Greater Twin Cities United Way is announcing a funding opportunity to address the United Way goal area of Reading by Third Grade which supports the Education Impact Area. Click here: https://www.unitedwaytwincities.org/_asset/6mj9f7/RB3_RFP.pdf for funding guidelines (guidelines are subject to change before the RFP is available online).

RFP training is scheduled for the following date/times – attendance is mandatory if you wish to submit an RFP application:

October 31, 2011 from 9:00-11:00am OR

November 1, 2011 from 2:30-4:30pm

At

UROC

2001 Plymouth Avenue North

Minneapolis, MN 55411

Please RSVP for one of these date/times by reserving a (free) ticket to ONE of the training times listed and indicating the contact information for those attending by October 26, 2011.

The Qualifying Survey, RFP and instructions will be available online on October 31, 2011.

The RFP application will be due electronically to United Way on December 2, 2011 by 5:00pm.

If you have any questions in regards to the funding opportunity, please contact Meghan Barp

at 612-340-7631 or barpm@unitedwaytwincities.org   

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ONLY APPLIES TO AGENCIES NOT CURRENTLY RECEIVING MULTI-YEAR FUNDING FROM UNITED WAY:

To determine if your organization meets a few core requirements, your agency must start with a Qualifying Survey that will be available on October 31 and needs to be completed NO LATER THAN November 11, 2011. If your program successfully completes the qualifying survey you will be directed to the United Way application page to create an account if you don’t already have one, and will then have access to the online application. A Qualifying Survey needs to be completed for each program you are seeking funding for.

Note:  Before starting the Qualifying Survey you will need to be prepared to upload the following agency documents:

• Audit (or internally prepared financial statements if not required by the State of Minnesota to complete and audit)
• 2011 Board of Director's Roster (including full contact information)
• 501(c)(3) eligibility document

ALERT: If you exit out of the Qualifying Survey prior to completion you will be required to take the survey over from the beginning.