MACF supports Beginning Community Band
The Minot Area Community Foundation has granted $20,000 to the Division of Performing Arts at Minot State University in support of their Beginning Community Band program. This grant is made possible through the Chuck & Madge Westlie and Evelyn Sampson funds and will go towards the purchase of instruments. The program, which started in February […]
2021 Annual Report
The Minot Area Community Foundation’s Annual Report is now available!
2021 Donation Station Challenge Grant Results
The Minot Area Community Foundation (MACF) recently ended their 4th Annual Food Pantry Challenge Grant. The Challenge Grant, which is made possible by The Arnold I. Besserud Fund, offers organizations the opportunity to earn extra dollars for area food pantries by collecting at least 1,000 pounds of food utilizing the Donation Station for their event. […]
Minot Symphony Orchestra Grant
The Minot Symphony Association has been awarded a grant through the Minot Area Community Foundation to upgrade the livestream technology in Ann Nicole Nelson Hall at Minot State University. The Minot Area Community Foundation Evelyn Sampson and Mike and Dorothy Dolan funds awarded $15,000 to the Minot Symphony Association for the purchase and installation of […]
Power of the Purse 2021 Grant Recipients
The Minot Area Community Foundation’s Power of the Purse Giving Circle held their annual grant meeting in November and granted a total of $46,748.47 back into the Minot community. Organizations receiving funds were The Sanctuary Sober Living Home, Domestic Violence Crisis Center, Jim Hill Middle School, Sunnyside Elementary School, Prairie Grit Adaptive Sports, and Minot […]
Power of the Purse Bus Pass Challenge
Minot Area Community Foundation’s Power of the Purse launches Bus Pass Challenge The Minot Area Community Foundation’s Power of the Purse Giving Circle has launched a Bus Pass Challenge to help get bus passes into the hands of students who may be struggling to get to school. Power of the Purse will match all donations […]
MACF supports Backpack Buddies program
The Minot Area Community Foundation (MACF) has awarded $12,000 to the Souris Valley United Way’s Backpack Buddies program. The money was awarded following a monthly meeting between the two organizations where it was brought to MACF’s attention that the Backpack Buddies program had grown substantially since the end of the 2020/2021 school year. The sudden […]
2021 Donation Station Challenge Grant
The Minot Area Community Foundation (MACF) is excited to announce their 4th Annual Donation Station Challenge Grant to benefit Minot food pantries. Area organizations are invited to utilize the Donation Station in the coming months to collect items and stock area food pantries for a chance to win additional grant dollars for one of the […]
Celebrating 10 years of the Arnold I. Besserud Fund
Arnold Besserud was an extraordinarily modest and unassuming man. He lived humbly and established his network of friends through the soup kitchens and food pantries in Minot. He participated in these programs, sharing meals and establishing friendships with those in attendance. When he died, Mr. Besserud asked that the Minot Area Community Foundation see that […]
South Hill Softball Complex Grant
The Minot Area Community Foundation (MACF) is excited to announce a grant awarded to Minot Parks and Minot Girls Fastpitch in the amount of $100,000 for the construction of a new concession stand, restrooms, locker rooms and press boxes at the South Hill Softball Complex in Minot. Minot Girls Fastpitch was created in 2014 with […]