MINNESOTA STATE BAR FOUNDATION
GRANT APPLICATION
Revised February 2007

Return with requested attachments to:

Minnesota State Bar Foundation
600 Nicollet Mall, Suite 380
Minneapolis, MN 55402

Date ___________________    Amount of Request __________________

Project Type:  (see Mission Statement for explanation)
___ Law-related education
___ Legal assistance to the disadvantaged
___ Improvement of the administration of justice
___ Public interest legal work
___ Scholarship or fellowship
___ Continuing legal education

Name of Organization:

Address:                                                           Telephone:
Fax #:

Contact Person:                                                Title:
E-mail Address:

Please summarize your grant request in one sentence:

(Please type answer to each question limiting response to space provided.  The entire application should be no more than four pages, not including attachments requested in question 8.)

1.   Describe your organization and its major services/activities.

2.   This grant request is intended for:
____ general operating expenses     ____ a specific project

      Describe the project for which funding is requested stating what is to be achieved.

3.   List the plan and time schedule established to accomplish the objectives stated
in No. 2.

4.   Specify geographical area covered by proposed project and target audience (s). 
Identify other programs serving similar target population (geography and/or audience)
and explain the relationship between the programs.

5.   List sources to which applications for funding for this project have been made, and
amounts of requests and commitments.  Indicate with an asterisk those sources from
which commitments have been received.

6.   Describe future funding plans if this is to be an ongoing project.

7.   Please list any grants previously received from the Minnesota State Bar Foundation
giving period during which funding was received and amount (s).

8.   Please attach the following:

(a)  Overall organization budget as well as a specific project or legal program budget   indicating items for which Bar Foundation support is requested.  You may attach a brief narrative explanation of the budget if necessary.
(b)  A copy of the most recent Form 990, or Form 990T if applicable, with all schedules submitted to the IRS and/or an explanation of the organization’s fund balance including restricted and nonrestricted funds.
(c)  If applicable, and only if you have never applied for a Bar Foundation grant before or if the original status has changed, please attach the IRS statement of nonprofit status.
(d)  If the applicant proposes a cooperative venture or partnership with any other organization (s), letters of support from the organization (s) must accompany the proposal.

This application will not be considered unless the entire application is completed with attachments and the Foundation’s evaluation form for a previous grant has been completed.  The evaluation may accompany your submission.