CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT
The Capacity Building Grant is designed for a project to be used for a non-profit or education system to build their capacity to serve an emerging or growing need. This grant will be used only in Dodge County for programming that falls inside of UWDC’s stated pillars of impact (Education, Financial Stability, and Personal Safety and Well-Being). These grants will not be used to support operating or on-going expenses of organizations, to pay wages or salaries, to eliminate previously incurred deficits or expenses or for debt retirement, to establish or grow endowment funds, for religious or sectarian purposes, to individuals for personal purposes/expenses, or for lobbying, partisan political purpose or campaigns. Maximum amount of grant is $2500. This grant application will be open in February 2023 and is due April 1, 2023. Award recipients will receive funding in June 2023.
UNIFYING GRANT
Unifying Grants are available for on-going support as well as project-based initiatives. This grant will be used only in Dodge County for programming that falls inside of UWDC’s stated pillars of impact. These grants will not be used to eliminate previously incurred deficits or expenses or for debt retirement, to establish or grow endowment funds, for religious or sectarian purposes, to individuals for personal purposes/expenses, or for lobbying, partisan political purpose or campaigns. Maximum amount of grant is $5000. Applications will be available in July 15, 2023, and are due September 1, 2023. Award recipients will receive funding in February 2024, with impact reporting due March 31, 2025.
GENEREAUX GRANT
Genereaux grants will be awarded to agencies who enter into a collaborative partnership with UWDC to execute global initiatives of UWDC. Individual indicators will be required to measure impact. This grant will be used only in Dodge County for programming that falls inside of UWDC’s stated pillars of impact. These grants will not be used to eliminate previously incurred deficits or expenses or for debt retirement, to establish or grow endowment funds, for religious or sectarian purposes, to individuals for personal purposes/expenses, or for lobbying, partisan political purpose or campaigns. Agencies receiving this funding will participate in quarterly cohort meetings to discuss emerging needs and progress on global initiatives and will be encouraged to foster cross-agency collaboration. Applications will be available April 15, 2023, and due June 1, 2023. Grants will be issued in the amounts of $5000 and above. Award recipients will receive funding quarterly -- in February 2024, May 2024, August 2024, and November 2024. Impact reporting will be due March 31, 2025.