Toro Furthers Its Commitment to Supporting Communities and Education

The Toro Giving Program, Bloomington, has shown its commitment to supporting communities and education through its second-quarter grant awards.

Toro made grants to several organizations to provide playing fields in local communities. Toro awarded the Instituto Tecnologico de Ciudad Juarez, Mexico with over $50,000 in irrigation and outdoor lawn-maintenance equipment for baseball and soccer fields. The Minnesota Twins Community Fund and Windom Area Middle School also received grants to create new and maintain existing sports fields.

Developing education in the turf industry was another priority for Toro’s Giving Program this quarter. Iowa State University received over $90,000 in irrigation equipment and monetary support for the school’s turf grass program. Toro also provided a second year of support to the Irrigation Association Education Foundation with a $50,000 gift. This organization focuses on better university training in order to increase the amount of qualified professionals entering the irrigation industry.

"The Giving Program is proud to support educational programming and broaden youth access to baseball, softball and soccer with financial and product donations," said Stacy Bogart, director of the Toro Giving Program.

Several nonprofit organizations were also awarded grants, including Youth Farm and Market, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, Minnesota Zoo, Minnesota State Historical Society, Trust for Public Land, Fairway Foundation, The Audubon Center of the North Woods and Tiger Woods Learning Center.

In total, the Toro Giving Program awarded $300,000 in cash and product donations to 38 local and national organizations in its latest round of grants.