Mental Health Support Fund Grants

The Mental Health Support Fund Grants, provided by the Door County Community Foundation, aim to enhance mental health awareness and education in Door County, WI. Grants, averaging around $5,000, support programs that directly contribute to mental healthcare initiatives. Charities can apply for multiple projects if they are closely related, but only one application is allowed per grant cycle. Ineligible projects include debt repayment and fundraising expenses.

The Mental Health Support Fund provides grants for programs that promote mental health awareness, support mental health education, or provide mental healthcare for people in Door County, WI. Although smaller and larger grant requests will be considered, grants typically average $5,000 per program.
While we recognize the importance of all of these activities, our Board has made a strategic decision to focus the priorities of our grants elsewhere.
Each charity is limited to one application per grant cycle. However, charities may submit applications in successive grant cycles or to the other granting programs of the Community Foundation that might be open at the same time.

Eligibility

charities that seek financial assistance from the component funds of the Door County Community FoundationIt is permissible to include multiple projects in a single application so long as each individual project has a strong and natural correlation with the others. For instance, consider a municipality seeking grants to fund a beach improvement effort, the construction of a new playground, and the expansion of a shelter.If all three of these projects occur in close proximity to each other at a single park, they have a strong and natural correlation and thus may be combined into a single application.In another example, consider an organization that wants to install wayfinding and interpretive signage on multiple properties spread out across the County.While the installation of the signage will occur on individual properties far apart from each other, the types and purposes of the signs are similar everywhere and thus can be combined into a single application because they have a strong and natural correlation to each other.Individual projects that do not have a strong and natural correlation must be submitted on separate applications. Please remember that applicants are allowed only one application per grant cycle.While it’s permissible to combine multiple projects with a strong and natural correlation into a single application, the budget on the application should separate the individual line-item expenses by project. For instance, rather than adding up the total design, equipment, and labor costs for all three projects into single line items, instead, list them by individual project.

Ineligibility

Retiring debt or budget deficitsLoans or re-granting programsMulti-year commitments (charities may reapply in future cycles for the same idea)Activities that advance a particular religious belief (religious organizations should contact the Commnity Foundation to discuss specific project ideas before applying)Individuals or groups that are not qualified public charities or units of governmentWe generally do not make grants to pay for activities that have been contracted or that occur prior to the awarding of a grant.Fundraising expenses, capital campaigns and grants to an endowment are generally not supported by grants unless the applicant can articulate special circumstances which make their request particularly important.