MINNEAPOLIS — March 3, 2005 — The Carl and Eloise Pohlad Family Foundation recently awarded $357,300 for summer camp scholarships to 41 social service and education organizations throughout Minnesota. A complete listing of 2005 grantees is below.

Since 1999, the foundation’s summer camp scholarship program has enabled more than 4,600 Minnesota youth to attend accredited camps of their choice. Employees of grantee organizations selected this year estimate they will send almost 1,400 youth to camp this summer. Employees at grantee organizations identify youth, ages 9 through 15, who would benefit from residential camping experiences, assist youth and their families in the selection and preparation for camp, and award scholarships for camp fees and expenses.

Now in its seventh year, the program has is very popular and very competitive. Selected organizations met all requirements and also planned to collaborate with others, leverage grant funds with cash and non-cash resources to serve more youth and provide supplies, and strengthen their relationships with children and families/caregivers receiving scholarships.

The Carl and Eloise Pohlad Family Foundation is a private family foundation with a mission to improve the lives of economically-disadvantaged families and children and participate in projects that maintain or improve the quality of life in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan region. The Foundation has awarded more than $33 million in grants since 1995 and has $13 million in net assets.

Organization Name, City, Grant Amt
CommonBond Communities, St. Paul/$9,000
Community Action Council, Lakeville/$10,000
Community Action Council of Northfield, Inc., Northfield/$5,000
Crow Wing County Social Services, Brainerd/$7,000
Emma Norton Services, St. Paul/$5,000
Episcopal Community Services, Minneapolis/$15,000
Freeport West, Inc., Minneapolis/$5,000
Headwaters Intervention Center, Inc., Park Rapids/$10,000
Healthy Community Healthy Kids, Bemidji/$11,950
ISD # 11 (Hoover Elementary School), Coon Rapids/$6,600
ISD #12 (Golden Lake Elementary), Circle Pines/$5,500
ISD #281 (Thorson Family Resources), Robbinsdale/$5,000
ISD #286 (Earle Brown Elementary), Brooklyn Center/$10,000
ISD #473 (Isle Recreation and Education Center), Isle/$7,200
ISD #625 (St. Paul Open Schools), St. Paul/$6,000
ISD #690 (KIDS-N-US Program), Warroad/$6,600
ISD #728 (Elk River Area Schools), Elk River/$7,000
ISD #745 (Albany Area Schools), Albany/$5,000
ISD #831 (Forest Lake Area Schools), Lino Lakes/$5,000
ISD #883 (Rockford Area Schools), Rockford/$11,000
ISD #2448 (Martin County West), Welcome/$12,000
Jefferson Haven Tenant Organization, Hibbing/$10,000
Lutheran Social Services, Minneapolis/$12,000
Moorhead Healthy Community Initiative, Moorhead/$15,000
Mount Olivet Missionary Baptist Church, St. Paul/$9,600
Neighborhood Involvement Program, Minneapolis/$8,000
Northland Area Family Service Center, Longville/$10,000
PACT 4 Families Collaborative, Willmar/$12,000
PATH, Inc., St. Paul/$10,000
Pequot Lakes Public Schools, Pequot Lakes/$5,250
Perspectives, Inc., St. Louis Park/$10,000
Pillsbury United Communities, Minneapolis/$15,000
Polk County Social Services, Crookston/$11,000
Project for Pride in Living, Minneapolis/$5,000
Something Cool, Inc., McGregor/$5,000
South Central Children's Project, Mankato/$15,000
Three Rivers Community Action, Inc., Zumbrota/$6,100
Tubman Family Alliance, Minneapolis/$5,500
Valley Youth Center, Duluth/$11,000
Washburn Child Guidance Center, Minneapolis/$6,000
Youth Service Bureau, Inc., Stillwater/$11,000
Total Grants Approved $357,300