Initiative Foundation



The mission of the Initiative Foundation is to empower people throughout Central Minnesota to build a thriving economy, vibrant communities and a lasting culture of generosity.

Assets and Giving for Initiative Foundation

Assets

2020 - 95,633,483
2019 - 81,789,533
2018 - 71,595,102
2017 - 74,000,813
Domestic Grants

2020 - 11,269,071
2019 - 1,983,908
2018 - 2,175,100


    

Recent News from Initiative Foundation


Initiative Foundation's focus shifts to COVID relief in 2020
Foundation: Initiative Foundation

He said the foundation was able to capture funding and funnel it into 111 emergency child care grants during the past year. It also got relief from...more

A Call For Solidarity and Collective Action: Asian American Philanthropy Letter of Intention
Foundation: Gates Foundation, Blue Shield of California Foundation, Boston Foundation, California Community Foundation, Central Indiana Community Foundation, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga, Essex County Community Foundation, Initiative Foundation, Jacobs Family Foundation, Kalamazoo Community Foundation, Liberty Hill Foundation, Maine Community Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, Nellie Mae Education Foundation, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation, Northwest Area Foundation, Omaha Community Foundation, Public Welfare Foundation, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Rose Community Foundation, Sierra Health Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Southwest Initiative Foundation, Stanislaus Community Foundation, Surdna Foundation, California Endowment, Chicago Community Trust, Cleveland Foundation, Columbus Foundation, Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, James Irvine Foundation, Kentucky Foundation for Women, Minneapolis Foundation, Missouri Foundation for Health, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, San Diego Foundation, San Francisco Foundation, Vermont Community Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, William Penn Foundation, Washington Women's Foundation, Whatcom Community Foundation, William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund, William T. Grant Foundation, Yakima Valley Community Foundation, Irvine Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Open Society Foundations, California Wellness Foundation, Simons Foundation, Central Valley Community Foundation

The New York Women's Foundation, the U.S.Grant Foundation and the Sierra Health Foundation are just a few of the organizations in the list.The United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley is...more

Early learner education grants awarded locally
Foundation: Initiative Foundation

Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Education, recently approved 18 grants through its...more

Land & Waters Preservation Trust announces grant fund opportunity for 2021
Foundation: Initiative Foundation

Land & Waters Preservation Trust announces grant fund opportunity for 2021. Written By: Brainerd Dispatch | Dec 1st 2020 - 2am. AddThis...more

Braham Area Education Foundation supports students with $3449 in fall grants
Foundation: Initiative Foundation

These grants followed the Foundation's two sets of grants announced during each of the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 school years, and the...more

Guest Column: Connections for a stronger southern Minnesota
Foundation: Initiative Foundation

The St. Charles Area Community Foundation (SCACF) was officially established in 2015 and is one of 30 community foundations that SMIF supports...more

SMIF seeking applications for child care, education grants
Foundation: Initiative Foundation

The grant program will help fund early care and education wrap around services for children birth to age 8 from underserved populations impacted...more

SMIF awards COVID grants to small towns
Foundation: Initiative Foundation, Cargill Foundation

The Small Town Grant: COVID-19 Response grants are made possible with support from the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation Fund at the St. Paul...more

Foundation helps to deliver up to $7.8 million in relief grants to regional small businesses
Foundation: Initiative Foundation

LITTLE FALLS — The Initiative Foundation has begun the process of distributing up to $7.8 million in grants to 765 central Minnesota...more

33 grants available in Central Minnesota to support underserved children during the COVID-19 ...
Foundation: Initiative Foundation

LITTLE FALLS — The Initiative Foundation was recently awarded $416,000 in funding from the Minnesota Department of Education and...more



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The Charities Aid Foundation has set up a scheme, called the Social Enterprise Assist, that will render interest-free loans of up to £10,000 each to help social enterprise start-ups.




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