Koochco is a private, non-profit gap financing agency. Koochco's loans are meant to create and maintain permanent employment through the establishment of new businesses or the expansion of existing businesses in Koochiching County. To be eligible for this program, the business must be located within Koochiching County.

To fulfill the mission across the region, United Way of Southeast Minnesota funds programs that positively impact Southeast Minnesotan's health, financial security, opportunities for young people, and resiliency in the face of crisis. Prioritized programs that serve populations disproportionately impacted by long-standing structural barriers, with the goal of ensuring all people have what they need to thrive. Details: - Grant funding is determined in partnership with community volunteers, staff, and Board of Directors

Raise private funds for educational and informational resources and projects without diminishing the need for strong public funding. Educate the community, especially policy-makers, about the library's role in meeting community needs.

The foundation was established in 1982 to financially assist the Samaritan Bethany Corporation in providing ministry to the elderly. A Special Gift fund helps with education and research, recreational activities, transportation needs, special adaptive equipment, building needs and chaplaincy program A Sponsorship fund offers financial assistance to residents and staff with limited financial resources The foundation is governed by a board of directors whose members are appointed Meetings are held quarterly and fund requests are reviewed at that time

????For Organizations: Art Project Grants: Provides area organizations in the SMAC region with up to $7,000 to stimulate and encourage the creation, performance, and appreciation of the arts. Equipment/Facilities Improvement Grants: Provides up to $10,000 in matching funds to arts organizations for the purchase of equipment items and facilities improvements that will strengthen their capacity to serve the arts needs of the region. Public Arts Grants: Provides organizations and city, county, or tribal governments with up to $20,000 for large-scale physical public art projects that will leave an arts legacy in southwest MN. The project should result in sustainable arts access in the community, with a continuing impact over several years. 20% cash match required. Quick Support for Organizations Grants: Provides organizations with up to $2,500 for activities such as planning for a Public Art project, strategic planning or board training, costs to apply for 501(c)(3) status, small equipment purchases, or small arts projects. For Individuals: Art Study Opportunity for Youth Grants: Up to $500 to aid in the development of young artists in grades 5 - 12 through an enrichment camp or specialty study. Students eligible for free/reduced lunch may apply for funding for regular lessons. Individual Artist - Artist Equity Grants: Provides up to $4,000 to aid Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and other artists of color with projects that will advance their skills and artistic careers. Individual Artist - Artist Growth Grants: Provides up to $4,000 to artists at any career stage for projects that will advance their skills and artistic career. Individual Artist - Established Career Artist Grants: Provides up to $7,000 to aid established career artists in the advanced stage of their career development with projects that will advance their career. Individual Artist - Quick Support for Artists: Provides artists with up to $1,000 for activities such as purchasing supplies, attending classes, and small artist-led community projects. For Schools: Arts in the Schools Grants: Provides public schools with up to $4,000 for projects such as artist residencies, arts field trips, juried student art exhibits, etc.

- Accepts donations designated to specific community groups and foundations - Accepts grant applications - Allows the set-up of scholarship funds and accepts applications for financial assistance - Compiling lists of trusted disaster relief organizations for donation purposes - Managed a funding information network to provide funding resource information to applicants

- Accepts donations designated to specific community groups and foundations - Accepts grant applications - Allows the set-up of scholarship funds and accepts applications for financial assistance - Compiling lists of trusted disaster relief organizations for donation purposes - Managed a funding information network to provide funding resource information to applicants

The purpose of the Advisory Committee on Aging is to represent the views of older adults, conduct public hearings, review and recommend local proposals for funding under the Older Americans Act, review and comment on policy, and advise and assist AAA staff in planning. ?Plans and develops with local partners a variety of home- and community-based services for older people so that older people can stay in their own homes and communities - Consults on a wide range of topics from demographic changes and needs of older people to programs and services for a variety of organizations, individuals, and businesses - Leverages resources and grant or contract funds to local providers - Provides demographic and service need analysis that informs policymakers, the public, and media

Community fundraising for various agencies, programs, and services that cover a wide spectrum of health and human service needs.

