Tuscola County Community Foundation: Emergency Needs Fund Grant

The Tuscola County Community Foundation, established in 1997, offers the Emergency Needs Fund Grant to support the urgent needs of residents in Tuscola County. This fund prioritizes food, clothing, and shelter, along with assistance for first responders during crises. Grants aim to enhance community resilience and address significant challenges faced by local organizations, ensuring impactful use of resources to benefit the community.

Established in 1997, the Tuscola County Community Foundation is a non-profit corporation dedicated to improving the quality of life in Tuscola County. The foundation accepts and administers gifts from donors of all types. The principal of these gifts remains intact forever, with only the income used for grants. Through the granting process, the Tuscola County Community Foundation addresses the area’s needs and supports promising opportunities.
The Tuscola County Community Foundation emphasizes projects that are:

• Innovative
• Present opportunities to leverage other local funds raised by an organization

Yield substantial local benefits for the community resources investedFacilitate cooperation and collaboration between organizationsCreate potential to continue after the grant period
This fund was established to support the emergent needs of the residents of Tuscola County.
Priority emergent needs are defined as food, clothing, and shelter. Secondary needs include organizations considered ‘first responders’ during community crises. Tertiary needs would include organizations providing other services during times of emergency not identified above.

Eligibility

When making grants, the Tuscola County Community Foundation’s Grant Committee and Board of Trustees are guided by the following general policies:Grants are made only to 501 (c) (3) organizations or other tax-exempt organizations (e.g. local unit of government) benefiting the citizens and communities of Tuscola County.
Grants are made for a wide variety of charitable, community, scientific, literary, educational and cultural programs.
Grants are generally made for one year.
Proposals for hospitals, schools, childcare services, nursing/retirement facilities, computers, motorized vehicles and tax-supported community services are considered when they are the type of project emphasized by the foundation fund(s), demonstrate substantial impact or address the needs of a significant or underserved portion of the community.
Lower priority is given to requests for travel for groups such as school classes, clubs or sports teams.

Ineligibility

Grants are not made to churches for sectarian religious programs. Grants are not made for operating budgets, previously incurred debt, endowment campaigns or fundraising activities.No funding is provided for operation budgets.