Competitive Funds

The following is a listing of all of the funds currently available that serve this area. For additional information, click on the fund details. To narrow this listing, please use the find a fund feature on the left hand side of the screen.

John T. & Elizabeth C. Adams Arts Fund
John T. and Elizabeth C. Adams Arts Fund is designed to attract programs of artistic quality to the Duluth Superior area and enrich performances, exhibits and artistic services for area organizations.
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Anishinabe Fund
Anishinabe Fund fosters cultural awareness of Ojibwe traditions, encourages the migration of ideas from, and encourages respect for, the Ojibwe culture.
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Anonymous Friend Fund
Anonymous Friend Fund addresses the region's changing needs.
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Apostle Islands Area Community Fund
Apostle Islands Area Community Fund, an affiliate fund of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation, actively promotes private giving for the public good of the Apostle Islands area.
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Samuel F. Atkins and Barbara H. Atkins Memorial Fund
Samuel F. Atkins and Barbara H. Atkins Memorial Fund helps low-income, disadvantaged people meet their basic human needs and encourages and enables projects which involve animals, attend to the welfare of animals, or alleviate animal suffering.
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Barnum Fund
Barnum Fund supports nonprofit organizations serving the residents of the Duluth Superior area.
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Biodiversity Fund
The Biodiversity Fund supports efforts to maintain and strengthen biodiversity in the Duluth-Superior region through preservation and restoration of habitat, help for particular species and ecosystems, planning for changing conditions, research, and education. The purpose is to consider now the value to future generations of the species and ecosystem diversity that will remain when/if human population stabilizes.
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Dr. and Mrs. Bernhard Boecker Charitable Fund
Dr. and Mrs. Bernhard Boecker Charitable Fund addresses the region's changing needs.
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William, Florence and Dorothy Burns Family Fund
William, Florence and Dorothy Burns Family Fund addresses the region's changing needs.
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Business Leaders Fund
Business Leaders Fund benefits both our area's business leaders and the charitable community. With a minimum gift of $25,000, the Fund enables business leaders to expand their grant making capacity, enjoy increased community visibility, and receive ongoing credit for their generosity. Members of the Business Leaders Fund as of December 31, 2005, are: CLM Corporation; Duluth News Tribune; Duluth Winnipeg & Pacific Railway; Enbridge Energy Partners; Essentia Health; Evening Telegram Company/Morgan Murphy Stations; Hanft Fride, A Professional Association; M&I Bank (in memory of Robert D. Banks); W.P. & R.S. Mars Company; Minnesota Power; Moline Machinery Ltd.; National Bank of Commerce; North Shore Bank of Commerce; Reuben Johnson & Son, Inc. and Affiliated Companies; St. Mary Land & Exploration Company; United General Constructors, Inc. (in memory of Herbert Klippen); U.S. Bank-Duluth; Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota; and one anonymous donor.
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Campbell Family Charitable Fund
Campbell Family Charitable Fund was created in 1950 by John C. Campbell, Jr., a veteran timber producer. The Fund was subsequently transferred to the Community Foundation.
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Carolyn Joy Seitz Family Fund
The Carolyn Joy Seitz Family Fund addresses the changing needs of this region.
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Michael Adam Carroll Memorial Fund
Michael Adam Carroll Memorial Fund will provide financial resources to organizations that provide services to disabled youth and their families, particularly in the areas of family support services and respite care.
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Central Mesabi Fund for Human Services
Central Mesabi Fund for Human Services assists agencies that directly help low-income people cope with their basic needs and problems. Grants are restricted to agencies that serve communities bounded on the west by Coleraine and on the east by Mountain Iron.
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Cleveland Family Fund
The Cleveland Family Fund addresses the region's changing needs.
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AIACF - Cleveland Family Fund
Part of the Apostle Islands family of funds, the Cleveland Family Fund - AIACF, addresses changing needs of the region served by the Apostle Islands Area Community Fund.
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Community Leaders Fund
Community Leaders Fund recognizes businesses and individuals that have provided outstanding resources to address our region's charitable needs, now and in the future. With a minimum gift of $10,000, the Fund offers community leaders an opportunity to expand the impact of their charitable giving and enjoy increased and ongoing visibility for their generosity. Members of the Community Leaders Fund as of December 31, 2008, are: Martha B. Alworth; Barker's Island Marina; Richard R. Burns; Karen & John Fillenworth; Anne and Jon Holy; Helena Jackson; Howard and Barb Klatzky; Frances & Joseph Leek; Ann & Robert Mars, Jr.; Mary Millard; PLB, LLC; Fariba Pendleton; Arend J. & Verna Sandbulte; James H. Stewart; Donald L. & Susan C. Wallgren; and Thomas B. Wheeler.
