The Greater Green Bay Community Foundation’s grants program funds measurable strategies to make a positive impact on the quality of life and create a better future for residents in the community.
Donor Name: Greater Green Bay Community Foundation
State: Wisconsin
County: Brown County (WI), Kewaunee County (WI), Oconto County (WI)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Types of Grants

Program or project support
Equipment related directly to projects
Technology, equipment improvements, and staff or board training and planning that enhance organizational capacity or develop greater organizational efficiency
Operational needs
Other priorities as determined by the Grants Committee.

Funding Priorities 
All innovative ideas that meet emerging needs or opportunities will be considered, including these focus areas:

Arts and Culture: To infuse artistic and cultural opportunities throughout the community through creative expression.  These may include historical, multicultural, visual, literary, theatrical, and musical.
Basic Needs: To address needs found at the root causes of poverty. While typically defined as food, clothing and shelter, these programs and services seek to lift individuals and families up to prevent generational poverty.
Education: To improve knowledge, train, instruct, and enhance skills to ensure individuals receive educational opportunities that better the course of their lives and careers. Especially programs addressing outcomes related to Achieve Brown County
Environment and Conservation: To protect, preserve, manage and provide access to or improve resources for the benefit of the natural environment, wildlife and humans.
Health and Wellness: To benefit the general condition of a person’s mind, body and spirit to help individuals be free from illness, injury or pain. This includes preventive, mental/behavioral, addiction and dental health programs ranging from early childhood to seniors.
Human Services: To assist individuals, groups and communities such as the poor, sick, elderly, children or youth, to transition to more self-sustainable lifestyle.
Older adults: To help older adults remain safe, engaged and supported through programs that provide care and support independence.
Public Benefit and Community Improvement: To provide for the good of the community at large and empower individuals or groups of people with the skills they need to effect change.
Youth Development: To promote, encourage and provide access to broad-based youth development, especially among underprivileged youth.

Funding Information
Typically up to $20,000.
Eligibility Requirements
All applicants must meet the following:

Be a nonprofit organization with a 501(c)(3) designation by the Internal Revenue Service or a governmental body, such as a school or municipality
Directly serve the people of the greater Green Bay area, with primary emphasis on those residing in Brown, Kewaunee and Oconto counties
Conduct business without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual preference, age, marital status, disability or national origin.

Grantmaking Criteria 
Projects will be evaluated on the following criteria. Strong programs will:

Create impact in at least one current priority area
Articulate a well-defined need with clearly defined actions to meet the need
Build organizational capacity and lead the program to become self-sufficient
Use collaboration to leverage impact
Be feasible and likely to succeed
Have a reasonable level of risk
Propose an accurate, appropriate and reasonable budget
Attract additional funding and leverage resources
Clearly define meaningful and measurable project outcomes and methods to report actual outcomes
Have a long-term impact, especially relative to cost
Have a positive standing with the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation regarding previously received grants, including the complete and timely submission of final reports.

For more information, visit GGBCF.