A picture of St. Cloud, MN featuring a quote from the Social Equity Dashboard: Greater St. Cloud's population is becoming increasingly racially and ethnically diverse. As a share of the region's population, communities of color have doubled in the last decade and are up from 11% in 2010 to 22% in 2020.

Social Equity in Focus

The Amherst H. Wilder Foundation recently released its research on Social Equity in St. Cloud.

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A picture of St. Cloud, MN featuring a quote from the Social Equity Dashboard:

Social Equity in Focus

The Amherst H. Wilder Foundation recently released its research on Social Equity in St. Cloud.

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A picture of St. Cloud, MN featuring a quote from the Social Equity Dashboard: All races and ethnicities see higher poverty rates in the Greater St. Cloud region than in Minnesota or the Twin Cities region.

Social Equity in Focus

The Amherst H. Wilder Foundation recently released its research on Social Equity in St. Cloud.

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A picture of St. Cloud, MN featuring a quote from the Social Equity Dashboard:

Social Equity in Focus

The Amherst H. Wilder Foundation recently released its research on Social Equity in St. Cloud.

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A picture of St. Cloud, MN featuring a quote from the Social Equity Dashboard: The number of lower-income residents in the Greater St. Cloud area living in cost-burdened households is severe. Two-thirds of White low-income residents and three-quarters of low-income residents of color are cost-burdened.

Social Equity in Focus

The Amherst H. Wilder Foundation recently released its research on Social Equity in St. Cloud.

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The Yellow Springs Community Children’s Center has a long tradition of caring for our youngest residents, emphasizing the value of play and outdoor time while also exposing children to technological tools for learning. A 2009 grant of $15,000 assisted with a campaign to address immediate capital improvements, including fence replacement, interior paint and new carpeting.
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GRANT INFORMATION

Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) for the 2025 Winter/Spring grant cycle are due by January 10, 2025. Other grants are by invitation only.
PAST RECIPIENTS

PAST RECIPIENTS

Since 2003, the Foundation has donated over $44 million in grants to a wide range of charitable organizations.
ABOUT THE FOUNDATION

ABOUT THE FOUNDATION

Based in Yellow Springs, Ohio, the Foundation continues to reflect the interests of the family.

A Private Family Foundation for Charitable Giving

Lee and Vicki Morgan established the Morgan Family Foundation in 2003 as a vehicle for family philanthropy.

The Foundation awards grants for charitable purposes, primarily in Yellow Springs, Ohio and St. Cloud, Minnesota. Foundation giving totaled over $2 million in 2023.

Greater St. Cloud Equity Dashboard


The Morgan Family Foundation seeks a just society in which all individuals have ample opportunities to thrive and where outcomes are not determined by one’s heritage, physical characteristics, beliefs, residence, or inclusion in any particular group.

Community leaders and residents will need to rely on credible data to advance social equity. With this understanding, communities are better equipped to identify and evaluate strategies, policies, and programs to address disparities.

With support from the Morgan Family Foundation, Minnesota Compass, a project of Wilder Research, developed a dashboard report to detail information about inequities and disparities in the St. Cloud area. Social equity is central to the purpose of the Morgan Family Foundation.

Advancing social equity and reducing disparities in the Greater St. Cloud, Minnesota region requires a common understanding among organizations, community leaders, and residents of the disparities that exist. This dashboard offers an in-depth look at key measures that provide insight into the disparities and inequities that exist in the Greater St. Cloud region.

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DONATING FOR POSITIVE CHANGE

The Morgan Family Foundation has transitioned most of its grantmaking to our “Vision 2020” themes:  mitigating global warming in Minnesota; advancing social equity in St. Cloud, MN; and addressing end of life issues, primarily in central Minnesota.  The largest grants paid in 2023 in each of these themes supported the Farmers Union Foundation for empowering farmer leadership on climate and working lands; Too Much Talent for programming expansion; and the College of St. Benedict, to prepare nursing students to be more culturally competent leaders in end-of-life care.

 

2023 GRANTS PAID

A Pie Chart indicating grants paid by program in 2023: Environment/Animals: 40% Human Services: 29% Education: 16% Public/Society Benefit: 19% Health and Arts: 5% combined

 

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Yellow Springs, Ohio 45387-0561

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MORGAN FAMILY FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Seven individuals provide the governance for the Foundation, including both family and non-family members. They request that questions about the Foundation be directed to the staff.

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