CHALLENGE GRANTS
A challenge grant is an award made to an organization and/or community contingent upon matching funds being raised usually within a specified period of time. Commonly these grants require raising two or three dollars for each grant dollar awarded.

Community Fund Challenge Grant Program
As the name implies, the Community Fund Challenge Grant Program is a program to challenge rural communities to establish their own permanent community assets. The challenge will come in the form of a grant from the Foundation made available to select communities that raise new permanent endowment. The goal of the Community Fund Challenge Grant Program is to ensure that rural areas have permanent resources to address local challenges and opportunities. Established and supported by local individuals, businesses, and organizations, these community savings accounts will become a source of capital to strengthen the community for generations to come.

Agency Endowment Challenge Grant Program
The Agency Endowment Challenge Grant Program is a competitive program to match funds of nonprofit service agencies that establish endowments within the Foundation. The goals of the program are to assist agencies in building stable endowment funds, and to assist STWDF in building its asset base.