Our Funds

The Willmar Area Community Foundation administers a variety of funds for individuals and organizations throughout the region. They fall into seven categories, including field of interest, donor advised, designated, scholarship, unrestricted, agency and special project. New funds for fiscal year 2009 have an asterisk next to the fund name.

WACF Board of Directors & Staff WACF Funds WACF Grants WACF Women's Fund WACF Good Samaritan Fund WACF Home

Agency

Friends of the Willmar Public Library
Kandiyohi County Area Family YMCA Flexible Fund
Kandiyohi County Area Family YMCA Fund
Ook Book Account Fund

Designated

Lewis T. and Viola Ness Ausherman Foundation
Marvin Otto Foundation Fund*

Field of Interest

Marvin and Gladys Otto Foundation Fund*
Rice Hospital Fund
Willmar Arts Fund
Willmar Good Samaritan Fund
Willmar Women's Fund*

Donor Advised

Gordon and Betty Behm Donor Advised Fund
Kenneth and Alix Behm Donor Advised Fund
Kenneth and Alix Behm Family Fund
Marvin and Luella Behm Family Fund
Myron and Myra Behm Donor Advised Fund
Lois Ellinger Fund
Reynold W. and Eleanor D. Larson Fund
Steve and Nancy Linder Donor Advised Fund
Aaron Schueler Memorial Fund
Willmar Electric Foundation Fund

Scholarships

Harold E. Bjur Fund
Virginia Grussendorf Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Austin and Muriel McCarthy Family Scholarship Fund
Josh Palke Scholarship Fund

Planned Gifts

Dorothy Meili Charitable Gift Annuity Fund

Special Project

Citizens for Community Investment

Unrestricted

Administrative Endowment Fund
Muriel P. Haat Fund
Lawrence W. and Teckla Lindquist Fund
Willmar General Fund
Willmar Unrestricted Endowment Fund

*Indicates a new fund in the fiscal year 2008-2009.

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