Ruth McDonald Fund Grants

About This Grant

Foundation: Alexandria Area Community Foundation

Brief Description

The Alexandria Area Community Foundation seeks to make grants that will support health and wellness in the Alexandria area – especially for the health needs of people in poverty.

What We Fund

Support Strategies:

  • Operations
  • New or expanded programs/projects

Eligible organizations:

  • 501(c) 3 nonprofit organizations
  • Schools
  • Government entities

Geographic Area: Grants must serve the residents within Douglas County

Funding Amount Range: $2,500-$5,000

Focus Areas

  • Health:
    • Provide health education to the public to prevent disease
    • Support food nutrition or nutrition education
    • Help people living in isolation to build social connections

Favorable Considerations

  • Create innovative solutions to community challenges and capitalize on emerging opportunities
  • Build or support collaborative efforts and involve other community partners such as other nonprofits, government entitles, businesses, and/or citizen groups
  • Make a sustainable positive impact in the community
  • Build social capital (I.e. connectedness) across generations, cultures, and other diverse segments of the community
  • Are highly visible and have the potential to inspire additional investment in the community
  • Projects/Programs that support diversity, equity and inclusion. (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy)

What We Don’t Fund

  • Individuals
  • Religious organizations for religious purposes (Funding for Faith-Based Organizations Policy)
  • Political organizations or political campaigns
  • Annual fundraising drives
  • Endowments
  • Debt retirement or deficit financing
  • Projects that have already been completed
  • Scholarships or medical research
  • Grants for travel or conferences
  • Government funding that has been reduced or eliminated

Application Process

1)

Submit application online using the CommunityGiving Grant Management System.

2)

The Grant Advisory Committee will recommend applications for funding to the Board of Directors.

3)

The Board of Directors will make final funding decisions.

All notification about this grant will be through emails.

Payout of Grants: upon recipient of electronically signed Grant Agreement.

Grantee Required Documents: Grant Agreement, Progress Report, Final Report. Required follow up documents will be submitted through the CommunityGiving Grant Management System.

For questions about this grant or the online Grant Management System please call (320) 257-9715.