Priorities and Preferences

The Trustees give priority to applications:

• From the "Crosby Community" which includes the Minnesota cities and towns of Crosby, Cuyuna, Deerwood, Ironton, Rabbit Lake, Riverton, Trommald and Woldford, or
• From organizations that, although headquartered outside the Crosby Community, extend major services or benefits to the Community and its citizens.
• To organizations that are designated for support by a Trust.

The Trustees prefer grant projects that:

• Directly impact a broadly defined population in a manner that will measurably enrich its educational, health, economic, and cultural opportunities.
• Have wide public support.
• Have an existing equity investment.
• Are expected to remain operational without the additional funding from the Trusts.
• Are non-religious and non-partisan, directly or indirectly.
• Will not be a substitution for the applicant’s own available resources.
• Will enhance the preservation of the heritage of the Halletts.

In the absence of projects that meet the Trusts’ priorities, the Trusts may at the end of the fiscal year designate organizations to receive grants that meet the Trusts’ grant preferences.

MULTI-YEAR COMMITMENTS

The Trustees may make multi-year commitments for grants. If applicants receive a multi-year commitment, they must renew their application for each succeeding year of the commitment to assure the Trustees that they are satisfactorily carrying out the project for which the grant was made, or the Trustees may rescind the remaining portion of the grant.

Operational Grants

The Trustees may fund grants to support operations grant requests from a qualified grant recipient under the following guidelines:

• Qualified entities that have received uninterrupted operational dollars from the Trusts:
  • Jessie F. Hallett Memorial Library
  • Hallett Community Center
• Grants for entities that otherwise qualify and meet other terms and conditions as set and modified from time to time by the Trustees
• Terms and conditions governing operational grants will include but are not limited to:
  • Limits on Length of Term
  • Dollar Caps to the Amount Given
  • Documentation of plans and progress to secure other funding
  • Grant Making procedures