McNeely Foundation

 

Guiding Statement

The McNeely Foundation makes grants in the areas of education, human services, the environment, the arts and community betterment, and has a special interest in funding projects that benefit the Saint Paul community, especially East Side neighborhoods.

In doing its work, the McNeely Foundation prefers to act as a catalyst for creative approaches to individual and community issues, to leverage other resources through partnerships and the sharing of resources, and to evaluate the results of its grantmaking.

 

Proposal Deadlines (Postmark)

March 1 for the 2nd Quarter Board Meeting of 2010
Program Area Focus
 Environmental education, conservation, preservation
Goal Statement
To increase public access to parks and open space on the
greater East Side of St. Paul
Objectives
Provide stronger connections between East Side neighborhoods
and existing parks and open spaces, and
Provide programming to increase park access, usage a
and stewardship on the East Side.
 
June 1 for the 3rd Quarter Board Meeting of 2010
Program Area Focus
 Neighborhood Development
    September 1 for the 4th Quarter Board Meeting of 2010
    Program Area Focuses
    Arts education and outreach
    Individual and family support and sustainability programs
     
    December 1 for the 1st Quarter Board Meeting of 2011
    Program Area Focus 
    Education programs for middle-school students
    in East Side Saint Paul schools: after-school, youth enrichment
    and summer programs
    Goal Statement
     To increase the academic achievement of the middle-grade students
    identified as middle performers as they move through the pipeline grades 5-9
    with priority to the East Side of St. Paul.
     Objectives
    Increase academic support in the classroom with
    embedded programming; expand middle school-age access to community-based
    programming outside the regular school hours

 
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