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Community Opportunity Fund
Community Opportunity Fund, f/k/a Unrestricted Endowment is created by the gifts of many generous donors wishing to benefit the community as a whole. People from all walks of life have pooled contributions into this Fund, creating a permanent legacy for our community
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Cook County Community Fund
Cook County Community Fund, an affiliate fund of the Community Foundation, actively promotes private giving for the public good of the Cook County area.
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Douglas County Disaster and Welfare Fund
Douglas County Disaster and Welfare Fund was created in 1919 by the Superior Chapter of the Red Cross and residual gifts to the Superior Fire Relief Committee and later transferred to the Community Foundation. Income from this Fund continues to help the general welfare of Douglas County residents.
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Duluth Legacy Endowment Fund
Duluth Legacy Endowment Fund will provide support to the City of Duluth for public projects.
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Duluth Public Schools Fund
Duluth Public Schools Fund was established to gain greater visibility and support for Duluth Public Schools by supporting innovative and creative educational projects.
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Eric and Laurel Lein Family Fund
Part of the Apostle Islands Family of Funds, the Eric and Lauren Lein Family Fund addresses the changing needs of the Apostle Islands Area Community Fund region.
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Eric Peter Person Memorial Fund
The Eric Peter Person Memorial Fund addresses the changing needs of this region.
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Eveleth Area Community Foundation
Eveleth Area Community Foundation Fund, an affiliate fund of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation, actively promotes private giving for the public good of the Eveleth Region.
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Fair Chance Fund
Fair Chance Fund encourages and enables innovative and collaborative projects which reduce long-term dependency on public assistance programs, decrease the effects of poverty on children, and provide opportunities for economic self-sufficiency.
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Four Cedars Environmental Fund
Four Cedars Environmental Fund, was established to provide financial incentives that initiate, stimulate, enrich, and assist programs and organizations involved in the protection, preservation, and education of the unique natural resources found primarily within the Western Lake Superior Watershed.
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C.E. Jr. and M.K. Fuller Fund
C.E. Fuller, Jr. and M.K. Fuller Fund, created in 1963 and later transferred to the Community Foundation, supports human service programs in the region.
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Fund for the Environment
Fund for the Environment reflects growing community concern and awareness of our interdependency with our environment.
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G.K. Smith Fund for the Physically Disabled & Visually Impaired
G. Kendall Smith Fund for the Physically Disabled and Visually Impaired supports organizations having services to people with physical disabilities or visual impairments as their main purpose.
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Global Awareness Fund
Global Awareness Fund assists projects that increase community awareness of our global interdependence and promote citizen participation in global issues.
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Grutzner Madeline Island Fund
Part of the Apostle Islands family of funds, the Grutzner Madeline Island Fund will support nonprofit organizations serving Madeline Island and its residents.
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Hermantown Community Fund
Hermantown Community Fund, an affiliate fund of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation, actively promotes private giving for the public good in the Hermantown area.
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Human Rights Fund
Human Rights Fund supports projects that promote tolerance and combat bigotry, racism, and discrimination in the Apostle Islands area.
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Jane S. Smith Memorial Fund
Jane S. Smith Memorial Fund encourages and enables organizations which provide artistic and cultural traditions in the Duluth area.
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Todd, Susan, Matthew and Hilary Johnson 2007 Charitable Fund
Todd, Susan, Matthew and Hilary Johnson 2007 Charitable Fund addresses the region's changing needs.
