Grant Deadline is February 1st
Brainerd, Minn. – The Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation (BLACF) announced today that their annual Brainerd Lakes Area Grant round is now accepting applications.
The Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation seeks to make two kinds of grants: Smaller grants for general operations and programs that address changing community needs, and significant grants that will be the “Difference Maker” in bringing about a lasting, positive change in the Brainerd Lakes area.
Applications must address one or more of the following focus areas: work force development, education, human services, arts and culture, and civic. Organizations applying for a grant must be nonprofit, charitable organizations designated as 501(c)3 by the Internal Revenue Service and must serve the residents of Crow Wing or Southern Cass counties.
Additional information can be found at communitygiving.org/grants. Applications must be submitted online by midnight on February 1st. Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to contact Karl Samp at [email protected] to see about programmatic fit with current BLACF priorities.
The Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation, in affiliation with CommunityGiving, is a public charity that attracts and administers charitable funds for the benefit of the local community. Since 1998, BLACF has grown to over $8.1 million in assets and awarded over $4.1 million in grants to local nonprofits. CommunityGiving is a collaboration of community foundations united under a single framework to create efficiencies that maximize the impact of our donors. The core foundations working with CommunityGiving include the Alexandria Area Community Foundation, the Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation, the Central Minnesota Community Foundation and the Willmar Area Community Foundation. Collectively, CommunityGiving administers more than 650 funds totaling more than $115 million. Learn more at CommunityGiving.org/Brainerd