The Grants Committee of the Marshall County Community Foundation aims to improve the quality of life in Marshall County through grants supporting humanitarian, cultural, educational, recreational, and environmental activities. They prioritize innovative, creative projects that respond to changing community needs.
The grant program focuses on funding projects within Marshall County that present unique and innovative approaches to solving community problems, enhancing the quality of life, and addressing the needs of Marshall County residents. The Ralph C. Vonnegut, Jr. Fund specifically supports environmental, educational, or recreational projects related to Lake Maxinkuckee. Proposals are evaluated based on their goals, objectives, personnel, activities, materials, timeline, and evaluation plan. Successful proposals will demonstrate a clear need for the project, an innovative approach, practical solutions to community issues, collaboration, the impact on Marshall County residents, financial stability and controls of the applying organization, prevention of service duplication, ability to leverage further funding, and a plan for sustainability post-grant.
Priority will be extended to candidates who have not been awarded a grant from the Marshall County Community Foundation within the previous six months. Additionally, preference will be directed towards requests from the Community Fund that are $5,000 or above.