STATE OF THE FOUNDATION

FISCAL YEAR 2020

BUILDINGBETTERLIVES

Our Why

Since 1986, over $56 million contribu ted to the Northwest Minnesota Founda tion

Thank you , McKnigh t!

Lending as acharitab le activity

Becam e a Com m unity

Founda tion in1997

48% of our revenue cam e from

public supportIn FY20

Northwest Minnesota will be a place where

communities and people work together to foster opportunity, promote

philanthropy, and enrich the lives of all residents.

Our Vision

The Northwest Minnesota Foundation invests

resources, facilitates collaboration and

promotes philanthropy to make the region a better

place to live and work.

Our Mission

OUR CORE VALUES

Strategic Collaboration

Integrity &Responsibility

Boldly MakingA Difference

Community -d riven Econom ic

Deve lopm ent

How are Our Child ren?

Donor-cen te red Philan thropy

STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FY18 – FY23

~$2M - $3M a year in

gran ts

~$2M a year ingran ts, loans, &

technica l assistance

~$33 m illion inendowed asse ts

~$32 m illion inendowed asse ts

IMPACT SINCE INCEPTION

Loans:781

$30 Million

Grants:9,207

$44 Million

Jobs created or retained:

3,232

$83,430,885

$79,827,886

$75,803,558

$73,682,802

68,000,000

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82,000,000

84,000,000

86,000,000

FY20 FY19Total Assets Total Net Assets

$65.3 million

$3,921,736 $4,082,001

$969,290 $322,426

$9,295,453

$3,981,818 $6,044,618

$1,148,983 $391,292

$11,566,711

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$2,000,000

$4,000,000

$6,000,000

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$10,000,000

$12,000,000

$14,000,000

ProgramRevenues

InvestmentIncome

EndowmentContributions

Other Total

FY20 FY19

FY20 excess revenues over

expenses:$2,120,756

82%

15%

3%

Program Expenses Administration Fundraising

~$2M - $3M a year in

gran ts

~$2M a year ingran ts, loans, &

technica l assistance

~$33 m illion inendowed asse ts

~$32 m illion inendowed asse ts

$2,162,843in dona tions

$36 m illionin asse ts

$2,473,467paid ou t

PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS

64%13%

23%

Grants Scholarships Mission Related

COMMUNITY PHILANTHROPY

Ada Borup Community Fund

Technologyfor d istance

learn ing

Food she lves& backpackprogram s

Genera lopera ting for

nonprofits

DONOR-ADVISED GIVING

SCHOLARSHIP GIVING

Betty L. Murray Scholarship Fund

WITH GRATITUDE

~$2M - $3M a year in

gran ts

~$2M a year ingran ts, loans, &

technica l assistance

~$33 m illion inendowed asse ts

~$32 m illion inendowed asse ts

CHILD CARE APPRECIATION

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$30,000 low-in te rest

loans

$68,000 forgivab le loans

222 new slo ts71 re ta ined

slots

CHILD CARE FINANCE PROGRAM

New slots in the region :

1,554

Children & Fam ilie s

To strengthen the ch ild ren and fam ilie s in White Earth and Red Lake Nations via the im provem ent of fam ily structure th rough com m unity-led , com m unity-driven shared vision and actions and to deve lop paren t supports and paren t-led com m unity p rojects

In partne rsh ip with Ind igenous Vision ing, a na tive -owned consu lting com pany

Parents as Leaders (PALs) project is a two -generation strategy to bolster parental involvement while promoting lifelong health, safety and learning of children. The program integrates child development, strong cultural teaching and advocacy skills -building to have a positive impact on their child(ren)’s academic achievement, behavior in school and attitudes about learning. Families, schools and community organizations all contribute to a child’s achievement; the best results come from all three working together.

WHITE EARTH NATION

RED LAKE NATION Red Lake WaasabiikOjibwemotaadiwinImmersion Program

Project Ogimaa/Ogimaakwesupports parent leadership and engagement through child development, leadership and technology skill -building.

Collaborative ApplicantSupporting HUD Funding

Supporting HUD andMHFA Funding

4 gran ts, $50,000

Clearwate r Life Cente r – Clearbrook and GonvickMahnom en Hea lth Cente r – Mahnom en

Norm an County East School District – GaryGrea te r MN Managem ent – Entire Region

4 gran ts, $20,000

1 loan , $125,000

• Grants -- $100,000 total• ATV tra il im provem ents• m arke ting and prom otion• ch ild care rem ode l• park im provem ents, tra il head and

sugar bee t scu lp ture• com prehensive p lann ing

• Loans • 2 loans, $245,691

COMMUNITIES THRIVE -- HALSTAD

• Grants -- $100,000 Total• Softball field improvements• Safe harbor planning project• Benches for walkable community • Dream Big, Inc. community activities • Lao Assistance Center of Minnesota• Millennium Lao Association start up• OctoberFest , North Born Days• Warroad community signage • Folk School Warroad start up• Best of Warroad map project• Outdoor play space• American Indian education programming

• Loans• 2 loans, $125,000

COMMUNITIES THRIVE -- WARROAD

ENTREPRENEUR DEVELOPMENT

Combined for over 6,600 hours of technica l assistance and consu lting

to en trepreneurs and sm all businesses

4 winners$25,000 to ta l cash awards

$10,000 to ta l in -kind awards

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Moonlit AnalyticsMichae l Hendricks

Table for 7Am ber Lynne Cooper

F and H DesignTim Halbe rg

Not p ictured : Marty Fe il

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FY20 FY19 FY18

No. of Loans

$1,545,252

$564,236 $354,221

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$1,200,000

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FY20 FY19 FY18

Dollars Lent

ADVOCACY

• May 25, 2020 – George Floyd murdered in Minneapolis, protests and riots sweep the state and country

• May 27, 2020 – Officer Cody Holte of Grand Forks is killed in the line of duty

ADVOCACY

CONTINUOUS LEARNING

CONTINUOUS LEARNING

CONTINUOUS LEARNING

WITH GRATITUDE

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