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Funding Opportunities

Funding opportunities include but are not limited to:

  • General Operations
  • School and Public Programs
  • Collections
  • Digitization of Resources
  • Exhibitions
  • Historic Sites
  • In-kind Gifts
  • Matching Gifts

For more information call 651-259-3117.

Corporate Sponsorship

Interested in learning about our Corporate Sponsorship program? Contact Angela Casselton, Sponsorship & Partnership Marketing Manager at 651-259-3143 or angela.casselton@mnhs.org.

Donor Recognition

Gifts of $250 and above are acknowledged in the Society’s annual report, in our History Matters newsletter mailed to over 19,000 households, and on the Society’s corporate/foundation web page.

Gifts of $1,000 or more are recognized on our donor panels at the entrances of the Minnesota History Museum, St. Paul, and Mill City Museum, Minneapolis.

Funding support for programs and exhibitions are also recognized in a variety of ways including mailings, hand-outs and project specific donor panels.

FY09 Donors

The Minnesota Historical Society gratefully acknowledges the following corporations, foundations, organizations and government grant programs that have generously supported our programs and special projects during the past year.

Guarantor: $25,000+
Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation
Cargill Foundation
General Mills Foundation
George A. MacPherson Fund
Target Foundation

Benefactor: $15,000-24,999
Illinois State University
MAHADH Fund of HRK Foundation
RAFT Charitable Foundation

Founder:  $10,000-14,999
Archer Daniels Midland Company
Farfellow Foundation
Art and Martha Kaemmer Fund of HRK Foundation
McNeely Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota

Partner:  $5,000-9,999
3M Foundation
Andersen Corporate Foundation
Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation
Athwin Foundation
Federated Insurance Company
Grand Rapids Area Community Foundation
Hardenbergh Foundation
Anna M. Heilmaier Charitable Foundation
Marbrook Foundation
Meristem
The National Grange
Piper Jaffray Companies, Inc.
Margaret Rivers Fund

Leader:  $2,500-4,999
CHS Foundation
Imation
Steven C. Leuthold Family Foundation
The Minneapolis Foundation
Phyllis S. Poehler and Walter E. Stremel Charitable Trust
RBC Foundation - USA
Rahr Foundation
Securian Foundation
TCF Foundation
The Valspar Foundation

Patron:  $1,000-2,499
Elmer L. and Eleanor J. Andersen Foundation
The James Ford Bell Foundation
Dorsey & Whitney Foundation
Faegre & Benson Foundation
Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.
Hammel Green and Abrahamson, Inc.
Mayo Clinic
Pearson Education
Elizabeth C. Quinlan Foundation, Inc.
Rhode Island State Grange Foundation, Inc.
Sala Architects, Inc.
The Saint Paul Foundation
UBS
UMI Company, Inc.
Union Pacific Foundation
H.E. and Helen R. Warren Foundation
Watkins Incorporated
Henry and Sarah Wheeler Historical Awareness Fund
     of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation

SPONSORSHIP
Best Buy Co., Inc.
Touchstone Energy Cooperatives
UPM Blandin

SPECIAL PROJECTS
Katherine B. Andersen Fund of The Saint Paul Foundation
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation
Bush Foundation
The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Library of Congress
Minnesota State Library Services
National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Pro Suecia Foundation
Save America's Treasures
Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Foundation

IN-KIND
3M Foundation
A Time for Expression, LLC
DAR, Monument Chapter
Little & Company
Nortrax Equipment Company
Pearson Candy Company
Tapestry Folkdance Center
Two Rivers Resource Group
Valspar
Warners’ Stellian

MEDIA PARTNERS
89.3 The Current
City Pages
Comcast
FM107.1 Radio
KARE 11
KOZY-KMFY Radio
Minnesota Public Radio
Star Tribune
Vita.mn
WCCO Radio


Corporate/Foundation Philanthropic Gifts

345 Kellogg Boulevard W.
St. Paul, MN 55102

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Contact

651-259-3117 or
sherri.gebertfuller@mnhs.org

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