Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced in a recent press release that community-based organizations can now apply for the Partners in Equity Racial Equity and Social Justice (PIE-RESJ) Grant. The PIE-RESJ Grant Program supports Dane County-based community groups that propose to use funding to address systemic racial inequities. The grant was approved by the County Board of Supervisors and county executive and piloted in 2015.
Grants are awarded to Dane County-based community groups that will use the funding to address systemic racial inequities in the following areas: health, education, employment, and criminal justice. Individual organizations may apply for up to $15,000. Partnerships or collaborations of two or more eligible organizations may apply for up to $50,000.
Applications are available online. If organizations would like a paper copy mailed to them or have questions, they may email for assistance.
PIE-RESJ Grant applications must be received by the Tamara D. Grigsby Office for Equity and Inclusion no later than 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 23. Mail or drop off applications at 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Room 356, or submit completed applications to the email address included above.
