MINNEAPOLIS – February 4, 2005 — During 2004, the Carl and Eloise Pohlad Family Foundation committed more than $9.5 million in grants to 115 organizations.

Eleven capital grants make up almost 80% of the total funds approved. Arts, education, health care, economic development and other community projects were selected to receive grants.

Park Nicollet Foundation received a $3.5 million commitment to provide primary health care to underserved and uninsured populations through endowment and immediate support for expansion of its Community Clinic and Caring Clinic programs ($2 million); to help build a new Eating Disorders facility ($1 million); and to support important Diabetes Research ($500,000). A few months after her death, the Foundation remembered Eloise O’Rourke Pohlad, with a $1 million grant to the Sisters of St. Joseph Ministries Foundation capital campaign. One-half of this grant will add to the Sister’s endowment fund for community programs, and the remaining half will be used to immediately support programs experiencing high demand.

“Grants to Park Nicollet and the Sisters of St. Joseph recognize important family ties,” said William Pohlad, President of the Foundation. “For more than 40 years, my father was actively involved with Park Nicollet/Methodist Hospital. And our mother, Eloise, was a founding member of the Sisters of St. Joseph Ministries Foundation. We honor their community service by providing support that allows each organization to immediately expand their services to people in need and ensure future provision of these services through endowment funds.”

Foundation initiatives supporting children and youth continued and increased during 2004. The Summer Camp Scholarship initiative completed its sixth year by providing more than $340,000 to 42 organizations that sent 1,100 youth to camp. The After School Academic Enrichment initiative, in its second year, granted $240,000 to 26 organizations assisting Twin Cities’ metro area youth. The Horatio Alger Association selected 42 graduating high school seniors from the Twin Cities to receive $2,500 college scholarships. And the Foundation’s Summer Youth Employment Initiative, created in 2004, provided a two-year, $200,000 grant to the Independent Community Bankers of Minnesota (ICBM). ICBM member banks successfully employed 43 high school students during 2004 and plan to hire as many as 75 students during the 2005 summer.

The Carl and Eloise Pohlad Family Foundation is a private family foundation. Since 1999, the foundation has approved more than $33 million in grants. The Foundation carries out its mission – to improve the lives of economically disadvantaged families and children, and support projects that maintain or improve the quality of life in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area – by providing support to nonprofit organizations through a proactive community grants program, by creating its own initiatives and directing support to organizations that are important to family members.

The following is a complete list of grants approved during 2004, and the list of Twin Cities students selected to receive college scholarships funded by the Foundation and administered by the Horatio Alger Association.

Foundation Initiatives

Summer Camp Scholarships
The Basilica of Saint Mary / $4,000
Chicanos Latinos Unidos En Servicio, Inc. (CLUES) / $5,400
CommonBond Communities / $9,000
Community Action Council / $9,800
Episcopal Community Services / $15,000
Family Means / $2,700
Freeport West, Incorporated / $5,000
Headwaters Intervention Center, Inc. / $12,250
ISD #11 – Hoover Elementary School / $6,600
ISD #186 – Pequot Lakes Public School) / $6,000
ISD #248 – Martin County West / $10,000
ISD #279 – Park Brook Elementary / $12,600
ISD #281 – Thorson Family Resource Center / $5,200
ISD #473 – Isle Recreation & Education Center / $7,200
ISD #625 – St. Paul Open School / $6,300
ISD #728 – Elk River Area Schools / $6,200
ISD #745 – Albany Area Schools / $4,800
ISD #831 – Lino Lakes Elementary / $5,500
ISD #883 – Rockford Area Public Schools / $11,000
Jefferson-Haven Tenant Organization / $7,000
Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis / $6,600
Lao Family Community of Minnesota, Inc. / $7,000
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota / $11,900
Moorhead Healthy Community Initiative / $13,500
Mount Olivet Missionary Baptist Church / $9,600
Neighborhood Involvement Program / $8,000
Northfield Community Action Center / $5,000
Northland Area Family Service Center / $9,500
PACT 4 Families Collaborative / $12,200
Pillsbury United Communities / $15,000
Polk County Social Services / $11,000
The Portage for Youth / $5,500
Professional Association of Treatment Homes (PATH) / $8,000
Project for Pride in Living, Inc. / $3,550
South Central Childrens Project / $14,000
St. Paul Youth Services / $6,400
The Storefront Group / $8,700
Tubman Family Alliance / $4,300
United Cambodian Association of Minnesota, Inc. / $6,000
Valley Youth center (dba Welch Center, Inc.) / $10,000
Washburn Child Guidance Center / $5,500
Youth Service Bureau, Inc. / $11,550

