Grow Your Impact Grant

The Grow Your Impact Grant, offered by the Greater Grand Island Community Foundation, aims to enhance nonprofit effectiveness in Hall County. Grants of up to $10,000 support projects such as board training, staff education, strategic planning, and technology upgrades. Eligible organizations include 501(c)(3) nonprofits, with a focus on sustainability and broad community impact. The Foundation encourages collaboration and innovation, ensuring resources are directed towards underrepresented groups and essential services.

NOTE: Agencies are strongly encouraged to contact the Greater Grand Island Community Foundation before submitting a proposal to discuss the appropriateness of the request. When the 1st falls on either a Saturday or Sunday, grant applications will be due by 4 p.m. on the following Monday.
Greater Grand Island Community Foundation offers a Capacity Building Grant program designed to strengthen nonprofit organizational effectiveness in the Hall County area. Grants will be provided for up to $10,000 as recommended by the Foundation Distribution Committee and approved by the Foundation Board of Trustees.
Grant for the following purposes will be considered:

• Board training and education to strengthen and enhance the organization's governance through training or assistance from an expert in the field.
• A project outline of deliverables is required as part of the application.
• Critical equipment
• Staff training to enhance governance, management, program delivery
• Strategic planning and visioning for the future of the organization
• Technology/software upgrades, networking, websites
• Enable organizations to merge operations and programming to ensure sustainability
• Other assessment, consulting, or facilitation that improves an identified area of organizational capacity

Eligibility

Greater Grand Island Community Foundation awards grants to both private and public organizations. To be eligible for a Capacity Building grant, organizations must fit within the following parameters:Organizations classified as 501(c)(3) by the Internal Revenue Service
Organizations applying may only receive a capacity-building grant every three calendar years
If prior funding has been received, a final grant evaluation must be completed and accepted before applying for additional funding.
Greater Grand Island Community Foundation serves the greater Grand Island area.Excepting when extraordinary circumstances apply, only programs and projects in Hall County will be considered for supportOrganizations may only be funded once per 12 month period.In limited circumstances, staff salaries may be considered eligible if:
the organization can show how an existing or temporary staff member will devote specific time to achieving the capacity building project in a similar way to a consultant and
the organization can demonstrate financial need to offset other support for that staff member for example, that that staff member is usually funded by a restricted source that will not pay for the time to engage in this capacity-building project.

Ineligibility

Grant for the following purposes will not be considered:To individuals
Religious or political purposes
Endowments, capital campaigns, annual fund drives, vehicles, furniture, ongoing operational or program delivery costs, consumable supplies, or food/beverages for meetings or events
Salaries to carry out existing, new, or increased program delivery and operational activities are not eligible.Fundraising event sponsorships or creation of fundraising event collateral materials
Request for additional funding for projects that have already been approved and funded
Individual conference registrations without a comprehensive dissemination plan
Incomplete requests
Completed projects or proposals that have begun implementation

501(c)(3) organizations serving Hall County, Nebraska; organizations may receive this grant once every three calendar years; applicants must meet with Foundation staff before applying.