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GENERAL INQUIRY
Neighborhood Partnership Initiative

Neighborhood Partnership Initiative

GOALS: The Neighborhood Partnership Initiative (NPI) program supports innovative and effective partnerships that involve new constituencies to solve problems, and improve the community for everybody.  Grants up to $10,000 will be awarded to successful applicants.

ELIGIBILITY: Partnerships applying to NPI must include at least one nonprofit organization with a defined neighborhood service area in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan area whose governance body is elected by all residents of the neighborhood served; and at least one organization with nonprofit status focused on youth, immigrants, people of color, or the arts. The neighborhood-based organization should be the lead partner.

Successful applications will:

    1. Clearly define the collaboration and the respective roles of the partners. 
    2. Strengthen resident connections to increase the social capital of the neighborhood;
    3. Lead to the engagement of  underrepresented community members in the life and leadership of the neighborhood
    4. Contribute to the achievement of goals for the betterment of the neighborhood.

Note: Initiatives that involve two or more underrepresented constituencies will be given greater priority.

APPLICATION PROCESS: The deadline for applications is January 15, 2010. To apply:

    1. Complete the Neighborhood Partnership Initiative Application Form.
    2. Submit applications via e-mail to: curacbr@umn.edu.
    3. Your application will be reviewed by a committee. You will be notified within one month of the deadline of the committee’s decision regarding your application. Word documents only please, no PDFs.

More Information: If you have questions or would like more information, contact:

Kris Nelson, 612-625-1020, ksn@umn.edu   

Margaret Kaplan, 612-624-2300, mkaplan@umn.edu

Jeff Corn, 612-625-0744, jcorn@umn.edu                                              

 

 

 

 

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