Additional Resources

US Small Business Administration​ - Economic Injury Disaster Loans

Status: Accepting Applications

• SBA provides low-interest disaster loans to businesses of all sizes, private non-profit organizations, homeowners, and renters.
• Disaster loans can be used to repair or replace the following items damaged or destroyed in a declared disaster: real estate, personal property, machinery and equipment, and inventory and business assets.

Due Date: Rolling

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CARES Act

Status: In Progress (Download Analysis)

•  Provides significant funding for businesses, hospitals, schools, and social support programs, among other things
• Download the Analysis by National Council of Nonprofits for more information
• National Conference of State Legislatures' summary of provisions impacting states

Due Date: N/A

MN Dept. of Employment & Economic Development - Emergency Loans

Status: Accepting Applications

• Minnesota-Based Business loans ranging from $2,500 - $35,000, interest free

Due Date: TBD

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MN Dept. of Health - COVID–19 Health Care Response Grant

Status: RFP to be posted the first week of April

• $150 million in funding for costs related to planning for, preparing for, or responding to the COVID–19 outbreak.
• Funding can also be used for testing or facilities to provide treatment, isolation or quarantine.

Due Date: TBD

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MN Office of Economic Opportunity

Status: Pending

• OEO's emergency package includes over $26 million in funding for homeless service programs.
• Funds must be expended by February 1, 2021, or until 60 days after expiration of the peacetime emergency

Due Date: TBD

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Governor’s 2020 Supplemental Budget Recommendations

Status: Pending

• The Governor’s 2020 supplemental budget prioritizes fiscal stability and addressing emergency response and preparedness needs across the state.

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City of Minneapolis - COVID-19 Emergency Mental Health Fund

Status: Accepting Applications

•  Provide short term relief to those who are experiencing crisis and whose ability to receive in person help is either limited or not existent at this time.
• All proposed services must begin within one week of contract finalization and end within 90 days of that date or before August 21 2020, whichever comes first. 
• Interested providers must submit a brief application which includes a description of the service(s) the organization provides and a detailed budget

Due Date: TBD

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City of Saint Paul - Saint Paul Bridge Fund

Status: Special meeting on Wednesday, April 1 for adoption

• Provide emergency relief for small businesses and families
• Supported by proposed Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority funds, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation and Ecolab Foundation

Due Date: TBD

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City of Rochester - Emergency Economic Development Loans

Status: Accepting Applications

• Provides assistance to small local businesses
• Applicants must meet requirements for and apply to the Shared Work Program
• Fill out the form and sign the document. Email the completed application and attachments to RochesterELP@rochestermn.gov

Due Date: April 3

Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless - Emergency Response Fund

Status: Accepting Applications

• Open Your Heart is providing funding to support response planning by overnight emergency shelters, day shelters, and meal service provider

Due Date: March 27

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Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation - Healthy Start 2020
Status: Accepting Applications

• Within the original goal of increasing access to and quality of early childhood care and education, the Foundation will now prioritize funding for applicants that demonstrate that they are responding to their community’s child care needs as a result of COVID-19.  
• Grants will be for one year instead of two years

Due Date: April 23 at 1:00 pm

The Schulze Family Foundation

Status: Accepting LOI's

• Deadlines for fall review have been extended
• The Foundation has issued $500,000 in emergency grants to organizations addressing food insecurity in Minnesota and Florida
• The Foundation will accept requests for general operating support

Due Date: LOI's due April 24, Invited Applications due May 29

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US Bank Foundation

Status: Receiving Donations

• $4 million in grants to three key partners: LISC, the United Way, and Operation HOPE. 
• A $1 million COVID-19 Local Market Impact Fund to address unmet needs in local markets across the country.
• $25 million to long term recovery, including offering Community Possible funds as general operating grants for partners.
• Grant application process will remain unchanged, see website for details

Due Date: April 30 for "Work" focus, July 31 for "Home" Focus

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Minnesota Council on Foundations and Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

Status: Accepting applications now (download application)

• Funds will go directly to foundations or other intermediaries that have an existing grant-making process in place. The intermediaries will distribute the funds.
• Nonprofit organizations, small businesses, and individuals and families that are struggling with increased demand or loss of ability to carry out services or loss of income
• Intermediary organizations interested in applying should download the application form and email it to coronavirusfund@mcf.org.

Due Date: Every Wednesday by 12:00 pm, reviewed  on Friday

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Otto Bremer Trust - Emergency Fund 

Status: Accepting initial inquiries now for short term loans and grants

• The first step in the application process is to submit an initial inquiry. This brief questionnaire is designed to help determine the scope of emergency needs in our region.

Due Date: TBD

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Bush Foundation

Status: Re-purposing funds, Accepting Community Innovation proposals

• Bush Foundation will not be offering the Bush Prize, rather they have re-purposed this funding for COVID-19 response activities and initiatives. 
• The Bush foundation is contributing to the MN Council on Foundation/MN Disaster Fund.
• Bush Foundation will continue to accept regular Community Innovation proposals and try to expedite COVID-19 proposals. The Foundation is finalizing criteria now with more details to follow.  

