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Central Minnesota Community Foundation
The Central Minnesota Community Foundation is one of over 600 community foundations that exist in the country today. Established in November 1985, the Community Foundation is a public foundation that attracts and administers charitable funds for the benefit of the residents of central Minnesota. The Foundation hosts two affiliate foundations, one in Brainerd and one in Willmar. Both communities affiliated with CMCF in 1998 in order to begin community foundations in their areas. Each has their own Board of Directors and a representative position on the CMCF Board of Directors.
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Faces for April 17, 2016
Foundation: Central Minnesota Community Foundation
Bernick Family Foundation awarded more than $100,000 in grants to its fund with the Central Minnesota Community Foundation for the use...more
Foundation: Central Minnesota Community Foundation
Bernick Family Foundation awarded more than $100,000 in grants to its fund with the Central Minnesota Community Foundation for the use...more
Business Notes Monday Xtra
Foundation: Central Minnesota Community Foundation
The Bernick Family Foundation was established as a component of the Central Minnesota Community Foundation in 1989 to help Bernick's and...more
Foundation: Central Minnesota Community Foundation
The Bernick Family Foundation was established as a component of the Central Minnesota Community Foundation in 1989 to help Bernick's and...more
Clemens is St. Cloud area's 'original philanthropist'
Foundation: Central Minnesota Community Foundation
Bill Clemens was one of the area's original philanthropists, says Steve Joul, interim executive director of the Central Minnesota Community...more
Foundation: Central Minnesota Community Foundation
Bill Clemens was one of the area's original philanthropists, says Steve Joul, interim executive director of the Central Minnesota Community...more
Clemens showed confidence in community foundation
Foundation: Central Minnesota Community Foundation
With the restructure to the foundations and creation of CommunityGiving , the organizations have become a gateway to philanthropy. It offers...more
Foundation: Central Minnesota Community Foundation
With the restructure to the foundations and creation of CommunityGiving , the organizations have become a gateway to philanthropy. It offers...more
Forum aims to bridge cultural divide in St. Cloud
Foundation: Central Minnesota Community Foundation
... among more than 400 people who attended a community forum last Friday, organized by the nonprofit Central Minnesota Community...more
Foundation: Central Minnesota Community Foundation
... among more than 400 people who attended a community forum last Friday, organized by the nonprofit Central Minnesota Community...more
Survey speaks well of social capital
Foundation: Central Minnesota Community Foundation
The survey — the third such effort since 2004 commissioned by the Central Minnesota Community Foundation — asked 510 Central...more
Foundation: Central Minnesota Community Foundation
The survey — the third such effort since 2004 commissioned by the Central Minnesota Community Foundation — asked 510 Central...more
Pillars forum highlights social capital
Foundation: Central Minnesota Community Foundation, Initiative Foundation, Morgan Family Foundation
The Central Minnesota Community Foundation did surveys about social capital's strength here in 2004 and 2010, and found it had weakened in...more
Foundation: Central Minnesota Community Foundation, Initiative Foundation, Morgan Family Foundation
The Central Minnesota Community Foundation did surveys about social capital's strength here in 2004 and 2010, and found it had weakened in...more
Forum to focus on social capital
Foundation: Central Minnesota Community Foundation, Initiative Foundation, Morgan Family Foundation
The social capital survey is an update on the 2004 and 2010 surveys conducted by the Central Minnesota Community Foundation. Last fall, the...more
Foundation: Central Minnesota Community Foundation, Initiative Foundation, Morgan Family Foundation
The social capital survey is an update on the 2004 and 2010 surveys conducted by the Central Minnesota Community Foundation. Last fall, the...more
Karl Samp Karl Samp named executive director:
Foundation: Central Minnesota Community Foundation, Initiative Foundation
CommunityGiving and the Board of Directors of the Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation announced the hiring of Karl Samp as the...more
Foundation: Central Minnesota Community Foundation, Initiative Foundation
CommunityGiving and the Board of Directors of the Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation announced the hiring of Karl Samp as the...more
A quick background of Somalis, their beliefs
Foundation: Central Minnesota Community Foundation
At the Central Minnesota Community Foundation, we call this coming together across race and culture "building social capital" or more...more
Foundation: Central Minnesota Community Foundation
At the Central Minnesota Community Foundation, we call this coming together across race and culture "building social capital" or more...more
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