Early Literacy 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 offering funding for early literacy initiatives, including free books and related resources.
Past recipients of this program
Recent awards under this program (from Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation's IRS filings)
Tri-City United Early Learning
Montgomery, MN · 2024
$10K
1 grant in Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation's 2024 filings reference “Early Literacy Grants” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.
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
- Literacy
- Education
Categories
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