Red Wing Area Fund Grant

Red Wing Area Fund Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: The Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
Last Updated: November 23, 2025

Summary

The Red Wing Area Fund Grant supports projects enhancing the quality of life in Red Wing, Minnesota. With a mission to initiate and appraise community projects, the fund seeks initiatives that reflect the area's unique character and engage a broad base of citizens. Eligible organizations include non-profits and public agencies, while grants generally do not cover operating expenses or support sectarian purposes. This ensures a focus on impactful, community-driven efforts.

Overview

The Red Wing Area Fund is a non-profit community based organization commited to enhancing the quality of life in the Red Wing, Minnesota area. Their mission is to imagine, develop, and initiate projects that enhance the character and quality of life in Red Wing beyond the reach or ability of existing agencies and resources. The mission statement reads: Our mission is to continue and extend the exceptional character and quality of community life in the Red Wing area. To realize this objective, the fund shall initiate its own projects and also appraise ideas and projects brought forth by other individuals, groups and organizations. The fund shall be responsive to changing needs and opportunities, especially those which have the potential to impact future generations. It will manage its resources so as to allow participation as leader or contributor in community efforts of major significance. Criteria Used in Reviewing Grant Requests: The Red Wing Area Fund looks for projects that: Enhance the uniqueness an character of the Red Wing area.Would not be possible without Red Wing area support.Will have an impact on a broad base of the Red Wing area citizenry.Will be judged as having a long term impact on the Red Wing area community

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. To be eligible, organizations must serve residents of the Red Wing area; must be non-profit organizations exempt from tax under Section 501©(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; or must be a unit of government or a public agency created by government.

Ineligibility

Grants are NOT usually made:To support operating expenses of well established organizations.In response to fund drives for sustaining support.To establish or add to endowment funds.For churches or sectarian religious purposes.To individuals