Grant Application

General Information

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Legal Name of Organization

If you are known by another name, please list it here:

Organization Mailing Street

City

State

Zip Code

In the event Constellation awards your organization a grant, what is the full address where we should mail a paper check using USPS? Type the full address below regardless of your answer to the previous questions.:

Is your organization tax-exempt under IRS Section 501(c)(3)?

Please explain:

Tax ID

Select an area for funding based on organization priorities:

Contact Person

This information should be for the primary person our grantmaking team would interact with during the review, document gathering, and grant award process.

First Name

Last Name

Job Title

Phone

Email Address

This person is the Executive Director:

Executive Director

First Name

Last Name

Job Title

Phone

Email Address

Impact Area

The Constellation Fund invests in and empowers organizations that demonstrably raise the living standard of individuals in poverty in the Twin Cities. To do this, we focus our support on three key impact areas: education, health and housing. Please select the impact area most relevant to this grant request.

What percent of your participants are low-income, defined as living under 200% of the federal poverty guidelines?

Grant Purpose

Tell us how you would use a grant from the Constellation Fund. Grants can be used to support a specific program or general operations. This summary should articulate the proposed work, define the beneficiaries, and describe the intended impact.

What grant amount from the Constellation Fund would constitute a meaningful contribution? All of our initial grants are one-year in length, so please consider that as you estimate your request. During this grant round Constellation anticipates its smallest grants to be $50,000 and organizations are encouraged to discuss the amount with a Program Officer. Ask for what your organization needs and please know organizations will not be disqualified based on the amount requested.

Enter numbers with no commas

Organization Background

Describe your organization and the work your organization does, addressing:

i. Your organization’s mission.

ii. A brief description of your organization and its history.

iii. Number of paid full-time staff; number of paid part-time staff; number of volunteers.

iv. Describe the programs/services provided by your organization/program.

v. Please describe any existing data tracking and reporting processes, especially related to the outcomes this grant would support:

Challenge

Describe the challenge(s) faced by people living in poverty in the Twin Cities that your organization addresses.

Approach

What approach or approaches does your organization take to meet the challenge you described above and to raise the living standards of people living in poverty in the seven-county metro area of the Twin Cities? What makes your approach successful and how does it stand out from others working in this field?

Proximity and DEIA

Tell us about your organization and diversity, equity, inclusion, and access (DEIA). How have your DEIA values influenced the work you do and how you do it? How is your organization situated to understand the experiences, needs, and perspectives of the population it serves? (Constellation Fund recognizes the sensitivity of sharing work around DEIA given the current political landscape. Please be assured that any information shared will not be released publicly.)

Attachments

Does your organization have an audited finacial statement?

Does your organization have a logic model?

Please provide your organization’s most recent financial statement, audited if available. This statement should reflect actual expenditures and funds received during the most recent fiscal year for which complete financial data are available:

If your organization does not have an audit, please provide your most recent profit and loss statement as well as your most recent balance sheet:

Since your organization is requesting project or programmatic funding, please provide a project budget:

Please upload your logic model: