GRANTS
Learn about two powerful grantmaking opportunities from the Age-Friendly Minnesota Council.
2024-2026 GRANTS
COMMUNITY GRANTS ROUND TWO
The Age-Friendly Minnesota Council will soon be seeking applicants for a second round of Community Grants as well. The anticipated timeline is:
- RFP Release Date: Early June 2024
- RFP Due Date: Late July 2024
- Grantee Notification of Awards: Fall 2024
- Public Announcement of Award Decisions: December 2024
- Anticipated Grant Cycle: January 1, 2025 - March 31, 2025
(a 15-month cycle)
Dates are subject to change. Grant cycle timelines will be subject to final contract execution. For more information, visit Age-Friendly grants.
In the meantime, learn more about the exciting work underway in the first round of Age-Friendly Minnesota grants in this update!
ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING SOON...
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDER GRANTS ROUND TWO
On March 27, 2024 the Age-Friendly Minnesota Council opened applications for its second round of Technical Assistance Provider (TAP) grants. This application period closed on April 22, 2024. Announcements are expected following the June 12 meeting of the Age-Friendly Minnesota Council.
This new grant period will run from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026 and the application was open to both new and returning applicants, who could apply for up to $100,000 in one or more of the six funding areas:
- Age-Friendly Community Support
- Tribal Engagement in Age-Friendly Minnesota
- Cultural Community Empowerment
- Multi-Sector Blueprint for Age-Friendly Minnesota
- Advance the reach of Engagement in Age-Friendly Minnesota
- Program and/or Administrative Support for Age-Friendly Minnesota Council
The application was available online here or downloadable.
- Interested people could Email us at MN.DHS.AgeFriendlyMN@state.mn.us using the subject line "AFMN TAP Grant Round 2: Questions" before 12:00 p.m. Central Time on Monday, April 15, 2024.
- Review this recording of the Applicant Conference held Friday, April 12, 2024.
- Applicants were to Email us a completed application with the subject line "AFMN TAP Grant Application SFY24-26" by 4:00 p.m. Central Time on Monday, April 22, 2024.
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Starting in 2023, the Age-Friendly Minnesota Council asked the MN Leadership Council on Aging to create and maintain this website to promote events, resources, news and stories from Age-Friendly Minnesota technical assistance providers and community grantees.
