The Otto Bremer Trust has awarded $10,296,101 in grants as part of its most recent grantmaking cycle.
“Being responsive to community needs has been a hallmark of OBT, and this round of investments exemplifies that commitment,” said Charlotte Johnson, co-CEO and trustee, Otto Bremer Trust. “Whether providing children’s dental care, job skills training, hunger relief, or supporting tribal populations, we are energized by the programs and organizations impacting the lives of people across the region.”
The Otto Bremer Trust, based in St. Paul, Minn., is a private charitable trust established in 1944 by founder Otto Bremer, a successful banker and community business leader. OBT owns 92% of Bremer Bank and also manages a diversified investment portfolio. The mission of OBT is to invest in people, places, and opportunities in the Upper Midwest. Since its inception, OBT has invested more than $650 million in organizations throughout Minnesota, North Dakota, and western Wisconsin. Visit ottobremer.org.
A list of grants awarded to organizations in southeastern Minnesota is included below. For a complete list of grants, review the full release on our website.
•Austin Public School District 492, Austin, Minn., $30,000. To pilot the utilization of neuro-mindset curriculum to address retention and goal attainment with adult basic education learners.
•Channel One, Inc., Rochester, Minn., $150,000. For general operations to provide hunger relief programs and food support in southeastern Minnesota and La Crosse County, Wis.
•Engage Winona, Winona, Minn., $20,000. For general operations to build, energize, and sustain a collaborative, inclusive greater Winona community through community planning and convening.
•Family Service Rochester, Inc., Rochester, Minn., $100,000. For support of the Clinical Academy to attract and increase the capacity and competency of mental health professionals to work in and serve southeastern Minnesota communities.
•First Homes Properties, Rochester, Minn., $30,000. For general operations to develop capacity for leadership in affordable workforce housing development for low- to moderate-income families in the greater Rochester area.
•Hospitality House of Owatonna, Owatonna, Minn., $50,000. For general operations to provide temporary housing and other opportunities for homeless men to achieve self-sustainability.
•Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association of SE Minnesota, Inc., Rochester, Minn., $100,000. For general operations to provide services to immigrants and refugees in southeastern Minnesota.
• Jeremiah Program, Minneapolis, Minn., $475,000. For general operations and capital support to increase social and economic mobility among families headed by low-income single mothers in southeastern Minnesota.
•Legal Assistance of Olmsted County, Rochester, Minn., $35,000. For general operations to provide free civil legal services to low-income residents in Olmsted County.
•Let’s Smile, Inc., Owatonna, Minn., $15,000. For general operations to improve access to oral health care, increase oral health literacy, and raise awareness about the importance of oral health’s impact on overall health.
•Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Saint Paul, Minn., $75,000. To provide reproductive health education programs and outreach to young people and community members in Rochester and Mankato.
•Saint Anne of Winona, Winona, Minn., $40,000. To pilot and implement the Embodied Labs Virtual Reality educational program, which builds empathy among caregivers serving individuals living with Alzheimer’s diseases or related disorders.
•Semcac, Inc., Rushford, Minn., $50,000. To provide emergency financial assistance to low-income households in Mower, Houston, Steele, Winona, and Dodge counties.
•Three Rivers Community Action, Inc., Zumbrota, Minn., $65,000. To provide comprehensive homeownership counseling, financial coaching, and resources to emerging markets households throughout southeastern Minnesota.
•Winona Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Winona, Minn., $75,000. For support of the REACH program, which provides opportunities for high school students to take part in immersion experiences that focus on workplace preparedness.
•Zumbro Valley Health Center, Rochester, Minn., $100,000. For support of the metabolic clinic that engages patients with co-morbid or complex conditions in long-term medical care.