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North Central Region Sources

This is a representative list of possible funding sources for personal finance research and education for the states within the North Central Region. Application deadlines and funding availability varies by source.   Consult the web link for more information.

  • Abington Foundation - One focus is on economic independence and the promotion or sustaining of individual and family self-sufficiency. Grants will be awarded primarily in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.

  • First Nations Development Institute - Provides technical and financial resources to tribes and Native non-profit organizations to support asset-based development efforts that fit within the culture and are sustainable.

  • Marquerite Casey Foundation - The foundation focuses grant making on three areas: Education, Advocacy, and Activism. The target populations include lower income families, rural and urban communities of color and children and youth, ages 6-24.

    The areas covered include: California and the Southwest, including the U.S./Mexico border, Southern Belt states and the Midwest, beginning in Illinois.

  • MBNA Foundation - The Foundation is dedicated to supporting results-oriented programs that make significant and positive differences in the quality of education. Available to schools and educators in grades K-12: Available in Delaware, Maine, and Cleveland.

  • Michigan Women's Foundation - Supports economic self-sufficiency for women, improved management of nonprofit agencies which serve women and girls, and public policy and leadership development around the needs of women and girls.

  • USBancorp - Provides cash contributions to nonprofit organizations in three priority areas: affordable housing and economic opportunity, education/artistic and cultural enrichment. Available in all regions except for the North East.

  • Wells Fargo - Company focus is on improving and sustaining local communities. Conditions vary state to state, however most focus on three primary areas; community development, education and human services.

  • Nation-Wide Sources

 

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Last Updated: 07/18/2007