Grow Your Impact Grant

Grow Your Impact Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Greater Grand Island Community Foundation
Amount: Up to US $10,000
Last Updated: September 16, 2025

Summary

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.

Overview

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. About Greater Grand Island Community Foundation is a growing legacy, not of a single person, but of the entire community. It is, in a very real sense, the community's foundation. Under one organizational roof, it unites donors, large and small who want to make our community a better place for all. Like the wind powers a pinwheel the Greater Grand Island Community Foundation powers individual legacies to make communities better places to live, work and play. When you give through the Greater Grand Island Community Foundation, making your gift is simple. Our Mission Empowering people to turn their passion into purpose by creating legacies that strengthen the future of the communities we serve. Our History E.J. Wolbach passed away in 1959, leaving a bequest in his will to establish a community foundation. The Grand Island Foundation was formed on September 12, 1960, with Helen Connell serving as the first president. In 1985, Richard E. Spelts, Jr. began volunteering his time, talents, and resources to serve as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Spelts recognized the need for a full-time director and hired the Foundation's first paid executive director on May 1, 1997. "Community" has been added to the Foundation's name as it continues to serve Grand Island and the greater Hall County area. In 2020 “Greater” was added to the Foundations name to reflect the wide range of communities in Central Nebraska that we touch. Grow Your Impact Grant Greater Grand Island Community Foundation offers a Capacity Building Grant program designed to strengthen nonprofit organizational effectiveness in the Hall County area. Requests are sought in the fall of each year. 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

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. 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 Feasibility Studies