Foundation News
Brainerd Lakes Area Grant Deadline AnnouncedPosted July 6, 2010
Brainerd, Minn. - The Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation (BLACF) announces the next deadline for receiving grant applications is August 1, 2010. The Foundation will focus it's more than $50,000 in funding on organizations that serve the residents of Crow Wing and Southern Cass counties. Read More...
Women on Stage... On the Road Again
Posted June 7, 2010
St. Cloud, Minn. -The Women's Fund of the Central Minnesota Community Foundation will be hosting the eighth annual Women on Stage event. The event will take place from 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at the home of Jerry and Elaine Bauerly, 2168 Primrose Road, Sauk Rapids (just 10 minutes east of downtown St. Cloud). Read More...
Alexander D. Didier, July 4, 1924 - May 19, 2010
Posted: May 19, 2010
As many of you have already heard, Alex Didier, the founder of the Central Minnesota Community Foundation, passed away on May 19. We will greatly miss him.
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Bernick Family Foundation Awards $70,000 in Grants
Posted April 26, 2010
St. Cloud, Minn. - The Bernick Family Foundation and the Central Minnesota Community Foundation announce the recipients of the second annual round of Bernick's Beverages & Vending Fund grants.
Read More...Social Capital Press ReleasePosted April 14, 2010
St. Cloud, Minn. - Students, how connected are you to the St. Cloud community? The Central Minnesota Community Foundation (CMCF) wants to know and is conducting its second social capital survey during April 2010. You can log onto http://www.communitygiving.org/, click on Initiatives, then Social Capital, and take the five minute Student Survey. Read More...
Emerging Leaders Forum Awards GrantsPosted April 12, 2010
St. Cloud, Minn. - The Emerging Leaders Forum (ELF) of the Central Minnesota Community Foundation recently approved $20,800 in grants to support riverfront planning and improved access to the Mississippi River in the local community. Read More...
Help For Haiti Charity Challenge Met
Posted January 26, 2010The Norman C. Skalicky Foundation and the Central Minnesota Community Foundation announce that the $65,000 Help for Haiti Challenge has been met—bringing the total raised to help victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti to over $130,000.
Read More...Bernick Refresh Funds Available
Posted January 20, 2010St. Cloud, Minn. – The Central Minnesota Community Foundation (CMCF) and United Way of Central Minnesota are helping host a special information meeting on Monday, January 25th from 3:30-4:30 p.m. at the St. Cloud Public Library to unveil the new Pepsi ReFresh Project. Bernicks’s Beverages and Vending, Director of Corporate Affairs, Jason Bernick, will share information about this opportunity at the meeting.
Read More...Help for Haiti Raised to $65,000
Posted January 20, 2010The Help for Haiti Challenge Fund now totals $65,000--$50,000 from the Norman C. Skalicky Foundation, $10,000 from the Central Minnesota Community Foundation, and $5,000 from the Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation. The Fund will match dollar for dollar gifts from individuals and businesses in response to the devastating earthquake last week in Haiti.
In addition, two more organizations with local connections have now been designated to receive money from the Fund.
Read More...Haiti Breaking News
Posted January 13, 2010The Norman C. Skalicky Foundation, in conjunction with the Central Minnesota Community Foundation, is issuing a match up to $50,000 to the Central Minnesota region to support relief efforts underway in Haiti. The Central Minnesota Community Foundation has established the Help for Haiti Fund for the victims of the January 12th earthquake and has provided the first donation to the fund. A total of $15,000 has been committed from CMCF and its affiliate foundation, the Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation. The Foundation will also work with other local funders to generate donations.
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Foundations Join Forces to Support Earthquake Relief Efforts
Posted January 13, 2010The Central Minnesota Community Foundation has established the Help for Haiti Fund to support relief efforts underway in Haiti for the victims of the January 12th earthquake and has provided the first donation to the fund. A total of $15,000 has been committed from CMCF and its affiliate foundation, the Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation. The Foundation will also work with other local funders to generate donations.
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Charity Challenge Raises $140,000 for Food Shelves
Posted January 8, 2010St. Cloud, MN -- The Norman C. Skalicky Foundation and the Central Minnesota Community Foundation are pleased to announce that the 9th annual Community Charity Challenge raised a grand total of $141,979 for the Salvation Army, Catholic Charities and St. Joseph food shelves. The total includes the $60,000 match and is a record high for the challenge—far exceeding last year’s total of $98,654.