After School Academic Enrichment
Academia Cesar Chavez Charter School / $10,000
Athletes Committed to Educating Students (A.C.E.S.) / $15,000
Carver-Scott Educational Cooperative / $10,000
East Side Neighborhood Service, Inc. / $10,000
Eftin / $10,000
Harvest Preparatory School / $5,000
Interfaith Outreach & Community Partners / $12,500
ISD #277 (Grandview Middle School) / $7,500
ISD #279 (Osseo School Community Education) / $10,000
Jabbok Foundation / $5,000
Kaleidoscope / $10,000
Lao Advancement Organization of America / $10,000
Lyndale Neighborhood Association / $10,000
Migizi Communications, Inc. / $10,000
Neighborhood Involvement Program / $10,000
Opportunity Neighborhood Development Corporation / $5,000
Perspectives, Inc. / $15,000
Plymouth Christian Youth Center (PCYC) / $10,000
Project Success / $5,000
Somali Community Services, Inc. / $10,000
Southeast Asian Community Council, Inc. / $5,000
University of Minnesota Foundation (Citysongs) / $10,000
Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation / $7,500
YMCA of Greater Saint Paul / $10,000
Youth Express / $7,500
YWCA Minneapolis / $10,000

Summer Youth Employment Minnesota Community Foundation, for Independent Community Bankers of Minnesota / $200,000
Capital Grants Boston College / $100,000
Breck School / $1,000,000
College of St. Catherine / $25,000
Horatio Alger Association / $1,000,000
Juxtaposition Arts, Inc. / $25,000
MacPhail Center for the Music / $100,000
MN Public Radio / $500,000
Neighborhood Development Center / $500,000
Park Nicollet Foundation / $3,500,000
St. Stephen’s Community / $10,000
Sisters of St. Joseph Ministries Foundation / $1,000,000

Other Grants (For general operations, programs or projects)
Admission Possible / $10,000
Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis / $10,000
The Basilica of Saint Mary / $50,000
Camp Heartland, Inc., to honor Paul Molitor’s Hall of Fame Induction / $12,500
Children’s Cancer Research Fund / $10,000
Citizens League / $5,000
Construction Career Training Program (CCTP) / $10,000
Cornerstone Advocacy Service / $25,000
Everybody Wins! Minnesota / $10,000
Family Hope Services, Inc. / $2,500
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center / $5,000
Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery / $50,000
Greater Twin Cities United Way / $100,000
Harlem RBI / $1,000
Home for Life / $5,000
InnerCity Tennis / $5,000
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International / $5,000
Main Street School for the Performing Arts / $15,000
Minnesota Dance Theatre / $5,000
Minnesota Minority Education Partnership, Inc. / $300
Minnesota Twins Community Fund / $50,000
PACER Center / $2,000
Project Success / $10,000
Risen Christ Catholic School / $2,000
Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church / $600,000
St. John University (Collegeville) / $50,000
Sharing and Caring Hands, to honor Paul Molitor’s Hall of Fame Induction / $12,500
Sisters of St. Joseph Ministries Foundation / $50,000
The Albuquerque Museum Foundation / $5,000
Three Rivers Park District / $5,000
University of Minnesota Foundation / $26,000
Voyageur Outward Bound School / $5,000
YouthCare, Inc. / $10,000

Horatio Alger Association – 2004 Minnesota Scholars
Kabiru A. Alowonle, Patrick Henry High School
Thomas J. Barott, Forest Lake Senior High School
Amanda R. Barrett, Centennial High School
Breena E. Bieber, Shakopee Senior High School
Nicole F. Bohr, Centennial High School
Rebekah A. Cramer, Minnesota Center for Arts Education
Bethel Deresu, Maranatha Christian Academy
Thai Thanh Doan, Coon Rapids High School
Melody B. Ellis, North High School
Nicole M. Erickson, Eden Prairie High School
Cassie M. Fisher, Harding High School
Charie L. Gill, North High School
Ashley M. Heutmaker, Simley High School
Amber Katharine Horton, Centennial High School
Sheng Khang, North High School
Leanne J. Kluk, Forest Lake Senior High School
Sondrinia E. Knox, Lakeville Senior High School
Breanne G. Kwatera, Fridley Senior High School
Blia Lee, Patrick Henry High School
Jinamao Lee, Patrick Henry High School
Pang N. Lee, Patrick Henry High School
May Kong C. LeePalao, Como Park Senior High School
Lena M. Leishman, Maple Grove Senior High School
Christine W. Liu, Roseville Area High School
Michael D. Marcotte, Centennial High School
Dorothy J. Martineau, North High School
Victor A. Martinez, Patrick Henry High School
Aiesha N. McCalister, John Johnson High School
Erin L. McKeignan, Lakeville Senior High School
Sean K. Olson, Eastview High School
Stephanie M. Richards, Richfield Senior High School
Oluyemisi O. Soyomokun, Breck School
Janette C. Spann, Coon Rapids High School
Karen O. Suen, Patrick Henry High School
Charlene Thomas, Central High School
Maly V. Tossey, Harding High School
Amy L. Wilson, Maple Grove Senior High School
Mary Xiong, Patrick Henry High School
Mee Xiong, Saint Paul Open School
Maria Yang, Eastview High School
Sluwar Zelee, Fridley Senior High School