USA: Minnesota
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2014_Pohlad_Challenge_Grant_Guidelines.pdf