Community Response Fund Supports Get Out the Vote Projects in MN 

The Women’s Foundation of Minnesota (WFM) announced $10,000 in Community Response Fund grants to two organizations. 

Through the Community Response Fund, the Women’s Foundation responds quickly to emergent needs and programs that ensure safe and healthy lives for women and families. In this round, funding supports organizations and programs that are engaged in nonpartisan, get-out-the-vote initiatives. Because we invest in changing systems, the Women’s Foundation supports pro-voter efforts to build community power and change the structures and policies of our governments. 

WFM grants support general operating expenses, which provide greater flexibility, crucial for organizations to build stability around community-sustaining programs. Applications are invitation only. For more information and eligibility, please contact the team through WFM’s community office hours. 

Grantee-Partners:

Citizens League (St. Paul) | $5,000 – To support work encouraging full participation in the 2024 election. Citizens League raises awareness about the importance of having all voices included in elections, educates people about ways they can vote, and circulates relevant opportunities for their constituency to engage in the process in other ways by serving as an election judge or volunteering to register voters and get out the vote. 

COPAL (Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Acción Latina) (Minneapolis, Mankato & Rochester) | $5,000 – To fund the production of bilingual nonpartisan videos with information about elections and how to vote, assist with the launch MNLatinoVote.org (a bilingual information hub for Latino voters), and enable targeted email, text, social media, and phone outreach with emphasis on rural geographies to get out the vote.