Grant Programs
Hunger & Homeless Grant
Open Your Heart’s Hunger and Homeless Grant is targeted toward hunger relief programs and emergency shelter providers serving people experiencing homelessness or domestic violence survivors in Minnesota.
Education Grant
Open Your Heart’s Education Grant supports the educational needs of children and youth experiencing homelessness. The purpose of this program is to remove barriers for homeless youth to participate in school and improve student academic success.
Summer Challenge
This grant supports food shelves when they need it most – during the summer when kids are out of school.
Special Projects
Open Your Heart will occasionally implement Requests for Proposals for unique or timely issues affecting hungry and homeless people. These opportunities will be announced on our website at least two months prior to the deadline. Please sign up here and check that you would like “New Grant Announcements” to receive these announcements by email.
Emergencies
We recognize that on occasion, a natural disaster or other unforeseen event might result in a shutdown of services. We may be able to fund quickly in those circumstances. Please call our office at (612) 338-5577 or email us at [email protected] if that situation arises. Please note, emergency grants will only be available to agencies that have no other resources available and will require suspending services without immediate assistance.
Grant Questions
If you have any questions about Open Your Heart’s grant-making process, please feel free to contact our office, call 612-338-5577 or email us at [email protected]. Please also see our FAQs page.
Grant Calendar
Hunger and Homeless Grant
Application Due Date: March 1, 2021
Notified By: May 1, 2021
Education Grant
Application Due Date: May 21, 2021
Notified By: June 15, 2021
Hunger and Homeless Grant
Application Due Date: June 1, 2021
Notified By: August 1, 2021
Hunger and Homeless Grant
Application Due Date: September 1, 2021
Notified By: November 1, 2021
Hunger and Homeless Grant
Application Due Date: November 1, 2020
Notified By: December 31, 2020
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Contact
122 Franklin Avenue West
Suite 610
Minneapolis, MN 55404
612-338-5577
[email protected]
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At Open Your Heart, we are grateful to our Minnesota emergency shelter and food shelf employees and volunteers who are working tirelessly, and at the risk of their own health, to ensure that our most vulnerable populations are not forgotten during this crisis. The following resources have been collected from multiple channels in an effort to help alleviate some stress to these agencies as they search for much needed resources. It is by no means an exhaustive list and OYH will continue to update as frequently as possible. Please contact us at [email protected] if you know of additional resources that should be included.
Funding Resources
- Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development — Emergency Loans
- Minnesota Department of Health — COVID-19 Health Care Response Grant
- Minnesota Council on Foundations and Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation — Disaster Recovery Fund
- City of Minneapolis — COVID-19 Emergency Mental Health Fund
- City of Saint Paul — Saint Paul Bridge Fund
- City of Rochester — Emergency Economic Development Loans
- Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation — COVID-19 Northeast Minnesota Response Fund
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of MN COVID-19 Response Fund
- CenterPoint Energy COVID-19 Relief Fund
- Constellation Fund
- Otto Bremer Trust
- Emergency Services Program (ESP) Funding
- Minnesota Food Shelf Program (MFSP) COVID-19 Food Shelf Funding
- Hennepin County Business Recycling Grants
- Bush Foundation
Homeless Service Providers and Food Shelf Resources
- Minnesota Housing’s eNews
- Minnesota Heading Home Alliance COVID-19 Response and Resources for Homeless Service Providers
- Symptom Alert System for Shelters (SASS)
- Coronavirus and Homelessness
- Homelessness & COVID-19: Considerations and Action Steps
- Community Survey: Protecting People Experiencing Homelessness from COVID-19
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