in grants since 2003
Most of the Morgan Family Foundation’s grants are awarded through an application process. Following is an annual listing of those grants approved during the last three years.
Please note that not all approved grants are paid in one fiscal year, and some grants that are paid were approved in a prior year (such as multi-year grants). Since 2003 the Foundation has donated over $48 million in grants to a wide range of charitable organizations.
Approved through 11/18/25
1. Annandale Area Community Foodshelf, Annandale, MN – $10,000 for General Operating Support
2. Arrive Ministries, Richfield, MN – $25,000 for Arrive Ministries St. Cloud Program Center
3. Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota, St. Cloud, MN – $50,000 for Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota: Advancing Equity Through Opportunity
4. Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Cloud, St. Cloud, MN – $30,000 for Pathways to Prosperity: Catholic Charities Financial and Housing Counseling
5. Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Cloud, St. Cloud, MN – $25,000 for Emergency Food Services Program
6. CAIRO, St. Cloud, MN – $50,000 for Fursad Fund: Building Opportunity for Low-Income Families
7. CAIRO, St. Cloud, MN – $35,000 for Supporting Newly Arrived Refugee Families in St. Cloud
8. CentraCare, St. Cloud, MN – $20,000 for PATHFINDER Program
9. Central Lakes College, Brainerd, MN – $100,000 for AgCentric: Cover Crop Financial Education to Support Farmers in Mitigating and Adapting to Global Warming – Part 2
10. Citizens Utility Board, St. Paul, MN – $190,000 for Consumer advocacy to equitably decarbonize Minnesota utilities over two years
11. College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN – $70,000 for Preparing nurses to be leaders in Advance Care Planning and End of Life Care
12. Community Sponsorship Hub Inc, St. Paul, MN – $35,000 for New Roots Minnesota: Growing Futures, Growing Communities
13. Connectability of MN, Waite Park, MN – $40,000 for 2025 growing organizational capacity to improve support of people with disabilities and elders in Central MN
14. East African Dream, St. Cloud, MN – $15,000 for Food Shelf
15. Ellison Center, St. Cloud, MN – $60,000 for Empowering Caregivers: Expanding Systems and Accessibility to Support Young Children’s Mental Health
16. End in Mind Project, Stillwater, MN – $25,000 for Content for web-based end-of-life planning portal
17. Feeding Area Children Together, St. Cloud, MN – $15,000 for Food Packs for Children
18. Fe y Justicia, Waite Park, MN – $20,000 for “Know Your Rights” basic education and planning
19. Friends of Career Solutions, St. Cloud, MN – $40,000 for CareerONE: Preparing Underserved Youth for Success in the Workforce
20. Girl Scouts Lakes and Pines, Waite Park, MN – $11,000 for Girl Scouts Take the Lead
21. Hooyo Hour Organization, St. Cloud, MN – $40,000 for Empowering Single Parents Through Mental Health
22. Initiative Foundation, Little Falls, MN – $100,000 for Nonprofit Academy and Financial Resiliency over two years
23. Kitchen Unleashed, St. Joseph, MN – $12,000 for Greater St Cloud Food Entrepreneurship
24. Lutheran Social Service Of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN – $35,000 for Empowering Refugee Families
25. Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid-St. Cloud, Minneapolis, MN – $90,000 for Community Legal Clinic Partnership
26. Minnesota Black Collective Foundation, Minneapolis, MN – $25,000 for MN LEAD (Legal Education, Advocacy and Defense)
27. Minnesota Council on Foundations, Minneapolis, MN – $25,000 for the MN Legal Fund
28. Minnesota Medical Association Foundation, Minneapolis, MN – $80,000 for Center for Advancing Serious Illness Communication Program Phase II
29. Minnesota Network of Hospice & Palliative Care, Rochester, MN – $45,000 for Operating Support for End of Life Concierge and Education
30. Onecommunity Alliance, St. Cloud, MN – $20,500 for Immigrant Housing Empowerment
31. Open Windows Books, Cold Spring, MN – $13,000 for Open Windows Books
32. Planned Parenthood Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota, St. Paul, MN – $40,000 for Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health Equity in St. Cloud
33. Planned Parenthood Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota, St. Paul, MN – $20,000 for General Operating Support for the St. Cloud Clinic
34. Queer Space Collective, Minneapolis, MN – $50,000 for St. Cloud Area Mentorship Programming for 2SLGBTQIA+ Youth
35. Reach-Up Inc., St. Cloud, MN – $10,000 for Social/emotional strengthening through conscious discipline classes
