Mardag Foundation Community Emergency Grant Program
Mardag Foundation Community Emergency Grant Program supports food access and housing organizations serving low-income people, funding disaster costs and unexpected repairs to address emergency financial gaps.
Funder: Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation
Due Dates: Rolling (Emergency requests)
Funding Amounts: One-time emergency grants
Summary: Emergency support for food access or housing organizations serving low-income people in the East Metro or Greater Minnesota.
Key Information: Requests must address unexpected financial gaps related to disasters or unexpected maintenance and repairs.
Description
Mardag Foundation’s Community Emergency Grant Program provides one-time emergency support to food access or housing organizations serving low-income children, youth, families and/or older adults. It fills unexpected financial gaps arising from natural, environmental or civic disasters, or unexpected maintenance and repairs to buildings, vehicles, technology or equipment. The program serves organizations in the East Metro and Greater Minnesota.
The opportunity is presented among the Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation’s grant programs and is part of Mardag Foundation’s redesigned application-based grantmaking beginning in 2026. The redesign was informed by community members and grantees. This program focuses specifically on emergency needs in food access and housing, rather than general support across all types of community work.
