Resource Center

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• Community & Designated Funds
• Early Childhood
• Economic Advancement
• Educational Institutions
• Entrepreneurship
• Foundation Resources
• Giving Options
• Loans
• Minnesota Initiative Foundations
• Renewable Energy
• Student Enrichment

Community & Designated Funds 

• Fact Sheet :
  Community Foundations
  

• Growing Local Philanthropy:
  The Role and Reach of Community Foundations
  

• Measuring Community Foundations’ Impact
  

Early Childhood

• Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health
  http://www.macmh.org/

• Minnesota Fathers & Families Network
  http://www.mnfathers.org/

• Ready 4 K
  http://www.ready4k.org

• Zero to Three
  http://www.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer

Economic Advancement

• Minnesota Rural Partners
  http://www.minnesotaruralpartners.org/

• Southwest Minnesota Careers:  Information on Hot Jobs, Education, and Wages

http://www.swmncareers.org/

• SCORE (Service Corp of Retired Executives)
  http://www.score.org/

• Southwest Minnesota State University Small Business Development Center
  http://www.southwestmsu.edu/sbdc/
  

• Workforce Centers
  http://www.mnwfc.org/

Educational Institutions

• Minnesota West Community & Technical College
  http://www.mnwest.edu/

• Ridgewater College
  http://www.ridgewater.mnscu.edu/

• Southwest Minnesota State University
  http://www.southwestmsu.edu/
  
  

Entrepreneurship

• African Development Center
  http://www.adcminnesota.org/
  

• Becker Business Center
  http://www.beckerbusinesscenter.com/
  

• The Entrepreneur’s Assistance Network
  http://www.myeanetwork.org
  

• Energizing Entrepreneurs
  www.energizingentrepreneurs.org

• Latino Economic Development Center
  http://www.ledc-mn.org/
  

• Lincoln County Enterprise Development Corporation
  http://www.lincolnenterprise.org/
  
  

Foundation Resources

• The Foundation Center:
  www.fdncenter.org
  

• The Grantsmanship Center
  www.tgci.com
  

• GuideStar:
   www.guidestar.org
  

• Minnesota Common Grant Application
  www.mcf.org/mcf/grant/applicat.htm

• Minnesota Council on Foundations
  www.mcf.org
  

• Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
  www.mncn.org
  

Giving Options Resource Links

• BBB Wise Giving Alliance:
  www.give.org
  
  
• The Chronicle of Philanthropy:
  www.philanthropy.com
  
  
• The Foundation Center:
  www.fdncenter.org
  
  
• GuideStar:
   www.guidestar.org
  
  
• Leave a Legacy:
  www.leavealegacy.org
  
  
• MN Attorney General Charities Page:
  www.ag.state.mn.us/charities
  
  
• Minnesota Business Gives:
  www.minnesotabusinessgives.org
  
  
• Minnesota Toolkit for Giving:
  www.minnesotagiving.org
  
  
• National Center for Charitable Statistics:
  www.nccs.urban.org
  
  
• National Center on Family Philanthropy:
  www.ncfp.org

Loans Resource Links:

• African Development Center
  http://www.adcminnesota.org/
  
  
• Prairieland Economic Development Corporation:
  http://www.prairielandedc.com/
  
  
• Renewable Energy Marketplace
  http://www.renewableenergymarketplace.org
  
  
• Southwest Minnesota State University Small Business Development Center
  http://www.southwestmsu.edu/sbdc/
  
  
• U.S. Small Business Administration
  http://www.sba.gov/
  
  
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
  http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome

Minnesota Initiative Foundations

• Initiative Foundation
  http://www.ifound.org/

• Northland Foundation
  http://www.northlandfdn.org
  

• Northwest Minnesota Foundation
  http://www.nwmf.org/

• West Central Initiative Fund
  http://www.wcif.org/index.shtml

• Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation
  http://www.smifoundation.org/

Renewable Energy

• C-BED (Community-based Energy Development)
  http://www.c-bed.org/
  

• CERTs (Clean Energy Resource Teams)
  http://www.cleanenergyresourceteams.org/
  

• MN Dept of Commerce Energy Info Center
  http://www.state.mn.us/portal/mn/jsp/content.do?
  subchannel=-536881511&id=-536881350&agency
  =Commerce
  

• Renewable Energy Marketplace
  http://www.renewableenergymarketplace.org
  

• Prairiewoods Environmental Learning Center
  www.prairiewoodselc.org

Student Enrichment

• SW/WC Service Cooperative
  http://www.swsc.org/