Opportunity Overview
Central Minnesota Community Foundation, a CommunityGiving partner foundation, is accepting 2026 applications for the Central Minnesota Women’s Fund Grants. The Women’s Fund supports projects and programs benefiting women and girls within a 30-mile radius of St. Cloud, Minnesota, with explicit priorities that include girls’ health, mental health services, access to health care, preventive care, healthy aging, education, mentoring, economic self-sufficiency, and support for women navigating adversity.
Funding and Deadline
Individual grants range from $3,000 to $15,000. The 2026 application window opened August 1, 2026 and closes September 30, 2026. CommunityGiving states that grant applications are submitted online by midnight on the deadline. The controlling public pages do not publish a time zone, so Atlas does not infer one.
Eligibility and Geography
Eligible applicants are 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, schools, and government entities. Funded work must serve women and/or girls within a 30-mile radius of St. Cloud.
What the Fund Supports
The program supports capital projects, new or expanded programs or projects, and other strategic investments intended to have lasting impact. Current focus areas include:
- Girls ages 10–18: equality, success, health, self-esteem, leadership, decision-making, mentoring, role models, and educational or career guidance.
- Women experiencing adversity: economic self-sufficiency, job training, education, employment support, childcare and early education, mentoring, mental health services, and services for immigrant or refugee women.
- Elder women: economic security, access to health care and mental health services, fitness, preventive care, independence, and lifelong learning.
Projects supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion, and programs that leverage multiple funding sources for maximum impact, receive favorable consideration.
Restrictions and Match
The Foundation typically does not fund individuals, religious organizations for religious purposes, political organizations or campaigns, event sponsorships or annual fundraising drives, multi-year requests, endowments, debt retirement, completed or retroactive projects, individual postsecondary scholarships, grants solely for staff travel or conferences, or replacement of government funding that has been reduced or eliminated.
The controlling public grant page does not state a mandatory applicant match or cost-share requirement. Applicants should follow the live Grant Management System for any current portal-specific fields or upload requirements that are not enumerated on the public page.
Application Process
Applications must be submitted through the CommunityGiving Grant Management System. The Grant Advisory Committee makes funding recommendations to the Board of Directors, which makes final award decisions. Award notifications are issued by email. Following award, CommunityGiving identifies an electronically signed Grant Agreement and Final Report as required grantee documents, with a Progress Report if requested.
Strategic Fit
Atlas Opportunity Score: 84/100. This is a current, clearly defined Minnesota community-funding opportunity with explicit health, mental health, preventive-care, girls’ health, and women’s-support priorities. The relatively small award range and limited St. Cloud-area geography constrain scale but do not diminish its relevance for qualified local organizations.
N9+ Fit: 10/100 conditional. The Nonagon N9+ remote physical examination platform should not be forced into this program. Capital projects are allowable, but the controlling guidance does not establish a clinical-device, telehealth, diagnostic, or remote-examination procurement pathway. Any technology concept would require an eligible applicant-led health project, a documented direct benefit to women or girls, and confirmation through the live grant process that the specific cost is allowable.
QC Healthcare Fit: 20/100 conditional. A healthcare implementation or support role could arise only inside an eligible applicant-led project aligned with the fund’s health, mental health, or preventive-care priorities. The grant does not create a general vendor pathway.
Dr. Miltie direct-applicant fit: not eligible on current evidence. Dr. Miltie, LLC is not within the published applicant classes of 501(c)(3) nonprofits, schools, or government entities.