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:
- Clearly define the collaboration and the respective roles of the partners.
- Strengthen resident connections to increase the social capital of the neighborhood;
- Lead to the engagement of underrepresented community members in the life and leadership of the neighborhood
- 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:
- Complete the Neighborhood Partnership Initiative Application Form.
- Submit applications via e-mail to: curacbr@umn.edu.
- 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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