Consolidated Communications Presents $12,500 Grant to Educare Foundation
MANKATO, MINN. – The Consolidated Communications Community Fund is proud to continue its legacy of supporting the Educare Foundation with a grant of $12,500. Educare provide mini-grants that enhance educational opportunities for students in Mankato Area Public Schools. The grants enable teachers to explore new ways of expanding a student’s
Mankato Area Foundation to announce $50,000 grant for Spring Lake Park Outdoor Skating
The Mankato Area Foundation will announce a $50,000 grant for the Spring Lake Park Outdoor Skating and Recreation Facility on Jan. 26.Tours and concept drawings will be available.The recipients of the grant – the City of North Mankato and the Anthony Ford Committee will be attending.The grant was distributed as
Fallenstein All-Inclusive Playground Coming Next Summer
NORTH MANKATO, Minn. - The Mankato Area Foundation and the North Mankato Miracle league hold a ceremony to dedicate a portion of Caswell Park to an all-inclusive playground next to Fallenstein baseball field.The foundation announces a 2 to 1 matching grant for up to 60 thousand dollars to the Miracle League
Inclusive Playground Gets Name, Initial Funding
MANKATO FREE PRESS (October 11, 2016)—The Mankato Area Foundation was featured in the Mankato Free Press, announcing their gift today of a $60,000 grant to the Miracle League of North Mankato for Fallenstein Playground. The Fallenstein Playground will be an all inclusive, accessible playground adjacent to Fallenstein Baseball Field at Caswell
GMG Awards Announced
MANKATO FREE PRESS (October 11, 2016)-The Mankato Area Foundation was announced as a recipient of a City Center Partnership award for the category of Renovation $500,000 - $1,000,000 for Shared Spaces - A Center for Non Profit Collaboration. Read Full Story
Mankato Flood Wall Mural Dedicated
MANKATO FREE PRESS (August 24, 2016) - A project recently funded in part by the Mankato Area Foundation was featured in the Mankato Free Press covering its dedication ceremony. The flood wall mural, a 300-foot paint-on-concrete artwork, depicts a day in the life of the river, from sunrise to sunset. Read
Jim and Kathryn Vonderharr Set Up Donor-Advised Fund
MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, MANKATO LEGACY SOCIETY NEWSLETTER (Winter 2016—The Jim and Kathryn Vonderharr Environmental and Earth Science Fund is forward-thinking, generous and flexible in terms of how it might be used. The fund, which will be gifted to the University as part of the Vonderharrs’ estate, will allow faculty to generate
Shared spaces, shared resources for Mankato nonprofits
MANKATO FREE PRESS (December 26, 2015) - After nearly 40 years of dreaming about a Mankato-based nonprofit center — where nonprofits, large and small, could share resources and ideas — the Mankato Area Foundation has opened Shared Spaces, a suite of downtown offices with an air of respectability few of its
Mankato Area Foundation Announces Children’s Museum Grant
MANKATO, MN (July 20, 2015)—Mankato Area Foundation announces two grants totaling $105,000 to the Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota (CMSM). Grants were distributed from the David Christensen and Jill Evans Fund of the Mankato Area Foundation and the Page Jones Richards Family Fund of the Mankato Area Foundation. The grants