Community Possible Grant

Overview

The building blocks of vibrant communities – a stable job, a home to call your own and a community connected through culture, recreation, and play – continue to be at the heart of possibility for all of us. Through U.S. Bank’s Community Possible platform, we are dedicated to supporting our communities through actions focused on addressing economic inequities and creating positive and transformative change in our communities. 

We consider grant requests without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, disability, marital status, genetic information, veteran status, or other factors that are protected by law. While the U.S. Bank Foundation funds many nonprofit organizations in our communities, it is impossible to fund every request. To make the most meaningful impact in our local communities, we focus our grant giving to fund economic development tied to Work, Home and Play. 

Community Possible Grant Focus Areas 
We support organizations and programs that advance the following funding priorities, focusing on organizations that have an intentional approach to addressing immediate needs and economic barriers to success

• WORK – Small Business Development, Workforce Education & Financial Education
  • Investing in Small Business and the Workforce
  • Providing Pathways for Success to Postsecondary Education
  • Teaching Financial Well-being for Work and Life
  • Supporting the Green Economy through Workforce Development
    
     
• HOME – Affordable Housing Development, Homeownership, Neighborhood Stability & Revitalization
  • Providing Access to Safe, Affordable, Energy Efficient Housing
  • Providing Homeownership Education
    
     
• PLAY – Artistic & Cultural Enrichment, Learning Through Play & Preserving, Protecting and Enhancing Outdoor Places to Play
  • Access to Artistic and Cultural Programming & Arts Education
  • Learning Through Play  
  • Outdoor Places to Play

Factors Considered by the U.S. Bank Foundation
Because the Foundation receives funding requests more than the annual grant program budget, we must decline support to worthy organizations and programs. We may decline support to organizations we have previously supported to expand community engagements. Support should not be expected to continue in perpetuity and declining a request does not reflect a negative appraisal of the organization or the value of its programs and services. 

The following factors are among those the Foundation will consider: 

• Innovation and/or differentiation in our focus areas of Work, Home and Play
• Programming and services that advance positive community engagement efforts
• Demonstrated outcomes and impact
• Service delivery to low-and moderate-income     
• The financial health of the organization

Application Process U.S. Bank Foundation accepts applications by invitation only. However, we have an electronic Letter of Interest (LOI) to identify organizations with unique and innovative programs that fit within our pillars of Work, Home and Play. The LOI is accessed through the Submit Letter of Interest link on the Community Possible Grant Program page.
Deadline: Nonprofit organizations new to the U.S. Bank Foundation may submit an LOI at any time during the year.

Funding Types: Within these general guidelines, we consider the following funding request types: 

• Operating Grants
• Program / Project Grants
• Capital Grants