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Charity Challenge Raises $60,000 for Local Food Shelves
Posted December 28, 2009St. Cloud, MN -- The Norman C. Skalicky Foundation and the Central Minnesota Community Foundation announce that the ninth annual Community Charity Challenge has been met. Over $67,000 has been received from the community to date, bringing the total raised for local food shelves to more than $127,000—a record high for the annual challenge.
Read more...Willmar Women's Fund Awards Grants
Posted November 30, 2009
The Women’s Fund of the Willmar Area Community Foundation has awarded grants to two area nonprofit organizations serving teenage girls. The Women’s Fund grant recipients for 2009 are Heartland Community Action Agency and Willmar Community Education Recreation (WCER) Child Guide Program.
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Wilmar Area Grants Awards Announced
Posted October 30, 2009
Willmar, Minn. – The Willmar Area Community Foundation (WACF) announced today it awarded $13,600 in local grants. The Foundation, an affiliate of the Central Minnesota Community Foundation, awarded grants to five local organizations and programs. Read more...
Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation Announces Grant Awards
Posted September 25, 2009
Brainerd, Minn. – The Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation (BLACF) announced Monday it has awarded $55,500 in grants to help 7 local nonprofits meet the growing needs of the local community. Read More...
Central Minnesota Community Foundation Announces New Board Members
Posted August 18, 2009
St. Cloud, Minn. – The Central Minnesota Community Foundation (CMCF) announced today that Colette Carlson, a Partner at LarsonAllen, Jim Anderson, the son of the late Harold E. Anderson, the founding president of Anderson Trucking Service, and Karlo Goerges, owner of Pequot Tool and Manufacturing in Pequot Lakes Minnesota, have joined its board of directors. Each will serve a three-year term. Read More...
Sixth Annual Williams Wobegon Ride and Fit Kids Fest
Posted September 9, 2009
St. Cloud, Minn. – The sixth annual Williams Wobegon Ride will be held Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009 beginning with check-in at 9 a.m. at the Wobegon Trailhead in St. Joseph. Read More...
Community Foundation Honors Local Philanthropic Leaders
Posted September 4, 2009
St. Cloud, Minn. - The Central Minnesota Community Foundation (CMCF) will recognize a longtime St. Cloud resident for her passion and vision for philanthropy in Central Minnesota at its annual awards dinner on Sept. 14. Read more...
Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation Announces New Vice Chair
Posted August 12, 2009
Brainerd, Minn. – The Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation (BLACF) announced today that Mark Ronnei has joined its board of directors for a second set of 3-year terms. He will serve as vice chair of the board of directors. Read more...
CMCF Announces work has begun on the final phase of the Clemens Garden's original plan
Posted July 20, 2009
St. Cloud, Minn-- Mary Sue and Randy Potter, who are spearheading this project, say that this historical piece will fulfill the family's original concept for the Gardens and has been 10 years in the planning. It will center around realistic, life sized, bronze statues of Virginia and William Clemens, depciting them strolling through the Garden in its formative years. Read more...
Foundation Awards $133,350 in Scholarships
Posted June 15, 2009
St. Cloud, Minn- The Central Minnesota Community Foundation has awarded $133,350 in academic scholarships for the coming school year to 112 students from around the region. Read more...
Willmar Area Foundation Awards Scholarships
Posted June 15, 2009
Willmar, Minn- The WACF in conjunction with the Central Minnesota Community Foundation is pleased to annonce 17 students from Willmar and the surrounding area received $20,700 in academic scholarships for upcoming 2009-2010 school year. Read more...
Willmar Women's Fund to Award Grants
Posted: June 3, 2009
The Willmar Area Community Foundation announces that the Willmar Women's Fund will award $5,000 in grants early fall. The Women's Fund was established in 2008 as a component fund of the Willmar Area Community Foundation with the mission to support programs that provide access to lives of economic and social strength for women and girls. Read more...
Brainerd Couple Honored For Philanthropy
Posted June 3, 2009
The Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation (BLACF) announed today that its Fifth Annual Award in Philanthropy wil be presented to Arnie and JoAnn Johnson at the Foundation's Annual Award Dinner on July 9. Read more...
Julianne Williams Fund awards $3,600 in grants
Posted May 22, 2009
The Central MInnesota Community Foundation announced Friday, that it has awarded $3,600 in grants to 3 local charities. The fund was started in 2004 and has awarded over $21,000 in grants to over 12 charities since that time. Read more...
