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Early Literacy Grant is a grant from the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) that provides books to organizations serving children from birth to age eight in southern Minnesota. The program partners with Mankato-based publishers Capstone and ABDO to supply free books that families can keep, supporting school readiness and early reading skills. Organizations—including schools, libraries, and nonprofits—working directly with young children in SMIF's 20-county region are eligible to apply. There is no stated cash award; recipients receive book distributions. The 2026 application window runs February 17 through March 17, with award decisions by May 1 and book pickup scheduled in Owatonna in late June 2026.
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VGF grants will be used to develop and/or support community-based entities to recruit, manage, and support volunteers. CNCS seeks to fund effective approaches that expand volunteering, strengthen the capacity of volunteer connector organizations to recruit and retain skill-based volunteers, and develop strategies to use volunteers effectively to solve problems. Specifically, the VGF grants will support efforts that expand the capacity of volunteer connector organizations to recruit, manage, support and retain individuals to serve in high quality volunteer assignments.Applicants that receive funding under this Notice may directly carry out the activities supported under the award, or may carry out the activities by making sub-grants to community-based entities, supporting volunteer generation at these entities.). Funding Opportunity Number: AC-05-25-21. Assistance Listing: 94.021. Funding Instrument: G. Category: O. Award Amount: $6.1M total program funding.