Grantmaking is a key role of community foundations like Southwest Initiative Foundation.
Most of our grants are awarded through our more than 120 fund partners, which have their own grant application guidelines. If you have a fund in your area, it may be a resource for you.
We can award grants to nonprofit organizations, schools, government agencies and projects that use one of these entities as a fiscal partner. We don’t award grants to individuals or to start a business. Instead, entrepreneurs can talk to our loan team. If the business plan seems like it could be a fit for Southwest Initiative Foundation, our loan team will help you apply for financing.
The grant process begins by completing a pre-application questionnaire.
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Early Care and Education
The Southwest Initiative Foundation is offering a new round of early care and education grants to support 501(c)3 nonprofit service organizations directly serving southwest Minnesota communities. The areas of focus for this grant are pre-K through 3rd grade alignment, social and emotional development and increasing access to and availability of high quality early care and education environments. The request for proposals below includes the grant guidelines. For this grant, it’s NOT necessary to complete the online pre-application questionnaire. Applications are due April 26.
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