OPTIMIST IMPACT GRANT
The 2025 Optimist Impact Grant is now open! Grants must be submitted on or before June 30, 2025. Please click here for the fillable application.
The Optimist Impact Grant awards up to two $5,000 grants each year for a qualifying project or initiative that makes a direct or lasting impact on the youth of Bismarck-Mandan. Any local nonprofit groups and organizations are eligible to submit an application. Requests for funding must be for a project-based initiative, and awarded grant money must not go toward operating expenses of the requesting non-profit.
The application must provide details on how the grant funds will be utilized within the calendar year of being awarded, along with providing a timeline to the Bismarck Optimist Club which includes updates and notification of final completion, and the budget/bids for the project or initiative relating to this submittal.
We have awarded the Optimist Impact Grant to the following organizations:
2018: TR 4 Heart and Soul
2019: Bismarck Parks and Recreation District’s Zonta Park
2020: Elks Camp Grassick
2021: Abused Adult Resource Center
2022: Gateway to Science
2023: Dakota Children’s Advocacy Center
2024: 31:8 Project
The nonprofit must report progress of the project/initiative to the Optimist Club Board of Directors by February of the following year. Former award recipients cannot apply again for three years.
Optimist Impact Grant applications are available in the spring of each year. Please email bis.optimist@gmail.com to request an application.
