The Spring 2024 Grant Cycle applications are open January 2 to March 1, 2024 at 5pm. 

The Community Foundation invites nonprofits to apply for funds that support projects enhancing communities throughout northeast Minnesota, northwest Wisconsin, and the seven sovereign tribal nations in the region.

The grant cycle aims to empower local nonprofit organizations, and initiatives seeking to impact the social, cultural and economic development of communities, and environmental protection throughout the region. The Community Foundation is increasing the amount of time between the opening of applications and the due date, to reduce the stress experienced by our invaluable nonprofit partners.

Click on each of the following funds to view the grant guidelines:

• Alexandra Smith Fund – In Support of Native American Treaty Rights
• Animal-Assisted Therapy Fund
• Anishinabe Fund
• Apostle Islands Area Community Fund
• Apostle Islands Area Human Rights Fund
• Biodiversity Fund
• Chequamegon Bay Area Community Fund
• Cook County Community Fund
• Eveleth Area Community Fund
• Four Cedars Environmental Fund
• Fund for Women and Girls
• Global Awareness Fund
• Grutzner Madeline Island Fund
• LaBounty Family Fund
• Lone Wolf Fund
• Mary H. Rice Community Innovation Fund
• Michael Madeline Island Fund
• Red Cliff / Miskwaabikaang Fund
• Silver Bay Charitable Fund
• Two Harbors Area Fund
• West Wind Fund
• Wetherby Fund
• Wirtanen Family Fund

Grant requests to the following funds are accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year: 

• Lupa Animal Wellness Fund
• Unity Fund

Community Impact Team support contacts:

• Community Impact Director Michelle Morris, for discussion of funding opportunities
• Senior Community Impact Associate Kursula Harris, for technical assistance or general inquiries