GTMD24 Prize Grants
GTMD24 Prize Grants
Every November, Minnesotans across our state come together to celebrate generosity during Give to the Max (GTMD). Over the last 15 years, our state’s annual giving holiday has helped nearly one million donors to give $330 million to 14,000 of their favorite Minnesota causes.
And while we know gifts are made to and from every county in the state, on- and offline, during Give to the Max, we also know that nonprofits across Greater Minnesota—especially rural communities—receive a disproportionate level of funding and support than urban and suburban areas. A statewide giving day like Give to the Max is a great time to support organizations that are working to help our rural communities thrive.
For Give to the Max 2024, GiveMN is thrilled to partner with five organizations to help amplify giving and sharing in Greater Minnesota!
Southwest Initiative Foundation, Northwest Minnesota Foundation, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, West Central Initiative, and Initiative Foundation have stepped up to be Regional Amplifiers for GTMD24. Through this partnership, GiveMN is able to add additional regional prize grants for their Greater Minnesota regions with this support!
Below, learn more about these regional amplifiers and the additional prize grants available to organizations in their region.
Every November, Minnesotans across our state come together to celebrate generosity during Give to the Max (GTMD). Over the last 15 years, our state’s annual giving holiday has helped nearly one million donors to give $330 million to 14,000 of their favorite Minnesota causes.
And while we know gifts are made to and from every county in the state, on- and offline, during Give to the Max, we also know that nonprofits across Greater Minnesota—especially rural communities—receive a disproportionate level of funding and support than urban and suburban areas. A statewide giving day like Give to the Max is a great time to support organizations that are working to help our rural communities thrive.
For Give to the Max 2024, GiveMN is thrilled to partner with five organizations to help amplify giving and sharing in Greater Minnesota!
Southwest Initiative Foundation, Northwest Minnesota Foundation, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, West Central Initiative, and Initiative Foundation have stepped up to be Regional Amplifiers for GTMD24. Through this partnership, GiveMN is able to add additional regional prize grants for their Greater Minnesota regions with this support!
Below, learn more about these regional amplifiers and the additional prize grants available to organizations in their region.
Find Greater Minnesota causes
Use the location and/or keyword search on GiveMN to find causes across the state. Add a county name to the location search to find nonprofits in the Regional Amplifiers’ service areas. When you give to these organizations during Give to the Max, you enter them to win special regional prizes, in addition to the full Give to the Max prize pool.
Find Greater Minnesota causes
Use the location and/or keyword search on GiveMN to find causes across the state. Add a county name to the location search to find nonprofits in the Regional Amplifiers’ service areas. When you give to these organizations during Give to the Max, you enter them to win special regional prizes, in addition to the full Give to the Max prize pool.
Regional Prize Grants
Regional Prize Grants
Thanks to the support of our Regional Amplifiers, we'll be offering additional generosity prize boosts to organizations located in their regions this year! By making a gift to an organization in these regions, your gift will automatically be eligible to be boosted by these prize grants!
Southwest Minnesota, sponsored by Southwest Initiative Foundation
$150 Early Giving Boosts, drawn daily from Nov. 1-20
$1,000 Regional Boost, drawn once from all gifts made from Nov. 1-21
Northwest Minnesota, sponsored by Northwest Minnesota Foundation
$75 Early Giving Boosts, drawn daily from Nov. 1-20
$1,000 Regional Boost, drawn once from all gifts made from Nov. 1-21
Southern Minnesota, sponsored by Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation
$75 Early Giving Boosts, drawn daily from Nov. 1-20
$1,000 Regional Boost, drawn once from all gifts made from Nov. 1-21
West Central Minnesota, sponsored by West Central Initiative
$75 Early Giving Boosts, drawn daily from Nov. 1-20
$1,000 Regional Boost, drawn once from all gifts made from Nov. 1-21
Central Minnesota, sponsored by Initiative Foundation
$1,000 Regional Boost drawn once from all gifts made from Nov. 1-21
Thanks to the support of our Regional Amplifiers, we'll be offering additional generosity prize boosts to organizations located in their regions this year! By making a gift to an organization in these regions, your gift will automatically be eligible to be boosted by these prize grants!
Southwest Minnesota, sponsored by Southwest Initiative Foundation
$150 Early Giving Boosts, drawn daily from Nov. 1-20
$1,000 Regional Boost, drawn once from all gifts made from Nov. 1-21
Northwest Minnesota, sponsored by Northwest Minnesota Foundation
$75 Early Giving Boosts, drawn daily from Nov. 1-20
$1,000 Regional Boost, drawn once from all gifts made from Nov. 1-21
Southern Minnesota, sponsored by Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation
$75 Early Giving Boosts, drawn daily from Nov. 1-20
$1,000 Regional Boost, drawn once from all gifts made from Nov. 1-21
West Central Minnesota, sponsored by West Central Initiative
$75 Early Giving Boosts, drawn daily from Nov. 1-20
$1,000 Regional Boost, drawn once from all gifts made from Nov. 1-21
Central Minnesota, sponsored by Initiative Foundation
$1,000 Regional Boost drawn once from all gifts made from Nov. 1-21
About the Regional Amplifiers
Southwest Initiative Foundation is a nonprofit community foundation supported by individuals, families, businesses and organizations who care about southwest Minnesota. They’re a trusted partner and a regional leader in making southwest Minnesota stronger through giving, economic development and community impact.
The Southwest Initiative Foundation region borders South Dakota and Iowa and encompasses 18 counties and two Native Nations. SWIF serves the counties of Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Swift and Yellow Medicine, as well as Caŋṡayapi Oyate (Lower Sioux Indian Community) and Peżihutazizi Oyate (Upper Sioux Community).