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John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fund
The Knight Fund was created to make one-time grants that address the following priority: Informed, engaged communities. The Knight Fund was created to make grants that address the following priority: Informed, engaged communities. Community engagement creates opportunities for ordinary residents to come together, deliberate and take action collectively to address public problems or issues that residents themselves define as important and in ways that they themselves decide are appropriate. Focus areas include: 1) Creating New Opportunities to Participate *Enhancing the role of citizens in local problem solving *Fostering interaction to promote trust, reciprocity and understanding among community members *Supporting collaborations between government and community leadership *Providing leadership skills to youth and youth professionals *Ensuring the community’s leadership reflects the area’s diversity 2) Supporting and Developing Community Leadership *Helping groups of leaders work together on a shared vision for the community *Investing in the convening and/or collaboration of leadership of essential community institutions 3) Creating Spaces for Engagement *Providing opportunities for cross sections of the community to share in cultural or civic events 4) Community Influence & Solutions *Supporting virtual and physical spaces where social interacting, public deliberation, and community activity thrive *Repository for engagement stories, tools and innovation The operative principles for grant making from the Knight Fund are flexibility and timeliness. Grants are made up to $10,000. EXAMPLES The following are representative, but not exclusive, examples of projects that address the fund’s priority: *Projects that make people feel more connected and engaged in community life *Bring people together to solve community issues or *Experience the community’s diversity *Innovative approaches to foster community engagement
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LaBounty Family Fund
LaBounty Family Fund, part of the Two Harbors Area Fund family of funds, will provide assistance to projects which promote economic development in the Two Harbors area.
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Lakeview Arts Fund
Lakeview Arts Fund supports local arts organization and other local organizations which undertake art projects.
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Living Legacy Fund
Living Legacy Fund is an excellent option for donors wishing to honor loved ones and friends forever-either as a memorial or on occasions of celebration.
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Lone Wolf Fund
Lone Wolf Fund was created to promote environmental education, particularly through programs which increase access for children who have a physical and/or mental disability; to advance medical science through research, particularly for cancer and diabetes; and to increase educational opportunities for international students attending post-secondary institutions, particularly in the area of academic support.
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Wildey H. Mitchell Family Fund
Wildey H. Mitchell Family Fund addresses the region's changing needs.
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Moline Family Fund
Moline Family Fund addresses the region's changing needs.
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Morgan Fund
Morgan Fund gives priority to projects that foster community pride or economically impact the Twin Ports in general, with a goal of making grants equally to Superior and Duluth
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Rails Endowment for Academic Arts Athletic Development
Rails Endowment for Academic Arts Athletic Development, REA3D, was created by the community of Independent School District 704 of Proctor, Minnesota. The purpose of this Fund is to receive, manage, and disburse resources for the lifelong learning experiences of district residents.
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Ruth H. Richards Fund
Ruth H. Richards Fund addresses the region's changing needs.
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Riverfront Community Fund
Riverfront Community Fund was established for nonprofit organizations serving the Riverfront communities of Riverside, Smithville, Morgan Park, Gary-New Duluth, and Fond du Lac.
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Second Chance Endowment Fund
Second Chance Endowment Fund, takes a creative twist by making grants to qualified applicants who previously applied for, but did not receive grants, due to limited Community Foundation resources.
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Silver Bay Charitable Fund
Silver Bay Charitable Fund will provide financial assistance to projects and programs that aid and support low-income residents of Silver Bay and its vicinity.
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William G. Strobel M.D. Family Fund
William G. Strobel, M.D., Family Fund addresses the region's changing needs.
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Superior-Douglas County Arts Fund
Superior-Douglas County Arts Grantmaking Fund supports projects and programs which help people develop an appreciation for the arts and to make a variety of multicultural arts experiences accessible to all people.
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Two Harbors Area Fund
Two Harbors Area Fund, an affiliate fund of the Community Foundation, enhances the quality of life of Two Harbors area residents.
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Weckwerth-Sampson Family Fund
Weckwerth-Sampson Family Fund addresses the region's changing needs.
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Wetherby Fund
Wetherby Fund continues a tradition of helping children with their educational and basic material needs, as well as helping them to appreciate nature.
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Dale Heimbach Wheeler Memorial Fund
Dale Heimbach Wheeler Memorial Fund assists projects that address children's education, chemical dependency services, family counseling, and women and violence.
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Henry and Sarah Wheeler Historical Awareness Fund
Henry and Sarah Wheeler Historical Awareness Fund Supports projects the promote awareness of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation's service area's rich, untapped historical legacy and inspire others to participate in preserving and promoting the region's history
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Wirtanen Family Fund
Wirtanen Family Fund, established in memory of Sylvia Wirtanen, encourages progressive social change, broadens participation in our democratic society, and promotes justice.
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Young Leaders Fund
The mission of the Young Leaders Fund is to support organizations that give young adults (ages 21-35) in Duluth and Superior a chance to lead or improve the quality of life for young adults. Priority is given to projects that provide financial assistance for leadership skill development, civic engagement, special events, entrepreneurship, technology, public relations, college and university community connections and awareness of career and economic opportunities. Grants range from $500 to $2,000 but special situations may allow for a larger grant to be awarded.
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