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Recovery Fund distribution at one-year mark continues long-term rebuilding efforts
With a widely-used expense reimbursement program completed, the Minot Area Community Foundation plans to continue using donated funds to benefit long-term rebuilding in the region.
Over the last nine months, Community Foundation staff and volunteers spent hundreds of hours sending out three rounds of notification letters to reach the more than 4,000 families or individuals impacted by the 2011 Mouse ...
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Minot Area Community Foundation awards $45,000 to the Minot Park District!
The Minot Area Community Foundation has awarded $45,000 to the Minot Park District as part of an ongoing effort to rebuild Oak Park and Roosevelt Park Zoo following the 2011 flood. The grant will allow the Minot Park District to pay for concept drawings and estimates for projects identified in the respective parks, including a feline house, African lion exhibit, primate facility, and children's museum at Roosevelt Park Zoo and an amphitheater and multi-use shelter in Oak Park.
"The initial planning and estimating will allow us to reach out to many corporations and foundations to solicit funds, and we will also be ready for that special donor who comes to us wishing to help, but is not sure what we need help with."
Ron Merritt - Executive Director, Minot Park District
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Minot Area Community Foundation awards $460,000 to the Domestic Violence Crisis Center
Minot, N.D. - The Minot Area Community Foundation awards $460,000 to the Domestic Violence Crisis Center (DVCC), as part of the ongoing effort to rebuild the region following the 2011 flood. The grant marks the largest one-time distribution from the foundation since its inception in 2000. The funds will help replace a DVCC transitional living 4-plex that was decimated by the 2011 Mouse River flood.
Following the flood, local donations to assist the community were channeled through the Minot Area Community Foundation. Over the past two years, the Foundation reinvested more than $5.8 million back into the community to help directly with rebuilding efforts; nearly $4.4 million in assistance has gone directly to 2,498 flooded homeowners. The Minot Area Rebuilding Fund is now in place to help the community with long-term flood recovery projects.
"We continue to serve as the center for community giving," said Ken Kitzman, president of the Minot Area Community Foundation. "There is no doubt that our community has changed. Our goal at the foundation is to help our community not only rebuild, but to enhance the overall quality of life by supporting key projects that will make an impact and address our community needs."
The foundation reached a key milestone in early 2013, with total distributions surpassing the $10 million mark. Since the inception of the Minot Area Community Foundation, more than 200 local organizations have been supported through 3,425 grants to the community totally $10,438,946.
"The foundation reaching $10 million in grants to our community is a milestone we are certainly proud of," said Kitzman. "Looking back, we have touched every corner of our community in some way. Knowing the number of people we have directly and indirectly assisted, I can humbly say that the foundation does makes a difference."
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MACF's Report to the Community
Take a moment to review the Minot Area Community Foundation's 2012 Report to the Community to see our great community impact and how your dollars are being put to work!
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