Nonprofit Development Impact

Nonprofit Development Impact

The Initiative Foundation partners with nonprofits across Central Minnesota to deliver quality programming. Training sessions help nonprofit leaders improve their fiscal health and management practices, increasing the quantity and improve the quality of services, and strengthen operations.

In 2023, more than 300 nonprofit and local government staff members received training through the Foundation’s nonprofit development programs.

 

 

  • 210 Gallery & Art Center, Sandstone
  • A Place For You, Pine City
  • ARC Retreat Community, Stanchfield
  • Bear Paws Arts, Hinckley
  • BI-County Community Action Programs, Inc., Bemidji
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central MN, St. Cloud
  • Brainerd Baxter Youth Center
  • Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation
  • Brainerd Lakes Area Economic Development Corporation
  • Brainerd Lakes Chamber of Commerce
  • Bri’s Lodge, Waite Park
  • Bridges of Hope, Sauk Rapids
  • CAER Food Shelf, Elk River
  • Career Solutions, St. Cloud
  • Catholic Charities, St. Cloud
  • Catholic Charities Foster Grandparent Program, St. Cloud
  • Central Minnesota Dementia Community Action Network, St. Cloud
  • Central Minnesota Housing Partnership, St. Cloud
  • Central MN Council on Aging, Sartell
  • Central MN Re-Entry Project, St. Cloud
  • City of Baxter
  • City of Eagle Bend
  • City of Lake Park
  • City of Mora
  • City of New York Mills
  • City of Sebeka
  • Clearwater Forest Camp and Retreat Center, Deerwood
  • Confidence Learning Center, Brainerd
  • ConnectAbility of MN, Waite Park
  • Corey Borg-Massanari Foundation, Brainerd
  • Crisis Line and Referral Service, Baxter
  • Crossing Arts Alliance, Brainerd
  • Crosslake Historical Society
  • Crow Wing County
  • Economic Alliance, Sebeka
  • Employment Enterprises, Inc., Little Falls
  • Faith in Action Cass County, Hackensack
  • Family Pathways, Princeton
  • Flight Expo, Inc., Princeton
  • Franciscan Legacy Community Services, Little Falls
  • Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls
  • Friends of Linden Hill, Little Falls
  • Gilda’s Club Twin Cities, Minnetonka
  • Great River Arts, Little Falls
  • Greater Lakes Association of Realtors, Brainerd
  • Guiding Star, Ironton
  • Hands Across the World, St. Cloud
  • Heal, St. Cloud
  • Helping Hands, Holdingford
  • Helping Horses, Pequot Lakes
  • herARTS in Action, Sauk Rapids
  • Higher Works Collaborative, St. Cloud
  • Hinckley Fire Department
  • Horizon Health, Pierz
  • Isle Area Pickleball Association
  • Jugaad Leadership Program, St. Cloud
  • Kinship Morrison County, Little Falls
  • Kinship Partners, Brainerd
  • Lakes and Pines CAC, Inc., Mora
  • Lakes Area Music Festival, Brainerd
  • Lakes Area Pregnancy Support Center, Brainerd
  • Lakes Area United Way, Brainerd
  • Legacy Chorale of Greater Minnesota, Brainerd
  • Legacy of the Lakes Museum, Alexandria
  • Let’s Go Fishing in Brainerd, Brainerd
  • Lighthouse Beginnings, Baxter
  • Maadaaoonidiwag
  • Meeting Points, St. Cloud
  • Mid Minnesota Women’s Center/Alex and Brandon Safety Center, Brainerd
  • Mid-Minnesota Builders Association, Brainerd
  • Mille Lacs County
  • Morrison County
  • Morrison County Historical Society, Little Falls
  • Mount Ski Gull, Nisswa
  • My Neighbor to Love Coalition, Nisswa
  • National Inspection Academy, Baxter
  • New Life Thrift Shop, Little Canada
  • Northern Waters Land Trust, Walker
  • Northland Arboretum, Brainerd
  • Northwoods Arts Council, Hackensack
  • Oasis Central Minnesota, Little Falls
  • Opportunity Matters, Inc., Sartell
  • Outreach Program Brainerd Lakes Area
  • Parenting with Grace, Inc., Buffalo
  • PHASE-Industries, Sandstone
  • Pierz Area Food Shelf
  • Pine City Beyond the Yellow Ribbon
  • Pine River Group Home, Inc.
  • Port Group Homes, Brainerd
  • Practical Leadership
  • Premium Grant Services, LLC, Crosslake
  • Randall Fire Department
  • Regional Native Public Defense Corporation, Cass Lake
  • Relationship Safety, Brainerd
  • RISE, Spring Lake Park
  • Rivers of Hope, Brainerd
  • Ruff Start Rescue, Princeton
  • Salem West, Deerwood
  • Sandstone History & Art Center
  • Sexual Assault Services, Brainerd
  • Sherburne County Area United Way, Elk River
  • Smile Again Grief Ministries, Crosslake
  • Smiles for Jake, Brainerd
  • Southwest Initiative Foundation, Hutchinson
  • Sprout, Little Falls
  • Star Lake Wilderness Camp, Pequot Lakes
  • STARE Academy, Baxter
  • Stearns County
  • STRIDE Academy, St. Cloud
  • The Crossing Arts Alliance, Brainerd
  • The Optimist, St. Michael
  • The Rising Phoenix, Wadena
  • Thumbs Up for Mental Health, Elk River
  • Todd County
  • Too Much Talent, St. Cloud
  • Tri County Community Action, Waite Park
  • Trinity Lutheran Church, Long Prairie
  • True North Ranch Ministries, Merrifield
  • Tusen Tack, Braham
  • United Way of Sherburne County, Elk River
  • Veterans Resource and Enrichment Center (VERC), St. Cloud
  • Wadena County 4H
  • Wadena County Historical Society, Wadena
  • We Are Brainerd
  • Wellness in the Woods, Brainerd
  • West Central Economic Development Alliance, Sebeka
  • What Would Bri Do, Waite Park
  • WonderTrek Children’s Museum, Brainerd
  • Wright County Community Action, Maple Lake
  • YMCA
  • Youth Following Our Lead, St. Cloud