Mardag Foundation Approves 31 Grants Totaling $972,317

Source: Mardag Foundation 02/09/2012

(Feb. 9, 2012) – The board of directors of the Mardag Foundation, an affiliate of Minnesota Philanthropy Partners, approved 31 grants totaling $972,317 at its November 2011 meeting. A complete listing of grants follows.

ARTS, CULTURE AND HUMANITIES:
Total of $325,000 in 5 grants.

Arts Midwest
Minneapolis, MN
To help finance the budget of ArtsLab
$150,000

ECHO Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of the Domestic Violence Project
$ 25,000

Minnesota Childrens Museum
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of the Play It Forward Capital Campaign
$100,000

Pangea World Theater
Minneapolis, MN
To help finance the budget of Implementing Collaboration
$10,000

Public Art Saint Paul
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget for The Next Public Art
$40,000

EDUCATION AND RELATED ACTIVITIES:
Total of $50,000 in 3 grants.

Independent School District #739
Kimball, MN
To help finance the budget of Kimball Area Arts Initiative - Year Two
$10,000

Mounds Park Academy
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of Development Capacity Building for Breakthrough Saint Paul
$20,000

University of St Thomas
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of Canku Kagupi Miikana (A Pathway)
$20,000

HEALTH:
Total of $29,517 in 2 grants.

Family Tree Inc
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of the Healthy Beginnings Program
$15,000

Knute Nelson Foundation
Alexandria, MN
To help finance the budget of the Comprehensive Balance Program
$ 14,517

HUMAN SERVICES:
Total of $397,800 in 17 grants.

Carondelet Village Inc
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of Capital Support
$20,000

Central MN Re-Entry Project
Saint Cloud, MN
To help finance the budget of the DAD Program
$10,000

Childrens Law Center of Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of the Ramsey County Permanency Project
$ 25,000

A Childs Delight Too Inc
Faribault, MN
To help finance the budget of the I am Moving I am Learning Program
$6,800

Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs
Duluth, MN
To help finance the budget of Safe Transitions Healthy Families Program
$ 20,000

Greater Frogtown Community Development Corporation
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of the Affordable Housing Outreach Coordinator
$15,000

The Karen Organization of Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the expansion of its Supportive Housing Program
$15,000

Lifetrack Resources Inc
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of the Families Together in the Home Program
$25,000

The Link
Minneapolis, MN
To help finance the budget of Lincoln Place
$40,000

Neighbors Inc
South St. Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of the 40th Anniversary Capital Campaign
$100,000

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Northfield, MN
To help finance the budget for Family Caregiver Support Groups
$15,000

Northfield Union of Youth Inc
Northfield, MN
To help finance the budget of installing a new heating/cooling unit as a part of The Key Youth Center Capital Support
$8,000

Pelican Rapids Living At Home Block Nurse Program
Pelican Rapids, MN
To help finance the budget of Living Longer, Living Better
$ 18,000

Project FINE Inc
Winona, MN
To help finance the budget of the Diversity Youth Quest
$15,000

The Refuge Network
Cambridge, MN
For the Fundraising Challenge
$ 20,000

St Paul Intervention Project Inc
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of the Partnership for Domestic Services Strategic Plan to End Domestic Violence
$25,000

Ujamaa Place
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of the Ujamaa Place Campaign
$20,000

PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT:
Total of $170,000 in 4 grants.

Community Action Duluth
Duluth, MN
To help finance the budget of the Jump Start Duluth Program
$20,000

The Saint Paul Foundation $ 150,000
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of the Community Sharing Fund
$ 50,000

To help finance the budget of the Management Improvement Fund
$ 50,000

To help finance the budget of Numbers Work!
$50,000