Please note: Community Other grant applications are not currently being accepted because we are reviewing the guidelines and application.  We expect to complete that work in January 2009.  The information given below applies to Community Other grants issued prior to October 15, 2008.

The Pohlad Family Foundation budgets a small amount of grant funds to assist nonprofit organizations with specific fund development and management improvement projects.

Guidelines for these requests follow.

Qualified Organizations. Requests from nonprofits that provide direct services to economically–disadvantaged families and children receive highest priority consideration.

Eligible Grant Purposes. Projects designed to produce the outcomes below within 18 months:

Ineligible Grant Purposes: Fundraising event support, Creation of new products or services, Employee development, Long-term projects (more than 18 months).

Grant Size: $5,000 to $25,000

Important Limitation. The Foundation will award only one (1) Community Grant per organization during a five year period.

*Within 12 months of a significant organizational change occurring (e.g., new director, new management team.