|
Foundation(s) |
Response |
|
Joint Initiative:
F.R. Bigelow
Foundation,
Greater Twin Cities United Way
and
The Minneapolis Foundation |
Together committed $550,000 to help 40 emergency
food shelves assist individuals and families |
|
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. |
Gave $500,000 to Feeding America. Additional
hunger-relief in 2009 with goal of 50,000 volunteer hours and an
additional 3.5 million meals |
|
Blandin Foundation |
Donated $380,000 to food bank,
heating assistance and transitional
housing (PDF) |
|
Bush Foundation |
Honoring
all prior and transitional commitments |
|
Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation |
Special Projects giving
focused on basic needs |
|
Cargill |
Gave $5 million to emergency
hunger relief |
|
Deluxe Corporation Foundation |
Made $500,000 grant to FastTrac LaunchPad,
which offers entrepreneurial training to those who
have lost jobs and to entrepreneurs with struggling businesses |
|
Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation |
Expanding
guidelines to include one-time general operating support grants |
|
Ecolab Foundation |
Initiated $500,000 hunger-relief matching gift program |
|
General Mills Community Action |
Maintaining
or slightly increasing 2009 giving
Directing additional money to nonprofit organizations serving
international communities where General Mills has business operations --
to alleviate hunger and improve nutrition |
|
Initiative Foundation |
Awarding
$3.1 million in grants and business financing; almost 60%
of grants will help distressed families, workers and small
businesses |
|
Jerome
Foundation |
Distributing
more than in 2007-08, but less than it planned to commit |
|
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation |
Honoring all existing pledges and grants |
|
The
McKnight Foundation |
Providing $10 million to communities impacted by
foreclosure crisis |
|
The
McKnight Foundation |
Increasing
percentage drawn from endowment, but fewer funds available for
grantseekers |
|
Medica Foundation |
Increased 2009 giving budget by 25% |
|
The Minnesota Community Foundation and The Saint
Paul Foundation |
The Minnesota Community Foundation and The
Saint Paul Foundation have created a new community economic relief fund.
They have committed $2 million to the fund and have already awarded $800
thousand through the fund to various local agencies working in the areas
of hunger relief, housing stability, financial counseling and
assistance. |
|
Northwest Minnesota Foundation |
Community Connections Program:
helping nonprofits
and public agencies provide critical services, increase effectiveness
and diversify funding
sources |
|
Otto Bremer
Foundation |
Focusing Twin Cities funding on
programs and initiatives to relieve poverty -- now and long-term |
|
Otto Bremer
Foundation |
Bremer
Emergency Fund: gave $4.2 million to community organizations providing
emergency financial assistance to families and individuals |
|
Pohlad Family Foundation |
Committed $20 million to support small
business, improve neighborhoods and retain nonprofit services |
|
Rochester
Area Foundation |
Prioritizing basic needs -- food, shelter & clothing -- for 2009.
Suspended new capital campaign funding |
|
Target |
Continuing to give 5% of profits to charity |
|
Women's Foundation
of Minnesota |
Increasing 2009 grants by 4%. Funds are multi-year to help organizations
plan for more stable funding |