36. Sahan Journal, St. Paul, MN – $80,000 for Climate Journalism Rooted in Community
37. The Center for Victims of Torture, St. Paul, MN – $20,000 for Supporting Mental Health for Somali Families in St. Cloud
38. University of Minnesota Foundation, Minneapolis, MN – $75,000 for Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs): Mitigating Global Warming Throughout Minnesota Via Seed Grants (rural focus)
39. University of Minnesota Foundation, Minneapolis, MN – $49,200 for M Health Fairview: Street Community “Meaningful Conversations”
40. Vivie, Alexandria, MN – $100,000 for Expanding Efforts to Support End-of-Life Experiences
41. Yellow Springs Community Foundation, Yellow Springs, OH – $10,000 for Food Security and Wellbeing Field of Interest Fund to address food insecurity
1. 180 Degrees, St. Paul, MN – $30,000 for Growing organizational capacity to provide supportive services to the families of youth at risk for or experiencing homelessness in St. Cloud and surrounding communities
2. Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota, St. Cloud, MN – $50,000 for Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota’s Youth Mental Health Services Programs (utilizing a Trauma Informed Care approach)
3. CentraCare, St. Cloud, MN – $35,000 for CentraCare – St. Cloud Hospital Clara’s House Early Childhood Transportation
4. CentraCare, St. Cloud, MN – $10,000 for PATHFINDER Program – Inform and Inspire Older Adults to Find Their ACP Path
5. Central Minnesota Community Empowerment Organization, St. Cloud, MN – $40,000 for General operating support for CMCEO community work
6. Central Minnesota Habitat for Humanity, St. Cloud, MN – $40,000 for Funding for High School Trades Partnership
7. Citizens Utility Board, St. Paul, MN – $100,000 for consumer advocacy to equitably decarbonize home energy throughout Minnesota
8. Climate Land Leaders, Minneapolis, MN – $200,000 for Activating Greater Minnesota Climate Land Leaders over two years
9. CommunityGiving, St. Cloud, MN – $50,000 for Dialogue to Action
10. End in Mind Project, Stillwater, MN – $2,000 for “Grave Concerns” Podcast
11. Environmental Initiative, Minneapolis, MN – $10,000 for Education of Voters on Equitable Distribution of Lottery Funding for the Environment
12. Farmers Union Foundation, St. Paul, MN – $100,000 for Advancing farmer leadership in climate and working lands
13. Fe y Justicia, Waite Park, MN – $65,000 for Building Community Power with Latinos in St. Cloud: Wraparound Support with Labor Rights, Health, Education, and Financial Stability
14. Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate, Minneapolis, MN – $300,000 for Expanding and Activating Health Professional Voices for Climate Action over three years
15. Honoring Choices, St. Cloud, MN – $120,000 for General Operations and a Fundraising Match over two years
16. Homeless Helping Homeless, St. Cloud, MN – $65,000 for Lincoln Center Staffing
17. Jugaad Leadership Program, St. Cloud, MN – $25,000 for Jugaad Leadership Program Support
18. Junior Achievement North – St. Cloud Area, St. Paul, MN – $25,000 for JA North: Expanding Education Programs for Systemically Excluded Student Populations in St. Cloud
19. Kids Fighting Hunger, Sauk Rapids, MN – $20,000 for Growing Inclusivity to Empower our Youth
20. Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance Incorporated, Minneapolis, MN – $55,000 for Legal Aid and Promise Neighborhood Partnership
21. Minnesota Death Collaborative, Stillwater, MN – $25,000 for MN Death Collaborative (MNDC) Capacity Building Grant
22. Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Winona, MN – $150,000 for Building Climate Consciousness and Culture: Capacity support for Associate Curator of Clean Water and Climate over two years
23. Minnesota Network of Hospice & Palliative Care, Arden Hills, MN – $38,500 for Community Outreach and Education Program
24. Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, St. Paul, MN – $25,000 for Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health Equity in St. Cloud
25. Recovery Community Network Inc, St. Cloud, MN – $25,000 for RCN Cultural Competent Peer Support
26. St. Cloud Area Family YMCA, St. Cloud, MN – $15,000 for Social Services: Parent Enrichment and Supervised Visitation Programs
27. St. Cloud Technical and Community College Foundation, St. Cloud, MN – $150,000 for First-Gen Forward over two years
28. Tiny News Collective, Philadelphia, PA – $20,000 for End of Life Grant for Project Optimist Series
29. Ultimate Success Insight, St. Cloud, MN – $40,000 for Capacity Building
30. What Would Bri Do, Waite Park, MN – $38,500 for Bri’s Lodge Health Care Directive and Grief Initiative
