Applicants may apply for up to $2,500 to further their efforts to improve their capacity and organizational structure to more effectively address an environmental health issue through policy or legislation or to implement a project that will address an environmental health issue through policy or legislation they have identified in their community. Applicants may apply for multiple grants per year, but only one grant will be awarded per applicant per year.
Mini-grants are available to community groups, organizations, and coalitions that are established with the State of Missouri as a legal entity, in good legal standing, and have a bank account associated with their group, organization, or coalition.
The Missouri Coalition for the Environment will assist community groups, organizations, and coalitions with setting up their group, organization, or coalition as a legal entity in the State of Missouri if we are requested to do so. Please contact us here if you require this assistance.
Applicants must be located in one of the following counties to be eligible for a mini-grant:
St. Louis Region
- St. Louis City
- St. Louis County
- Jefferson County
- St. Charles County
- Franklin County
Ozark Region
- Christian
- Dallas
- Greene
- Polk
- Stone
- Taney
- Webster
Southwest Region
- Barry
- Barton
- Dade
- Jasper
- Lawerence
- McDonald
- Newton
Applicants that serve historically disadvantaged communities will be given preference.
Examples of capacity and organizational structure grant applications are listed below:
- Hire a consultant to lead efforts on the development of a strategic plan
- Create or update a website
- Pay for meeting expenses such as room rentals, food and beverages for attendees, bus passes, and other needs to provide a welcoming and inclusive meeting for people with different needs
Examples of actions to address an environmental health issue an applicant has identified are listed below:
- Purchase billboard to raise awareness of an environmental health issue in their community
- Send postcards to residents affected by an environmental health issue in their community
- Pay for legal assistance to research the legal framework to utilize the law to address an environmental health issue in their community
Note: These examples are not meant to be an exhaustive list.
Funds may not be used for:
- Salary expenses of the applicant
- Basic biomedical research or research on drug therapies or devices
- Lobbying
- Existing operational deficits or programs projected to create a deficit
- Fundraising campaigns for the purpose of construction, endowment building, or establishing emergency or other types of reserves
- Programs that promote specific religious beliefs or proselytize
- Programs fully funded from other sources
Applicants that are awarded a mini-grant must sign a conflict of interest disclosure before funds will be dispersed. https://mffh.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/MFH-COI-Disclosure-Grant.pdf
Applicants that are awarded a mini-grant will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status. As part of the application process, applicants are required to affirm that the applicant will/does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status either in its employment practices or in its policies and procedures concerning access to services.
Applicants will be required to submit a report at the end of their project period that will include the following:
- Detailed accounting of expenses including receipts of purchases
- Narrative of the outcomes of the project and its effect on the applicant’s ability to succeed in addressing environmental health issues facing their community
Advocacy Mini Grant Application
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