Apply Online

Requests to C&S for support are only accepted electronically.

1. New Application

If you would like to start an application for a Mini-Grant please click here to take the eligibility quiz. After passing the quiz, you will have access to the online application form.

2. Continue Application

To continue a previously started application, or to access an application submitted in the past, please click here:

             Mini-Grant

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Guidelines
To improve your chances of a positive response to your request please review the following guidelines:

• C&S invests in nonprofit groups and organizations with 501© 3 designation by the Internal Revenue Service.
• Competitive requests focus on our core initiatives: Hunger, Children and Community, Environment, and Volunteerism/Service.
• Preferred requests address specific issues, community-wide concerns, and have measurable results.
• Organizations must have two years of direct service experience prior to applying.
• C&S does not fund:
  • Religious Organizations and Houses of Worship*
  • Capital Campaigns
  • Multi-Year Requests
  • Endowment Funds
  • Individuals
  • Scholarships
  • National health organizations and statewide/regional branches of national health organizations
  • Fraternal, veteran or political organizations
  • Mass mailing appeals
  • Travel expenses
  • Organizations that discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, ethnicity, or sexual preference
  • Sports teams (other than youth-focused)
  • United Way member agencies** (with the exception of those that focus on hunger)

* If a religious organization coordinates an emergency food pantry that is located in a house of worship and makes the food available to people of all faiths, they may apply for a Mini-Grant. 

** C&S makes significant donations to the United Way by matching our employee contributions dollar-for-dollar.  Community kitchens, food shelves, soup kitchens and other local hunger groups that are UW agencies are invited to apply for cash mini-grants of up to $1,000. All other types of United Way agencies are invited to request product only.

For guidance, visit our Frequently Asked Questions section.