FDL Unrestricted Grant ( Bi-annual Grant Cycle)

FDL Unrestricted Grant ( Bi-annual Grant Cycle)

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Fond du Lac Area Foundation
Amount: US $500 - US $5,000
Last Updated: August 18, 2025

Summary

The Fond du Lac Area Foundation offers the FDL Unrestricted Grant, supporting impactful projects in Fond du Lac County. Grants range from $500 to $5,000 and focus on practical solutions to community issues. The Foundation encourages collaboration, volunteer involvement, and projects that strengthen local agencies. Proposals should address both prevention and remediation while enhancing the quality of life for residents. Applications are welcomed for initiatives in education, arts, wellness, and more.

Overview

The Fond du Lac Area Foundation The Fond du Lac Area Foundation addresses today’s needs through multiple avenues of granting and awareness, and we thrive on collaborative relationships with our community partners. We believe that together we can do more and be more. We pride ourselves on looking at the holistic needs of the community, including education, arts, food and housing security, infrastructure, animals, the environment, wellness, and more. Our Mission: Creating a better community by promoting philanthropy, awarding effective grants, and providing leadership on important community issues … today & forever. FDL Unrestricted Grant ( Bi-annual Grant Cycle) The Bi-annual Grant Cycles are funded by our unrestricted Community Fund. Grants are made for programs likely to make a clear difference in the quality of life of a substantial number of people. The Foundation tends to favor projects that: propose practical solutions to current community problems promote cooperation among agencies without duplicating services stimulate others to participate in problem solving promote volunteer involvement strengthen an agency’s effectiveness or stability address themselves to prevention as well as remediation

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. The Foundation will only consider grants to organizations serving Fond du Lac County and that are in the range of $500-$5,000.

Ineligibility

In general, the Foundation does not support:building fundscapital campaignsreligious organizations for religious purposespolitical partiesendowments and debt reductionscholarly researchannual fundraising drives or sponsorship of eventscommunity services which are supported by tax dollarstravel grantsprojects outside our local geographic area