SFFI: Impact Investments Grant

SFFI: Impact Investments Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Schlecht Family Foundation Inc
Last Updated: December 29, 2025

Summary

The Schlecht Family Foundation Inc is committed to transforming communities in Dane County and rural Wisconsin through innovative support for organizations. Their grantmaking focuses on capacity building, seed funding, general operating grants, and impact investments, aiming to empower individuals through meaningful work, foster connections to nature, and help youth develop essential life skills. The foundation prioritizes organizations that align with their mission and avoid funding capital campaigns or endowments.

Overview

We are here to be transformational - not transactional. We are looking for instigators; people and organizations bringing fresh ideas and approaches to the complex issues facing our communities in Dane, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette counties. Our grantmaking and investments support organizations working on the three focus areas below, and fall into four types of support: Capacity Building Grants for building organizational effectiveness and efficiency; Seed Grants for developing new ideas; General Operating Grants for mature organizations with a track record of impact; and Impact Investments that provide special financing to mission-aligned projects. Occasionally, we will make grant at the Board of Directors’ discretion; grants that fall outside of our focus areas and geography. Meaningful Work Work gives people a sense of purpose and meaning. Our funding supports organizations dedicated to creating a pathway for people who have a vision and the desire to pursue it. Connections to Nature We believe relationships to the natural world improve mental, physical and spiritual health. We want to enable those connections for more people - especially children - through education and conservation. Forging Character We support organizations helping our youth, ages 12-24, develop confidence, skills and stick-to-itiveness for a purposeful life.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. We have a few boxes that need to be checked before you go any further: Your organization is a 501-C3 or has a fiscal sponsor. Your organization serves people in Dane, Green, Grant, Iowa or Lafayette Counties in Wisconsin.Your organization is not going to lobby or influence an election.

Ineligibility

We prefer not to fund capital campaigns or endowments.