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Responses by Minnesota Foundations & Corporations
to Flooding in Southern Minnesota

As reported to the Minnesota Council on Foundations.


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Grantmakers, tell us how you are responding
AgStar Financial Services $25,000 to initiate the Business Recovery Fund; challenging other businesses to match the donation
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation $25,000 to initiate the Business Recovery Fund; Blue Cross Heart of Blue Volunteer Council organized a team of 24 Blue Cross employees to Rushford for flood cleanup; government programs staff worked with Target stores to provide 50 children's car seats to public programs members in Winona, Fillmore and Houston Counties
Cargill $10,000 to the American Red Cross and $10,000 to the Salvation Army Rochester unit
Catholic Aid Association Foundation $44,700 in grants to Catholic Aid Association members who suffered losses
General Mills Foundation $25,000 to the Business Recovery Fund
IBM Coordinating our volunteer efforts with United Way through our Days of Caring; answering technology requests through in-kind support
Mayo Clinic $300,000 distributed equally to the American Red Cross, The Salvation Army and the United Way; $25,000 to the Business Recovery Fund; also donating medical and pharmaceutical supplies, ambulance support, emergency medical staff, health professionals and more
Medtronic Foundation $25,000 to Winona Health, Inc., to support a health clinic in Rushford; $10,000 to South East Minnesota Community Action Agency, which works almost exclusively with low income populations in the region, and maintains pre-school, housing and health-related programs
Minnesota Twins $25,000 to the United Way Minnesota Flood Recovery Fund
Southern Minnesota
Initiative Foundation
$25,000 to initiate the Business Recovery Fund
Target $25,000 to the American Red Cross and Salvation Army; local stores donating product such as sweatshirts, socks, Kleenex, paper towels, work gloves, etc.
Think Community Foundation $50,000 to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Matching $1 for every $3, up to $20,000, provided by Lutheran congregations across southern Minnesota to provide food, shelter and other support to people affected by the flooding
United Way Created the United Way Minnesota/Wisconsin Flood Recovery Fund
Wells Fargo $100,000 to United Way's Minnesota/Wisconsin Flood Recovery Fund
Winona Community Foundation Responding to short-term needs through Emergency Assistance Fund (13 partner agencies to this program serving direct needs of individuals in Fillmore, Houston and Winona counties); using a discretionary fund (the Winona Fund) to help with other immediate needs that don't fall under the parameters of the Emergency Assistance Fund; discussing long-term needs for recovery, which may include grants to rebuild the capacity of flood devastated nonprofits, in conjunction with community leaders and other nonprofits in the region
> Information about flood help, volunteering and giving (PDF)

> Grantmakers, tell us how you are responding
 

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