Top takeaway: A bill requiring a standardized RFP template has passed a committee in the House last week and can now be taken up on the floor. We are cautiously optimistic about this bipartisan bill continuing to move through the process, and possibly becoming law this year.
Building on information contributions from nonprofit colleagues all over the state over the past three-plus years, a small grant contract reform group has worked with two legislators since the end of the 2025 session to develop HF 4462 / SF 4628, a bill requiring a standardized RFP template that presents key information nonprofits need upfront across all state agencies.
As we wrote in our coalition testimony,
This reform will improve transparency, reduce administrative burden, and promote better outcomes. When expectations are clear at the start, applicants can better assess financial and operational risk, agencies receive proposals that are more closely aligned with program goals, and fewer resources are spent on clarification, rework, or misaligned applications.”
The bill passed a committee in the House last week and can now be taken up on the floor. We are cautiously optimistic about this bipartisan bill continuing to move through the process, and possibly becoming law this year.
The bill language is here.
Photo: Advocacy coalition members with chief bill author Rep. Klevorn.
From left to right: Halla Henderson, MCN; Katina Mortensen, Minnesota Council on Foundations; Marie Ellis, MCN; Rep. Ginny Klevorn, chief bill author; Trisha Reinwald, Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities; Katya Zepeda, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation; Nick Sandberg, Momentum Advocacy.