Offers grants and scholarships, and supports a wide variety of activities benefiting the arts, community and economic development, education, environment, and human resources. Grants and scholarships includes: - Community Opportunity Fund Grants and Area of Interest Grants. Community Opportunity Fund Grants are designed to support transformative, collaborative projects leveraging resources for upstream successes, building strong communities, and ensuring everyone thrives. Area of Interest Grants allow organizations to make a significant impact in specific fields, such as nurturing creativity through the arts, enhancing quality of life through human services, or promoting animal wellness. - Scholarship to support students in the region who are pursuing postsecondary education. Initiatives: - Attracting & Retaining Young Adults - Bridging Differences Through Civil Discourse - Millennium Group - Scott Anderson Leadership - Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey - Speak Your Peace: The Civility Project - Touchstone Awards - Knight Creative Communities Initiative: Brain Gain, Art Works, Mix it Up, Sustainable Twin Ports, Pathways

- Accepts donations designated to specific community groups and foundations - Accepts grant applications - Allows the set-up of scholarship funds and accepts applications for financial assistance - Compiling lists of trusted disaster relief organizations for donation purposes - Managed a funding information network to provide funding resource information to applicants

Collects data on community needs while creating relationships with area businesses, individuals, and nonprofit organizations to address the identified needs. Raises funds from the local community that are then invested in area programs through the Community Investment process.

Community fundraising for various agencies, programs, and services that cover a wide spectrum of health and human service needs.

Partner with community individuals and businesses to give annually and conduct community fundraising events as well as offering volunteer opportunities.

Annual grant process to support agencies and organizations serving individuals in UWNEMN's service area. - Amount of support varies for each agency and organization. - Applications are reviewed by UWNEMN's Board of Director, and qualifying agencies are interviewed by panels of board members and community members - Must be able to show how an agency or program addresses an issue within UWNEMN's investment plan.

Plans and develops with local partners a variety of home and community-based services for older people so that older people can stay in their own homes and communities - Consults on a wide range of topics from demographic changes and needs of older people to programs and services for a variety of organizations, individuals, and businesses - Leverages resources and grant or contract funds to local providers - Provides demographic and service need analysis that informs policy makers, the public and media - Provides TA to Age-Friendly communities, a concept so that communities in the region are responsive and sensitive to the needs of older adults and their caregivers - Provides technical assistance for local service development projects, including state Live Well at Home funds under the Eldercare Development Project

Fundraising for heart and stroke research, and professional and public education

Services include: - Job creation through loans and grants - Loans to businesses and entrepreneurs in the region - Support community organizations, schools, hospitals, city and county government through grants - Establish endowment funds to support Northwest Minnesota communities in the future - Support new businesses and expanded existing businesses - Train community leaders - A center for local philanthropy where committed citizens can make a difference for their communities and neighbors by financially responding to changing human and economic needs - Nonprofit management and organizational effectiveness training - Early Childhood initiative - Youth leadership training

- Non-profit development programs - Grant creation - Donor services - Fund management and hosting - Business investments - Business loan program - Community planning - Leadership training

Initiatives helping communities in northeastern MN support the healthy development of children and young people from birth to adulthood. - Initiatives include early childhood development - Infant and early childhood mental health - Access to high-quality child care - Youth leadership and service learning - Inter-generational program that joins youth with older adults in communities across the region

- Plans and develops with local partners a variety home-and community based services for older adults so that they can stay in their own homes and communities - Provides demographic and service need analysis that informs policy makers, the public, and media - Leverages resources and grant or contract funds to local providers - Consults on a wide range of topics from demographic changes and needs of older adults to programs and services for a variety of organizations, individuals and businesses - Administers Federal Older Americans Act funding - Awards grants to community services for older adults and caregivers

Provides fundraising campaigns with companies, governments, nonprofits, and other organizations which are allocated through community investment programs and internal initiatives. Funds that are raised help support partner programs serving residents of Otter Tail and Wadena counties.

Administers grants and contracts from the Older Americans Act (OAA) to community agencies, organizations, and units of government that provide services to older adults and caregivers

- Arts funding - performing arts presenting support - Arts training - Annual Midwest Arts Conference

- Accepts donations designated to specific community groups and foundations - Accepts grant applications - Allows the set-up of scholarship funds and accepts applications for financial assistance - Compiling lists of trusted disaster relief organizations for donation purposes - Managed a funding information network to provide funding resource information to applicants