Community Builder Grants

Community Builder Grants

The Foundation serves northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan with a particular emphasis on the greater Toledo area. Grants from the Community Builder grant program support a variety of services in the fields of education, social services, physical and mental health, neighborhood and urban affairs, natural resources, and the arts.

Emphasis is placed on programs that will: Create safe, positive living environments; Enable families to develop the skills/resources needed to support and nurture each member; and Foster the development of responsible young people who are capable of achieving their fullest potential.

The Community Builder grant program offers grants of up to $25,000 in the following three categories:

• to provide seed money for new, innovative programming that addresses unmet community needs,
• to expand successful programming in order to reach unique audiences, or
• to provide capacity building benefits to existing nonprofit organizations.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

• Eligible requests can focus on one or more of the three categories above.
  • Grants will only be awarded to nonprofit, charitable organizations which have been designated as having tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service code.
• Applications must propose to provide services benefitting residents of northwest Ohio or southeast Michigan.

Ineligibility

• The Foundation usually will not make grants from its Community Builder program to:
  • Support the general operating budget or budget deficit of established organizations.
  • Annual campaigns.
  • Capital campaigns or building projects.
  • Exclusively purchase equipment, such as computer hardware/software, phones, motor vehicles, etc.
  • Produce films, videos, television programs, and the like.
  • Support sectarian activities of religious organizations.
  • Conduct a needs assessment.