Jones Family Foundation Grant

The Jones Family Foundation Grant focuses on enhancing the vitality of Red Wing by addressing critical community challenges. It prioritizes equitable access to resources and transformative ideas in areas such as education, economic vitality, and arts & culture. The foundation supports qualified 501(c)(3) nonprofits within a 30-mile radius of Red Wing, considering special projects, start-up costs, and program expansions. However, it does not fund ongoing operating expenses or religious/political programs.

Core Values
We address barriers that prevent groups or populations from participating fully in our community.We learn authentically from stakeholders in the community and experts around the world to improve practice and identify new initiatives that improve Red Wing.We seek new, transformative ideas to address entrenched social problems. We build on – rather than tear down – emerging ideas and opportunities to serve the Red Wing community.We build the capacity of our grantees, partners, constituents, board and staff members to lead. We empower and support their leadership in the community.We understand that Red Wing’s success is dependent on so many others, and we seek to work with partners wherever possible to expand our collective reach and impact.
Priority areas
Most of our grant-making will be dedicated towards requests which advance efforts or address critical needs in the following areas:

• EducationEconomic VitalityArts & Culture
• Grant Requests We Will Consider

Special projects of a limited-time natureStart-up costs for promising new ideas or programs which align with our mission and priority areas of focusProgram expansionMatching grants – funds to match contributions received from other sources or to provide a challenge to help raise new contributionsCapital funding on a limited basis

Eligibility

The Jones Family Foundation only provides grants to qualified 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organizations which are tax exempt as defined by the Internal Revenue Code. Funding is currently restricted to organizations which operate within a 30 mile radius of Red Wing, Minnesota. The Foundation also makes grants to federally recognized public schools and governmental agencies.

Ineligibility

Grant Requests We Will Not Consider: Ongoing annual operating expensesPrograms of a religious or political natureDirect grants to individualsEndowmentsMulti-year grants outside of our priority focus areas of Education, Economic Vitality and Arts & Culture