Seeding Leaders Mini-Grant Applications

Seeding Leaders

UWSCMI provided nine $2,000 Seeding Leaders mini-grants in Battle Creek and Kalamazoo, intended to support the wellness, leadership, and/or professional development of nonprofit leaders, with a focus on leaders who identify as (or in the intersections of) being:

  • Black, Indigenous and/or People of Color
  • An individual with a disability
  • LGBTQIA+
  • An immigrant

Applications are now closed.

To be eligible to apply, an individual must have had a documented affiliation with an organization:

  • With 501(c)3 status as determined by the IRS, that is a federally recognized American Indian tribal government or agency, or that has a fiscal sponsor 501(c)3.
  • With an annual budget of less than $250,000.
  • That serves individuals in Kalamazoo County and/or Battle Creek.

These grants could be used flexibly to support the resilience, wholeness and success of the leader, including, but not limited to:

  • Conferences
  • Executive coaching
  • Leadership/nonprofit management credential
  • College courses
  • To enable rest via compensation for time off for leader(s) who might otherwise go unpaid
  • Healthcare costs for leaders who do not have access to insurance through their organization
  • To reimburse personal resources utilized for professional/leadership development in the past 2 years

If you have any questions, please reach out to a.macklin@uwscmi.org. We encourage you to share with any in our community who you feel may meet the above criteria.

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