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Child Care Finance Program

Northwest Minnesota Foundation

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Funding Amount

Not stated

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Overview

Geographic Scope: Northwest Minnesota (12-county service area)

Program Description: A financing program launched in July 2018 to assist child care providers and communities with financial and capital needs through flexible lending and grant products. The program supports both new child care business startups and expansion of existing facilities.

Focus Areas:

Child care capacity expansion
Support for child care providers
Quality improvement initiatives

Key Activities:

Provide flexible lending products to child care providers
Offer grant support for child care initiatives
Incentivize quality improvement and Parent Aware rating system adoption
Support community collaboration for sustainable child care solutions

Impact: As of October 2018 (three months after launch), the program had:

Closed 18 loans
Impacted 154 new child care slots
Supported 56 existing child care slots

What Northwest Minnesota Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2025

Grants in 2025: 89
Total given: $2.36M
Median grant: $16K
Range: $5,250–$201K

By dollars: Minnesota 99%, Hawaii <1%, North Dakota <1%. Top recipient cities: Bemidji, MN; Park Rapids, MN; Warroad, MN.
7% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
48% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

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