Good Samaritan Fund

In 1997, a group of individuals led by David Noack and supported by Foundation staff gathered to find a way to support families and individuals in critical need of one-time financial assistance. Out of this group emerged a new fund called the Guardian Angel Fund. Simultaneously and separately, a local woman named Helen Liljedahl passed away providing a $100,000 bequest to establish a similar fund she named the Good Samaritan Fund. The marriage of these two concepts today forms the basis of the Central Minnesota Community Foundation's Good Samaritan Fund.

Today, the Good Samaritan Fund is passionately led by Dave Marquardt and has an active advisory board supported by the Foundation that seeks ways to impact lives of people who are in need of emergency assistance. The fund assists with a variety of needs, including rent or mortgage payments, periodic billing assistance, emergency fuel assistance, basic needs, emergency medical supplies, or health care and even vehicle repair.

The Good Samaritan Fund contributes dollars to agencies that help with emergency circumstances to help them assist individuals or families. To date, the Good Samaritan Fund has helped more than 60 families. Good Samaritan Fund Application

The Good Samaritan Fund seeks donations to continue the legacy of caring in our community that both David Noack and Helen Liljedahl envisioned. Make a Gift.  Please contact the Foundation if you would like to be a part of this tradition of caring in our community.