DULUTH SUPERIOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES LATEST GRANTS TOTALING $282,044

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 30, 2011 For further information please contact: Holly C. Sampson, President 218.726.

1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 30, 2011 For further information please contact: Holly C. Sampson, President DULUTH SUPERIOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES LATEST GRANTS TOTALING $282,044 Duluth, Minnesota The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation Board of Trustees approved at the September meeting $282,044 in grants from the following funds: Business Leaders Fund, C.E., Jr. and M.K. Fuller Fund, Community Opportunity Fund, Dale Heimbach Wheeler Memorial Fund, Fair Chance Fund, Fund for the Environment, G. Kendall Smith Fund, Knight Fund, Second Chance Endowment Fund, Superior-Douglas County Arts Fund and Young Leaders Fund. Leading nonprofits are innovating and collaborating to preserve and improve vital community services in an era of shrinking government funding, says Holly C. Sampson, president of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation. We stand in support of these community organizations as they make the hard choices necessary to survive and thrive in a difficult time. Grants include: Business Leaders Fund Superior Public Library Superior, WI $2,000 for Superior Public Library Strategic Planning Duluth Lighthouse for the Blind Duluth, MN $2,000 for Website Expansion and Upgrade Great Lakes Aquarium Duluth, MN $2,153 for Interactive Video Conferencing Development Program Minnesota Council of Nonfprofits St. Paul, MN

2 $3,000 for Performance Management Leadership Institute Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest, Inc. Duluth, MN $4,000 for Meeting the Financial Literacy Needs of Local Students C.E., Jr. and M.K. Fuller Fund The Salvation Army Duluth Duluth, MN $1,589 for Emergency Food Services Community Opportunity Fund College of St. Scholastica Duluth, MN $3,000 for Community Event on The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Great Lakes Aquarium Duluth, MN $2,847 for Interactive Video Conferencing Development Program Lutheran Social Service Duluth, MN $5,000 for First Year Program Superior Hiking Trail Association Two Harbors, MN $5,000 for SHT Construction Two Harbors to Duluth Final Connection Music Resource Center Duluth, MN $5,000 for Staffing and Organization Development YWCA of Duluth Duluth, MN $7,000 for Building Social Capital Through School Success Carlton County CHILD Network Cloquet, MN $7,500 for Jump Start 4 Kindergarten Early Childhood Data Collection System (PECC Data Tracking) Grant Community School Collaborative Duluth, MN

3 $7,500 for Expanding Opportunities for Youth in Poverty Sacred Heart Music Center Duluth, MN $8,000 for Part-Time Administrator Superior Public Library Superior, WI $8,000 for Superior Public Library Strategic Planning City of Silver Bay Silver Bay, MN $10,000 for Eco-Industrial Land Use Planning and Zoning Guidelines for the Silver Bay Eco-Park Community Action Duluth Duluth, MN $10,000 for Program Support United Way of Greater Duluth Duluth, MN $12,000 for Duluth Prosperity Agenda Duluth Children s Museum, Inc. Duluth, MN $12,000 for Building Marketing Capacity Duluth Playhouse, Inc. Duluth, MN $15,000 for Creative Collaborations to Connect to the Community Bong P-38 Fund, Inc. Superior, WI $10,000 for Education Outreach Coordinator Gathering Waters Conservancy Madison, WI $2,564 for Western Lake Superior Watershed LEAP Initiative Scottish Rite Foundation of Duluth Duluth, MN $4,000 for Parents and Children Communicating (PACC) Little Treasures Center, Inc. Duluth, MN $5,000 for Intergenerational Community

4 Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans St. Paul, MN $8,000 for Duluth Regional Employment Program Gender Matters Duluth, MN $8,000 for Early Intervention Referral Program Animal Allies Humane Society Duluth, MN $13,235 for Merger of Three Twin Ports Humane Societies Arrowhead Regional Corrections Duluth, MN $25,000 for Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) Damiano of Duluth, Inc. Duluth, MN $5,000 for Damiano Social Services Medical Arm Expansion First Witness Child Abuse Resource Center Duluth, MN $4,000 for Safe and Strong Child Dale Heimbach Wheeler Memorial Fund Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs Duluth, MN $2,061 for Women s Education Groups North Shore Horizons Two Harbors, MN $4,000 for Volunteer Capacity Building Fair Chance Fund Bayfield County Health Department Washburn, WI $1,500 for Community Wellness Program YWCA of Duluth Duluth, MN $3,000 for Building Social Capital Through School Success

5 East Hillside PATCH, Inc. Duluth, MN $3,152 for Mind 2 Mind Youth Program Catholic Charities Bureau Superior, WI $6,000 for Living Well With Less Fund for the Environment College of St. Scholastica Duluth, MN $1,298 for Green Rooftop Garden Demonstration Project Gathering Waters Conservancy Madison, WI $2,000 for Western Lake Superior Watershed LEAP Initiative Minnesota Public Interest Research Group Minneapolis, MN $2,000 for TRANSITion Duluth Lake Superior Energy Association Duluth, MN $2,000 for Return of the Living Green Conference G. Kendall Smith Fund Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra Duluth, MN $3,226 for Musician Hospice Program Knight Fund Generation W Virginia, MN $3,500 for 5-Year Strategic Planning Process/Business Plan Iron Range Partnership for Sustainability Virginia, MN $3,729 for Strategic Plan

6 WTIP North Shore Radio Grand Marais, MN $7,000 for Deeper Connection Minnesota Public Interest Research Group Minneapolis, MN $7,000 for TRANSITion Duluth Second Chance Endowment Fund Listening Point Foundation Ely, MN $3,000 for Web Site Update and Maintenance Gathering Waters Conservancy Madison, WI $3,436 for Land Trust Excellence & Advancement Program Music Resource Center Duluth, MN $5,000 for Staffing and Organizational Development Superior-Douglas County Arts Fund Lucius Woods Performing Arts Center, Inc. Solon Springs, WI $343 for Free Cihldren s Festival Minnesota Ballet Duluth, MN $350 for Behind the Curtain Superior Outreach Young Leaders Fund Minnesota Public Interest Research Group Minneapolis, MN $1,061 for Superior Public Library Strategic Planning The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation promotes private giving for the public good. The Community Foundation is a permanent community endowment, built by gifts from hundreds of individuals and organizations. Guided by a 12-member Board of volunteer civic leaders, the Duluth Superior Area

7 Community Foundation makes grants to nonprofit organizations and to individuals for scholarships and provides leadership on important community initiatives in northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin. Since its inception in 1983, they have distributed over $35 million and currently hold over 300 different funds, each with its own charitable purpose. Learn more at Regional affiliates of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation include the Two Harbors Area Fund (created in 1998), the Apostle Islands Area Community Fund (created in 2000), the Cook County Community Fund (created in 2003), the Hermantown Community Fund (created in 2005), the Eveleth Area Community Foundation (created in 2008), and the Chequamegon Bay Fund (created in 2011). ###

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