GRANT PARTNERS

Community Grants Process

The Eagan Community Foundation Grants Program supports nonprofit organizations and efforts that help make Eagan a better place to live, learn, work and play for all. Our grants application covers two programs:

  • Eagan-area Community Grants - general programming (grant range from $500 - $2000)

  • Arts-funding that prioritizes arts programming in the Eagan-area along with a broader south-metro community; learn more about
    arts funding here (grants range from $1,000 - $4,000)

The 2026 grants process is now closed. Applications will be notified in late August. ‍ ‍

Our Community Grants Request Policy‍ and application template remain here for reference. ‍ ‍

2025 Community Grants Partners

Congratulations to these 2025 Community Grant Partners - listed below with the basic purpose of their grant

•   360 Communities: Basic needs for clients

•   Amherst H. Wilder Foundation: Housing for youth in transition

•   Dakota County Family Child Care Association: Training for in-home daycare providers

•   Dakota Woodlands: Trauma-informed care for children experiencing homelessness

•   Foster Together MN: Outreach for youth and caregivers

•   Girls on the Run Minnesota: Race Registration Discounts (Pay what you can model)

•   Housing First Minnesota Foundation: Housing for Veterans - Veteran Village

•   Independent School District 191: Food for Weekend Backpack program

•   Kaitlyn's Kloset - MN: New technology and equipment for resource center

•   Midwest Special Services, Inc. dba MSS: Community engagement programming for people with disabilities

•   National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Dakota County

•   Sleep In Heavenly Peace - MN Twin Cities S: Bed building for children without beds

•   TreeHouse: Mental health and youth development programming 

Congratulations to these 2025 Art Works Legacy Fund Award recipients:

•   Ameriikan Poijat (Boys of America Brass Band): Brass Band Concerts in Rice and Dakota County

•   Caponi Art Park: General Operation to support staff

•   Dakota Center for the Arts: Replace outdated technology and support an artist performance

•   Eagan Women of Note (EWON): Purchase of new music

•   Lake Pepin Chamber Music: Venue Rental Costs

•   Lotus Arts Center:Photo Exhibit

•   Midwest Special Services, Inc. DBA MSS: Interactive Music Experience for clients with disabilities

•   New Prague Arts Foundation: General Support for Performances

•   Pluto Noodle: Animation and storytelling program for people with disabilities

•   Straight River Arts: Staff for public art programs

•   The Friends of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra: Student trip to Chamber Orchestra

•  Twin Cities Bronze: General support for performances

•   Universal Music Center: General Operating Support

•  Youth Dance Ensemble: Sound equipment and outreach programming 

Take a peek at a few of 20 second cell phone reports we have from our 2018 Community Grant recipients.

2016 Grant Recipients

In 2016, the Eagan Community Foundation awarded $8,293 to 13 nonprofit organizations that serve the Eagan community in a variety of ways. The recipients and funded projects are listed below.

360 Communities: Eagan Lewis House, purchase groceries for resident meals that clients will prepare at the shelter

BrainPower in a BackPack: purchase a new shelving unit

Caponi Art Park: for the 2016 Summer Performance Series and Family Fun Tuesdays programs

Cheerful Givers: purchase birthday gift bags and toys to be distributed at food shelves and shelters for less fortunate children

Eagan Art Festival: support the 2016 Eagan Art Festival

Eagan Men’s Chorus: performing over 20 concerts in Eagan and nearby communities

Eagan Theater Company: purchase two lapel microphones and period-specific costumes for upcoming theater performances

Eagan Women of Note: purchase new sound equipment and risers for the choir

EHS FIRST Robotics Team: build a competition-like field for Robotics Competition practices

Kids ‘n Kinship: activities at Eagan businesses and a community venue to support weekly mentoring relationships

The Link: support for Lincoln Place apartments

The Open Door: purchase food to provide additional fresh food throughout the winter months for their clients.

TreeHouse, Inc.: support youth programming at weekly peer support group

Photo Gallery

Look here to see the outstanding impact that the Community Grants Program has on Eagan residents.