Overview

SSF has one annual granting cycle. The Foundation provides both program/project funding and general operating support. Only organizations whose primary mission is to provide services to older adults are eligible to apply for general operating support.

The Foundation accepts applications for one year of funding. It is possible for organizations to apply for and receive funding for up to three consecutive years. After three consecutive years of funding, organizations must take one year off before reapplying for further support.

Stevens Square Foundation Board members engage in a thorough, community-based proposal review process that includes site visits to agencies selected to participate in the summer grants round.

Granting Guidelines

For 2020 through 2024, Stevens Square Foundation will continue to focus its granting on programs in the seven-county metro area — Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington. These services must be targeted at older adults who are financially vulnerable and have other demonstrable needs. (Grants typically range from $10,000 to $30,000.)

Overview

SSF has one annual granting cycle. The Foundation provides both program/project funding and general operating support. Only organizations whose primary mission is to provide services to older adults are eligible to apply for general operating support.

The Foundation accepts applications for one year of funding. It is possible for organizations to apply for and receive funding for up to three consecutive years. After three consecutive years of funding, organizations must take one year off before reapplying for further support.

Stevens Square Foundation Board members engage in a thorough, community-based proposal review process that includes site visits to agencies selected to participate in the summer grants round.

Granting Guidelines

For 2020 through 2024, Stevens Square Foundation will continue to focus its granting on programs in the seven-county metro area — Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington. These services must be targeted at older adults who are financially vulnerable and have other demonstrable needs. (Grants typically range from $10,000 to $30,000.)

Priority Will Be Given to Programs That Address the Following

• Target access to services for:

• Underserved groups (e.g., Immigrant, ethnically and/or racially diverse seniors and LGBTQ seniors)
• Persons who have weak or non-existent personal support networks (whether due to mental illness, dementia, loss of age peers, etc.)

• Provide core community-based services: Caregiver Support, Care Coordination (service navigation), Chore/Homemaker (including minor home repair and modification), Social/Emotional Support (social engagement), and Transportation (when integrated with other services)

• Provide evidence of maximizing the use of volunteers and other local community resources (including for fundraising)

• Provide evidence, where possible, of initiating client fees from those financially able to pay (whether fee-for-service models, sliding scale fees, or other strategies)

• Provide evidence of coordination and collaboration with other support agencies in the community

Priority Will Be Given to Programs That Address the Following:

• Target access to services for:

• Underserved groups (e.g., Immigrant, ethnically and/or racially diverse seniors and LGBTQ seniors)
• Persons who have weak or non-existent personal support networks (whether due to mental illness, dementia, loss of age peers, etc.)

• Provide core community-based services: Caregiver Support, Care Coordination (service navigation), Chore/Homemaker (including minor home repair and modification), Social/Emotional Support (social engagement), and Transportation (when integrated with other services)

• Provide evidence of maximizing the use of volunteers and other local community resources (including for fundraising)

• Provide evidence, where possible, of initiating client fees from those financially able to pay (whether fee-for-service models, sliding scale fees, or other strategies)

• Provide evidence of coordination and collaboration with other support agencies in the community