WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.– Nonprofit organizations gathered more than 19,000 online votes in less than a month to pick this year’s Truliant Federal Credit Union Community Mini Grant recipients.
Truliant recently awarded $22,000 in Mini Grant funds to 24 community nonprofit groups that will support operating, programming or capacity-building needs. Each group submitted a grant proposal for a project focusing on financial education, basic needs, arts and culture, or youth programming. Truliant chose 38 proposals as semifinalists from about 180 applications. To win, nonprofits mobilized fan votes by app for their favorite projects.
“The Community Mini Grants program continues to bring high-quality local nonprofit programming to the regions where our members live,” said Renee Shipko, Community Engagement Liaison for Truliant. “This is a fun contest that engages a large local online audience and raises greater awareness of the hard work done by local non-profit agencies.”
The Mini Grants program is now in its seventh year and has awarded more than $200,000 in funding. Truliant accepts applications from regions where the credit union offers membership in the Carolinas and Virginia.