All current members (donors) of the Women's Giving Circle fund are eligible to nominate a charity to grant to. To be considered for selection, the nominations must be submitted the Thursday prior to each meeting using the online nomination form.

ELIGIBILITY

• Nominee must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, school, or government agency located in or serving Blue Earth and Nicollet counties.
• Projects or programs must strengthen women and girls in our region, improve their lives or fuel growth or change.
• Operating grants may be considered for organizational transitions or to build capacity.

WHAT OUR GRANTS DO NOT SUPPORT:

• Any project, activity, or event that will be completed before the grant is awarded
• Fraternal, veterans or labor groups for activities that serve only their membership.
• More than two grants per year to any given organization.
• Organizations serving populations primarily outside the Blue Earth or Nicollet counties.
• Organizations that practice any form of discrimination.
• Political activities or organizations.
• Religious organizations for sectarian purposes.

NOMINATION FORM

2022

CADA (Committee Against Domestic Abuse, Inc.)
Feeding Every Baby, Inc. 
Child and Family Advocacy Center of South Central MN
Mankato Area Children in Need 

2021

CADA (Committee Against Domestic Abuse, Inc.)
ECHO Food Shelf
Good Counsel Learning Center, Inc
Greater Mankato Hockey Day Minnesota Fund
Mankato Ballet Company
"MY Place" Mankato Youth Place
Minnesota Valley Action Council (MVAC)
Partners for Housing
SMILES Center for Independent Living
Theresa House
YWCA Mankato

2020

CADA (Committee Against Domestic Abuse, Inc.)
S.S. Boutique
YWCA Mankato - GEARS Program
"MY Place" Mankato Youth Place
The REACH Drop-In Center
Project 4 Teens 
The 410 Project
Hope Interfaith Center
Angels of Breast Cancer
Darby’s Dancers
"MY Place" Mankato Youth Place -  Smart Girls programming
YWCA Mankato
Feeding our Communities Partners
Minnesota State University, Mankato Foundation - Emergency Grant Program 

2019

Feeding Every Baby Inc.
ECHO Food Shelf
Connections Shelter
Community Response Fund
Feeding our Communities Partners
Partners for Housing
Life-Work Planning Center
Blue Earth County Library
Southern Minnesota Crisis Nursery
CADA (Committee Against Domestic Abuse, Inc.)
ECHO Food Shelf
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota
Partners for Housing
MRCI