Early Care and Education Grants
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Address: 525 Florence Ave, PO Box 695, Owatonna, MN 55060
Grant program supporting early care and education initiatives as part of SMIF's Early Childhood Development focus area.
What Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 102
- Total given
- $1.89M
- Median grant
- $12K
- Range
- $5,169–$100K
- By dollars: Minnesota 100%. Top recipient cities: Rochester, MN; Northfield, MN; Owatonna, MN.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 53% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Minnesota Farmers' Market Association · Nerstrand, MN
"grow your green program
$100K
Renewing the Countryside II · Hammond, MN
Expanding impacts in southern minnesota's food systems
$100K
Village Agricultural Cooperative · Rochester, MN
Gaining critical capacity for farming entrepreneurs; food aggregation support
$80K
Families First of Minnesota · Rochester, MN
Childrens books distributed through early childhood program literacy grants
$61K
Region Nine Development Commission · Mankato, MN
Growing the grower's network; support underserved farmers in south central minnesota
$60K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Child care
- Preschools
Categories
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