Business Finance Program

Community Reinvestment Fund
Ford Foundation
Iron Range Resources
Minnesota Power, an ALLETE Company
Northwest Area Foundation
Opportunities Finance Network
Republic Bank
State of Minnesota – Department of Employment and Economic Development
The McKnight Foundation
UMD Center for Economic Development
U.S. Department of Agriculture – Rural Development
U.S. Department of Treasury – Community Development Financial Institution Fund

Grant Program

The McKnight Foundation
SMDC Health System

KIDS PLUS Program

The McKnight Foundation
Emma B. Howe Memorial Foundation,
a supporting organization of The Minneapolis Foundation
Great River Energy
Minnesota Power Foundation
SMDC Health System
Qwest Foundation
Initiative Foundation
First Plan of Minnesota
Walmart – Duluth
A&A Enterprises
Junior League of Duluth
Bluefin Bay
Miller Hill Jeep
Member’s Cooperative Credit Union
Chuck and Jori Walt

Minnesota Early Childhood Initiative

The McKnight Foundation
The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation
The Sheltering Arms Foundation
Mardag Foundation
SMDC Health System
Minnesota Power Foundation
Blandin Foundation
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. Foundation
for Education, Public Health and Social Justice
Minnesota Power, an ALLETE Company
APEX (Area Partnership for Economic Expansion)
Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation
Rural Cellular Corp.
WDIO/WIRT-TV/Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation
Sam’s Club

Minnesota Thrive Initiative

Bush Foundation
The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. Foundation
for Education, Public Health and Social Justice
The Sheltering Arms Foundation
Mardag Foundation
Medica Foundation

KIDS PLUS Youth Leadership Academies

SMDC Health System
Walter and Valerie Broughton
Merrill Lynch
Republic Bank
Jeno and Lois Paulucci Family Foundation
Rotary Club of Duluth #25
Fryberger, Buchanan, Smith & Frederick, P.A.
Como Lube & Supplies, Inc.
Gerdau Ameristeel
Maurices, Inc.
M & I Bank – Duluth and Superior
National Bank of Commerce
Oneida Realty
Harbortown Rotary Club
Wells Fargo
St. Luke’s Hospital
Duluth Lion’s Club
Miner’s Inc. - Super One
Jeff Frey & Associates Photography
Superior Water, Light & Power
M & I Bank – Duluth and Superior
Murphy Oil Company
Genesis Attachments
Enbridge Energy Company
Superior Jaycees
Walmart – Superior

Northland Assisted Living

M&I Community Development Corporation
Opportunities Finance Network
Republic Bank

Regional Aging Study on Civic Engagement

San Francisco Foundation/Community Experience Partnership,
an aging initiative of The Atlantic Philanthropies

Minnesota Beautiful Program

Valspar Foundation