Northwest Minnesota Foundation is a force and resource for Northwest Minnesota, championing ideas that strengthen their communities. Working side by side with neighbors and local leaders, together they address today’s challenges and build tomorrow’s best future.
The Northwest Minnesota Foundation serves 12 counties and two reservations in Northwest Minnesota, including Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, and Roseau counties, Red Lake Reservation and White Earth Reservation.
Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, a donor-supported foundation, invests for economic growth in the 20 counties of south-central and southeastern Minnesota. SMIF’s key interests include entrepreneurship, early childhood development and community vitality. SMIF has invested over $162 million in the region since 1986.
The Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation serves the 20 counties of south central and southeastern Minnesota, including Blue Earth, Brown, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Le Sueur, Martin, Mower, Nicollet, Olmsted, Rice, Sibley, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, Watonwan and Winona.
West Central Initiative Foundation fuels insight and action for the benefit of their region and our world by helping to develop inclusive and sustainable communities by providing funding, programs, and technical assistance. By harnessing the power of collective action—nonprofits, businesses, community groups, government and individuals—WCI empowers big dreams and bold actions to help bring prosperity to its people, communities, region and planet.
The West Central Initiative Foundation serves the counties of Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, and Wilkin Counties, and White Earth Nation.
Initiative Foundation’s mission to serve the people of Central Minnesota hasn’t wavered since its inception in 1986. Its goal is to inspire hope and to create opportunity through its mission: to empower people throughout Central Minnesota to build a thriving economy, vibrant communities and a lasting culture of generosity.
The Initiative Foundation’s 14-county service area includes Benton, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pine, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, Wadena and Wright counties, and the sovereign Native nations of the Leech Lake and Mille Lacs Bands of Ojibwe.
About the Regional Amplifiers
Southwest Initiative Foundation is a nonprofit community foundation supported by individuals, families, businesses and organizations who care about southwest Minnesota. They’re a trusted partner and a regional leader in making southwest Minnesota stronger through giving, economic development and community impact.
The Southwest Initiative Foundation region borders South Dakota and Iowa and encompasses 18 counties and two Native Nations. SWIF serves the counties of Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Swift and Yellow Medicine, as well as Caŋṡayapi Oyate (Lower Sioux Indian Community) and Peżihutazizi Oyate (Upper Sioux Community).
Northwest Minnesota Foundation is a force and resource for Northwest Minnesota, championing ideas that strengthen their communities. Working side by side with neighbors and local leaders, together they address today’s challenges and build tomorrow’s best future.
The Northwest Minnesota Foundation serves 12 counties and two reservations in Northwest Minnesota, including Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, and Roseau counties, Red Lake Reservation and White Earth Reservation.
Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, a donor-supported foundation, invests for economic growth in the 20 counties of south-central and southeastern Minnesota. SMIF’s key interests include entrepreneurship, early childhood development and community vitality. SMIF has invested over $162 million in the region since 1986.
The Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation serves the 20 counties of south central and southeastern Minnesota, including Blue Earth, Brown, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Le Sueur, Martin, Mower, Nicollet, Olmsted, Rice, Sibley, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, Watonwan and Winona.
West Central Initiative Foundation fuels insight and action for the benefit of their region and our world by helping to develop inclusive and sustainable communities by providing funding, programs, and technical assistance. By harnessing the power of collective action—nonprofits, businesses, community groups, government and individuals—WCI empowers big dreams and bold actions to help bring prosperity to its people, communities, region and planet.
The West Central Initiative Foundation serves the counties of Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse, and Wilkin Counties, and White Earth Nation.
Initiative Foundation’s mission to serve the people of Central Minnesota hasn’t wavered since its inception in 1986. Its goal is to inspire hope and to create opportunity through its mission: to empower people throughout Central Minnesota to build a thriving economy, vibrant communities and a lasting culture of generosity.
The Initiative Foundation’s 14-county service area includes Benton, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pine, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, Wadena and Wright counties, and the sovereign Native nations of the Leech Lake and Mille Lacs Bands of Ojibwe.
About the Minnesota Initiative Foundations
In the early 1980s, declines in cornerstone industries like farming and mining were stripping rural communities of people, jobs, and hope. Believing that the people of rural Minnesota were best positioned to make decisions for themselves, the McKnight Foundation joined forces with Greater Minnesota leaders to take action. McKnight envisioned a regional strategy that would encourage local giving and local responsibility for the long-term welfare of each region. The experiment worked.
Today, the Minnesota Initiative Foundations are strong, independent entities that are built to respond to regional needs and opportunities. Each foundation is independent and serves its region with unique grants, business loans, leadership programs and donor services.
To date, the foundations also receive support from governments, other foundations, businesses and individuals who wish to invest in the future of their communities. In the years since, McKnight has invested a total of $285 million, which has fueled dispersal of $430 million in grants and loans since inception in economic impact across Greater Minnesota.
About the Minnesota Initiative Foundations
In the early 1980s, declines in cornerstone industries like farming and mining were stripping rural communities of people, jobs, and hope. Believing that the people of rural Minnesota were best positioned to make decisions for themselves, the McKnight Foundation joined forces with Greater Minnesota leaders to take action. McKnight envisioned a regional strategy that would encourage local giving and local responsibility for the long-term welfare of each region. The experiment worked.
Today, the Minnesota Initiative Foundations are strong, independent entities that are built to respond to regional needs and opportunities. Each foundation is independent and serves its region with unique grants, business loans, leadership programs and donor services.
To date, the foundations also receive support from governments, other foundations, businesses and individuals who wish to invest in the future of their communities. In the years since, McKnight has invested a total of $285 million, which has fueled dispersal of $430 million in grants and loans since inception in economic impact across Greater Minnesota.