Overview
The Nonprofit Staff Investment Grant is a new grant opportunity that invests in our nonprofit workforce. BHACF will award seven $5,000 grants to nonprofits to invest in their staff to help increase staff stability and retention and decrease burnout. These funds can be used for: bonuses, dental insurance, childcare costs, gym memberships, staff retreats, professional development, recognition gift cards, etc.
Eligibility Requirements
BHACF supports a wide variety of proposals in all funding areas, including requests for ongoing or new programs and projects.
- Requested support must be for organizations or activities that take place within the following counties: Butte, Custer, Fall River, Lawrence, Meade, Oglala Lakota, and Pennington counties.
- Applicants must be an IRS 501(c)(3) public charity, school, government entity, or religious organization.
Ineligible Projects
- Grants will not be awarded to support religious activity, political activity, fundraisers or benefits, debt retirement, or organizations working to primarily influence legislation.
- Supported activities may not discriminate against any individual or group based on race, gender, gender expression, age, disability, religion, ethnic or national origin, or otherwise legally protected groups.
- BHACF will not serve as an applicant for sponsored programs.
- Funding for multi-year projects or support.
- Grant funds cannot be used for reimbursement of any expenses incurred prior to the grant notification date.
- Requests to support capital campaigns.
Grantmaking Process and Timeline
Once the application process closes, the BHACF Grants Committee will review the proposals, the decision will be communicated in a timely manner after the grants committee makes their decision(s.)
Selected organizations will be asked to sign a grant agreement within a week of being notified of their grant award.
How to apply
If this is your organization’s first application, you will need to create an account in our grant application portal. When you apply, you’ll login to the portal with your email and password.
Contact Carrie Robley at carrie@bhacf.org if you have any questions about your organization’s account.