31. Yellow Springs Home, Inc., Yellow Springs, OH – $94,874 land donation for Cascades Senior Housing Project, Phase 1
32. Yes Network, St. Cloud, MN – $45,000 for Advancing social equity in St. Cloud, MN by helping young people build healthy relationships
1. 180 Degrees, St. Paul, MN – $30,000 for Capital Support for 180 Degrees’ St. Cloud Youth Shelter
2. Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, St. Paul, MN – $25,000 for Advancing equity with data: American Community Survey training series
3. Arrive Ministries, Minneapolis, MN – $30,000 for Arrive Ministries St. Cloud Program Center—a welcoming place for mutual learning, art exchange and friendship–bridging cultural divides over two years
4. Avivo, Minneapolis, MN – $30,000 for Avivo Career Education & Employment Services, Greater St. Cloud metro
5. Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Cloud, St. Cloud, MN – $40,000 for Increasing and Advancing Social Equity for Youth Experiencing Homelessness in Central Minnesota
6. Central Minnesota Community Empowerment Organization, St. Cloud, MN – $50,000 for General operating support for immigrant community work
7. Central Minnesota Housing Partnership Inc., St. Augusta, MN – $40,000 for CMHP Single-Family Housing Capacity Building
8. Clean Up the River Environment (CURE), Montevideo, MN, – $175,000 for Building the Capacity and Impact of CURE’s Energy Democracy Program over two years
9. Climate Land Leaders, Minneapolis, MN – $100,000 for Addressing Global Warming with Urgency and Optimism on Minnesota Farmland
10. College of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph, MN – $96,000 for Cultural Variations in End-of-Life Simulations: Preparing College of St. Benedict +St. John’s University Nursing Students To Be Leaders in End-of-Life Care over two years
11. Create Community, St. Cloud, MN – $50,000 for Expanding Create CommUNITY’s Capacity to Engage in Conversations on Race
12. Friends of Career Solutions, St. Cloud, MN – $50,000 for CareerONE: Preparing Underserved Youth for the Workforce
13. Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate, Minneapolis, MN – $75,000 for Activating Health Professional Voices for Climate Action
14. Higher Works Collaborative, St. Cloud, MN – $50,000 for Supporting the Black Community of Central Minnesota
15. Hmong American Farmers Association, West St. Paul, MN – $175,000 for Supporting small-scall Hmong farmers with training, support, and services to continue their climate change mitigation and carbon sequestration efforts over two years
16. ISAIAH, Paul, MN – $60,000 for Building Community Leadership and Advancing Racial Equity in St. Cloud
17. Islamic Center of St Cloud (ICSC), St. Cloud, MN – $28,000 for The-Improve Achievement Project (TAP)
18. Jugaad Leadership Program, St. Cloud, MN – $35,000 for Support for Connections and Growth
19. Knute Nelson, Alexandria, MN – $68,000 for Building Capacity to Enhance Advance Care Planning Systems
20. Lyricality, Sauk Rapids, MN – $27,900 for Social Equity for BIPOC & Marginalized Gender Arts Practitioners in Greater St. Cloud
21. Minnesota Death Collaborative, Minneapolis, MN – $10,000 for Minnesota Death Collaborative Statewide Conference
22. Minnesota Network of Hospice & Palliative Care, Arden Hills, MN – $52,000 for Community Outreach, Education, and Consultation Program
23. Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Saint Paul, MN – $25,000 for Advancing Reproductive and Sexual Health Equity in St. Cloud
24. Promise Neighborhood Of Central Minnesota, St. Cloud, MN – $200,000 for Raise the Bar over three years
25. Queer Space Collective, Minneapolis, MN – $50,000 for QUEERSPACE hangouts LGBTQ+ Mentorship Program: St. Cloud
26. Quiet Oaks Hospice House, St. Cloud, MN – $10,000 for End of Life Wellness and Education for Central Minnesota Community
27. Region Five Development Commission, Staples, MN – $75,000 for Clean Energy in Schools
28. Rise Incorporated, Spring Lake Park, MN – $30,000 for Partnership for a Successful Re-entry
29. Sahan Journal, St. Paul, MN – $180,000 for Climate reporting on Minnesota’s communities of color over two years
30. ServeMinnesota, Minneapolis, MN – $45,000 for Total Learning Classroom at Madison Elementary
31. Too Much Talent, St. Cloud, MN – $83,855 for Too Much Talent Programming Expansion
32. University of Minnesota Foundation, Minneapolis, MN – $75,000 for Minnesota’s Clean Energy Resource Teams’ (CERTs) BIPOC project seed grants: Round II
33. University of Minnesota Foundation, Minneapolis, MN – $30,000 for More Meaningful Connections through M Health Fairview-Interfaith Health.
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