Memorial Hospital Foundation

2023

• Every Meal—Weekend Meal Program: $2,500
• Isanti County Commission on Aging—General Operating Support for the Cambridge Senior Activity Center: $10,000
• City of Isanti—Isanti Bluebird Park: $5,000
• Cambridge-Isanti School District—Increase Childcare Capacity in Isanti County: $1,000
• Children’s Dental Services, Inc.—Comprehensive Dental Care for 500 Children, Pregnant People and Families in Central Minnesota: $5,000
• Isanti County Commission on Aging—Sunset Room Phase 2: $5,000
• Isanti County Historical Society—General Operations: $500
• North Star Family Advocacy Center—Foster Parent Appreciation Sponsorship: $500

The original Memorial Hospital Foundation was founded in 1992. The fund was endowed with the Initiative Foundation occurred in 2017 to better serve the communities and advisory team. The vision of the fund is to see a healthy and vibrant population in the greater Isanti County area!

Local volunteers know their neighbors, share their interests and are invested in the future of the community.

By promoting local philanthropy, the fund strives to strengthen the community by connecting people, resources and needs. The endowed fund is a charitable investment account in which the principal contributions are never spent; only the earnings provide a flexible, dependable funding stream to support grants for local projects.

Building stronger communities doesn’t just happen.

It requires the efforts of many–each bringing their own unique talents, insights, strengths, abilities and willingness to make a difference. Helping people to do the most good in our community is what the advisory team strives to do through grant awards.

The Memorial Hospital Foundation welcomes and encourages grant applications from tax exempt, nonprofit organizations that are likely to have a substantial positive impact on health and wellness in the community.

Preference will be given to innovative programs that encourage volunteerism or community involvement.

Eligible applicants are those that serve people living and/or working within Isanti County and the surrounding area and include:

• 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations,
• community groups operating through a mission-related fiscal host with the appropriate tax-exempt status,
• school districts, or
• local units of government.

Grants will be made only in support of proposals that fit the fund purpose and that benefit the community identified in the geographic boundaries described above.

The Memorial Hospital Foundation Advisory Board will periodically review the minimum and maximum grant size. Our current maximum grant size is $5,000.

The Foundation will not provide grants to/for the following:

• Grants, loans or reimbursements to individuals or businesses.
• Expenses incurred prior to receipt of this grant award.
• Replacement of government funding.
• Religious activities.
• Lobbying or campaigning for a candidate, issue or referendum vote.
• Any programs or projects that DO NOT directly benefit residents of Isanti County and surrounding area.

Note to applicant: Please allow 60 days between the grant deadline and the start date of your project to allow for grant processing. Grants cannot be made for expenses incurred prior to notice that the grant award has been approved by the Initiative Foundation.