Don’t miss a perfect opportunity to educate and engage your community and increase your organization’s visibility!

In an effort to inspire all nonprofits to get involved with voter education, the Minnesota Participation Project is offering small grants to help cover the costs of hosting a candidate event. Up to $200 per candidate event is available to your organization, plus how-to training and moderator training – all you need to do is apply by filling out this application form.  The last day to submit an application is September 13, 2010. 

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis until the grant pool has been emptied.  We will support as many qualifying events as possible, but because funds are limited, we cannot guarantee that all grants submitted by September 13 will receive funding.  Applying as soon as possible is best.

Mini-grant program requirements:

• Your organization is a 501(c)(3) and is required to provide your IRS Tax-Exempt Letter

• Candidate event is conducted in a nonpartisan manner

• Any event moderator will be trained and/or sufficiently experienced

• All funds are used for the candidate event for which you applied, if the candidate event is never scheduled, the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits reserves the right to a full refund of Mini-Grant.

• You will provide an expenditure report after the candidate event

• Each event is co-sponsored by at least 3 other organizations