How much funding does Greater Pine Area Endowment Grant provide?

The listing does not state a funding amount. Check the funder's announcement for specifics.

When is the deadline for Greater Pine Area Endowment Grant?

The funder has not published a deadline for this grant.

Who is eligible for Greater Pine Area Endowment Grant?

Geography: Live and/or work within the physical boundaries of ISD 578. Required: 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. Not funded: NON-ELIGIBLE PROJECTS; The GPAE will not provide the following; Grants to individuals or private businesses; Ongoing operating support; Endowments, national or local fund drives, general funds; Expenses incurred prior to receipt of the grant award; Religious organizations for direct religious activities; Political campaigns or lobbying activities.

Greater Pine Area Endowment Grant

Initiative Foundation

Foundation Grants for Nonprofits Community Development Grants Economic Services Grants Housing Grants for Nonprofits

Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Can we apply?

Check your organization against each line. Taken from the listing; confirm with the funder's guidelines.

Geography

Live and/or work within the physical boundaries of ISD 578

Required status

501(c)(3) tax-exempt status

Other requirements

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's [website](https://ifound.org/grants/)._
Have a project that fits within our funding priorities

Not eligible / not funded

Not eligible: NON-ELIGIBLE PROJECTS
Not eligible: The GPAE will not provide the following
Not eligible: Grants to individuals or private businesses
Not eligible: Ongoing operating support
Not eligible: Endowments, national or local fund drives, general funds
Not eligible: Expenses incurred prior to receipt of the grant award
Not eligible: Religious organizations for direct religious activities
Not eligible: Political campaigns or lobbying activities
Not eligible: Projects in support of ongoing K-12 programs
Not eligible: Multiple applications from a single organization during the same application period are discouraged

Overview

Greater Pine Area Endowment Grant

The Greater Pine Area Endowment (GPAE) was established to provide financial resources to meet the long-term strategic needs of the greater Pine area (within the physical boundaries of ISD 578), focusing on economic and community development. The GPAE is a component fund of the Initiative Foundation of Little Falls, Minnesota.

FUNDING CATEGORIES:

Economic Development: The Greater Pine Area Endowment will consider funding projects that lead to quality job creation or high-tech employment.

Community Development: The Greater Pine Area Endowment will consider grants to projects that promote community pride and quality of life through environmental stewardship and community beautification. In addition, the GPAE will consider proposals that positively impact the housing, safety, employment, and other needs of the more vulnerable members of the community including youth, the elderly, and those who are low-income. Specifically, the GPAE will seriously consider proposals, which aim to lessen human suffering while at the same time building the capacity of people to positively change their life circumstances.

Eligibility

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

Be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, unit of government or public school district.
Serve the people who live and/or work within the physical boundaries of ISD 578.
Have a project that fits within our funding priorities.

Ineligibility

NON-ELIGIBLE PROJECTS:
- The GPAE will not provide the following:
- Grants to individuals or private businesses
- Ongoing operating support
- Endowments, national or local fund drives, general funds
- Expenses incurred prior to receipt of the grant award
- Religious organizations for direct religious activities
- Political campaigns or lobbying activities
- Projects in support of ongoing K-12 programs
- Multiple applications from a single organization during the same application period are discouraged.

What Initiative Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2024

Grants in 2024: 214
Total given: $5.54M
Median grant: $25K
Range: $5,176–$146K

By dollars: Minnesota 99%, North Dakota <1%, Iowa <1%. Top recipient cities: St Cloud, MN; Brainerd, MN; Waite Park, MN.
1% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
76% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

City of Wadena · Wadena, MN

To support the wadena city library renovation

$146K
City of Princeton · Rockford, MN

To support economic development

$111K
Community Health Service Inc · Moorhead, MN

To support and enhance access to oral health services

$75K
Red Lake Nation · Red Lake, MN

To support the red lake homeless shelter

$75K
Relationship Safety Alliance · Brainerd, MN

To support community-based advocacy and domestic violence shelters

$75K