Nurturing Community – WE ARE GIVING AWAY FREE MONEY!

WE ARE GIVING AWAY FREE MONEY!

It’s an eye-catching title, and it’s true! The Northwest Alliance Community Foundation (NACF) invites nonprofits serving northern Polk and Burnett Counties to apply for the Fall 2024 grant cycle, and the grant application link is on the NACF website https://nacommunityfoundation.org/  or by going to our parent St. Croix Valley Foundation https://www.grantinterface.com/Process/Apply?urlkey=scvf.  Proposals are to be submitted online and are due by October 3.

For this grant cycle, we are looking for ideas addressing NACF’s mission:  “Northwest Alliance Community Foundation nurtures the strength and well-being of our community by offering guidance and providing resources that support positive solutions.” This statement covers a broad topic, and the best proposals will incorporate elements of the NACF mission.  We expect a large response to this grant cycle, and we remind nonprofits to submit applications no later than October 3.

For the past nine years, NACF, as one of 10 affiliates of St. Croix Valley Foundation (SCVF), has partnered with volunteers and donors to make impactful grants to local nonprofits, and to date we have awarded more than $160,000 to 50 organizations. NACF grants have benefited children, adolescents, families, seniors, communities, nature, and animals. Funds have been used to teach, train, and support in the areas of mental health and physical well-being, senior activities, child care, families in need, schools, and the environment.

Grants have helped to build entrance ramps for homes; erect a community playground; support the new Burnett County central kitchen for meal delivery preparation; and install an accessible entrance door to a busy senior center. NACF has awarded funds to purchase holiday hams and turkeys for local food programs; bicycles for libraries to loan to ride the Gandy Dancer trail; garden planters for the amazing cherry tomatoes grown by Endeavors Adult Development Center; kids’ books for early child education programs; and a keyboard and ukuleles for an after-school music activity. Several grants have been given in response to food shortage challenges and have helped to augment food shelf purchases, and to support school backpack programs sending supplemental food home for the weekends. The needs are great in our area, but when you make a financial gift that helps NACF to award grants, the results of that generosity are felt throughout our communities.

The Northwest Alliance Community Foundation is an affiliate of the St. Croix Valley Foundation. We support area nonprofits with educational opportunities and grants. Please consider joining us by making a donation. See our website https://nacommunityfoundation.org/ for more information or email nacf.hq@gmail.com.