Due Date: Community Innovation grants accepted year-round

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Minneapolis Foundation - OneMPLS Fund 

Status: Applications will be accepted online starting at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 30, 2020

• Support services to address economic impact on individuals whose employment has been reduced or eliminated (contract workers, students, youth, artists)
• Support basic needs for vulnerable populations (older adults, youth, students)

Due Date: TBD

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Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation

Status: Moved Deadline, Announcement coming April 24

• The Board is scheduled to meet on April 24th, with details to follow after the meeting
•  Considerations include making a limited number of emergency general operating support grants

Due Date: Community Grant due May 1 @ 11:59 p.m., Special Project Grant TBD

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Headwaters Foundation - Community First Fund

Status: Receiving donations, developing procedure, goal is to start accepting applications on 4/1

• Focusing first on applicants who currently have a grant at Headwaters. Eligible applicants must be an existing Headwaters grantee (Jan. 2018 to now)
• Headwaters Foundation focuses on:
  
  • Promotion of health, healing, solidarity and mutual aid
  • Supporting organizations and people organizing for change
  • Strengthening capacity of organizations to be resilient and creative long-term

Due Date: TBD

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Target and Target Foundation - Local/National/Global Support

Status: Receiving donations, deciding criteria

• Target and the Target Foundation will be giving $10 million to expand relief and assistance to team members, as well as local, national, and global organizations responding to the pandemic.
• Extended deadline to April 15

Due Date: TBD, April 15 extended deadline for current grants

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United Way - Greater Twin Cities COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund

Status: Receiving donations

• Funding will provide immediate support like food, housing, childcare, financial assistance, and more.

Due Date: TBD

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University of Minnesota

Status: Receiving Donations

•  Focus on Student Need and Health Care Support.

Due Date: TBD

Alexandria Area Community Foundation

Status: Receiving Donations

Due Date: TBD

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Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation

Status: Receiving Donations

Due Date: TBD

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Central MN Community Foundation

Status - Receiving Donations

Due Date: TBD

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Community Foundation of Carver County

Status: Receiving Donations

Due Date: TBD

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Fargo-Moorhead Area Community Foundation

Status: Receiving Donations

Due Date: TBD

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Initiative Foundation for Central Minnesota

Status: Receiving Donations

Due Date: TBD

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Willmar Area Community Foundation

Status: Receiving Donations

Due Date: TBD

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FEMA - Assistance to Tribal Governments

• Tribal governments have the option to request Public Assistance from FEMA as either a Recipient or Sub-recipient
• Tribes that have never been Recipients of FEMA assistance should review FEMA’s New Recipients of Disaster Grants Guide

Due Date: TBD

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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide $80 million in funding to tribes, tribal organizations, and Urban Indian Organizations

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Indian Health Services

• The Indian Health Service is working closely with tribal partners and state and local public health officials to coordinate a comprehensive public health response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
• Join IHS for the All Tribal and Urban Indian Organization Leaders Call, every Thursday @ 2:30 p.m. Central

Open Road Alliance

Status: Accepting applications now

• Send an email to grants@openroadalliance.org with the following information
  
  • ​Your Organization
  • Your Response to COVID-19
  • What you need and why
  • Keep it short and to the point!

Due Date: Rolling, reviewing submissions as they're received

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Good360 - COVID-19 Product Philanthropy

Status: Accepting Applications

• If an organization is in need of products for COVID-19 response and prevention, please e-mail Kaitlin FitzGerald, Regional Manager of Disaster Recovery

Due Date: Rolling, email Disaster@Good360.org with your needs

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No Kid Hungry

Status: Accepting Inquiries

• This grant request is specifically for school districts and community organizations to submit an inquiry for grants to support nutrition programs in their communities. 

Due Date: March 30

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Dunkin' Joy in Childhood Foundation

Status: Accepting Applications

• Providing funds to 501(c3)'s with a focus in health or hunger relief

Due Date: Currently not accepting applications, but may reopen process

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Walmart Foundation

Status: RFP to be released

• $25 million to support organizations on the front lines responding to the outbreak.
  
  • $5 million to support global efforts to help countries prevent, detect and manage the coronavirus;
  • $10 million to support food banks, school meal programs and organizations that provide access to food for under-served populations; and
  • $10 million to support efforts in local communities in the United States and international markets.

Due Date: TBD

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Entrepreneur Fund

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Facebook

• Pledging $10 million in small business relief

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QuickBooks - The Small Business Relief Initiative

Status: Aceepting GoFundMe pages and donations

• QuickBooks teamed up with GoFundMe to provide support for small businesses
• Tips and resources on how to prepare your business and your employees during coronavirus

Due Date: N/A

St. Paul & Minnesota Foundation - Community Sharing Fund

Status:Accepting applications now

• For individual and families with verifiable emergency needs when other services or funds are unavailable. Grants are approved for rent, damage deposit, utility costs, medical expenses, childcare, transportation and other critical needs.

Due Date: Rolling, reviewing as applications are received

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Modest Needs - Self-Sufficiency Grant

Status: Accepting applications now

• Unexpected or emergency expenses that an individual or family living paycheck-to-paycheck could not possibly afford without a short-term hand-up.
• Monthly bills that an individual or family living paycheck-to-paycheck cannot afford to pay at the time of their application because of a documentable extenuating circumstance that occurred within the past year.

Due Date: Rolling, reviewing as applications are received

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Springboard for the Arts - Emergency Funding Resources for Artists

Status: Accepting Applications

• Help cover unexpected expenses directly resulting from a catastrophic, career-threatening event such as theft, fire, flood and health emergency. Emergencies must have taken place within 6 months of the application date.
• Artists may apply to cover lost income due to the cancellation of a specific, scheduled gig or opportunity
• $500/individual

Due Date: Rolling, reviewing as applications are received