| Grant Applications Due by October 28th St. Cloud, Minn. – The Central Minnesota Community Foundation (CMCF) announced today the Central Minnesota Special Needs Fund will begin accepting grant applications on September 1, 2020. The Central Minnesota Special Needs grants will support programming that serves those with complex intellectual and physical disabilities. Application deadline for this grant round is October 28, 2020. Eligible organizations must be 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations, schools or governmental entities. The grant must serve the residents of Benton, Stearns or Sherburne counties or the communities of Kimball or Watkins. For more information about the grant round and specific criteria for the grant round, visit www.communitygiving.org/grants. Last year, the Central Minnesota Special Needs Fund was able to grant out $20,000 to benefit two programs. WACOSA received $16,000 to support programming that provided physical therapy to individuals with complex intellectual and physical disabilities and the Muscular Dystrophy Association received $4,000 to support summer camp programming to youth with the neuromuscular disease. The Central Minnesota Community Foundation (CMCF) attracts and administers charitable funds for the benefit of the local community. Since 1985, CMCF has grown to over $110.1 million in assets and awarded over $111.9 million in grants to nonprofits. The CMCF is governed by a local board of directors and is a partner of CommunityGiving, which is a collaborative of community foundations united under a single framework to create efficiencies that maximize the impact of our donors. Collectively, CommunityGiving administers nearly 850 funds totaling more than $150 million. Learn more at CommunityGiving.org/CentralMN |
Central Minnesota Special Needs Grant Round Accepting Applications
August 28, 2020
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