The Minnesota Early Learning Foundation gratefully acknowledges the commitment of the following individuals, families, foundations, organizations and businesses that have supported our mission with financial contributions or donated goods and services. Without their support, we could not have developed the programs and evaluations necessary to find cost-effective ways of ensuring that Minnesota's young children from low-income or challenged families are ready for success in kindergarten.
Corporate and Foundation Contributors
3M Foundation
Allina Hospitals and Clinics
Best Buy Company
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of MN Foundation
Buuck Family Foundation
Cargill Foundation/Cargill Inc.
Cummins Power Generation
Donor Advisor Co-Investment Fund (The Minneapolis Foundation)
Ecolab Foundation
Emma B. Howe Memorial Foundation (The Minneapolis Foundation)
Flint Hills Resources
General Mills Foundation
Graco Foundation
Greater Twin Cities United Way
Health Partners
Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation
Mike and Linda Fiterman Family Foundation
Robert E. Fraser Foundation
Krisbin Foundation
LRE Foundation
McKnight Foundation
Medtronic Foundation
Opus Foundation
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Foundation for Children (The Minneapolis Foundation)
The Rosen Family Foundation
Roseville Rotary
Saint Paul Foundation (Mulcahy Family Fund)
Saint Paul Foundation (The Drake J. and Nan P. Lightner Fund)
Staley Family Foundation
SuperValu Foundation
Target
Taylor Foundation
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation
UnitedHealth Group
US Bank/US Bancorp
Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota
Individual Donors
Anonymous
Anonymous Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation
Julie M and Douglas M Baker, Jr. Fund of
The Minneapolis Foundation
Mark Banks, MD
Duane and Melissa Benson
Jess Benson
Peg Birk
Jack Brodt Agency
Nicole Cermak
Ricardo Colorado
Laurie Davis
Denise Garcia
Jean Garrick
Rob and Kris Johnson
Benjamin Kerl
Andy and Jamie McIntosh
John E. Mielke
Matthew J. Melbye
Paul Monson
Arthur Rolnick
Warren Staley
Tara K. Sullivan
Jean Taylor and Roger Griffith
Ronda Tebbenkamp
Richard Todd and Patricia Haswell
Parker and Albert Trostel Family Fund
of The Minneapolis Foundation
Andrea Walsh
Barbara Yates
In Recognition of…
Douglas Baker – by Ecolab Foundation
Duane Benson – by Medica
Duane Benson – by Rochester Area Foundation
Duane Benson – by St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce
Benjamin Fiterman – by Miller Container Corporation
Michael Fiterman – by Georgia Jacobsen
Michael Fiterman – by David and Mary Jo Lenzen
Michael Fiterman – by Grant Thornton, LLP
Frantzen/Nessen Wedding Guests - by Kyle Nessen
Rob Johnson – by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of MN
Rob Johnson – by Cargill, Inc.
Rob Johnson – by Healthy Child Manitoba
Art Rolnick – by Courage Center
Art Rolnick – by Fiterman Foundation
Art Rolnick – by Grotto Foundation
Art Rolnick – by HealthPartners
Art Rolnick – by Hopkins Rotary
Art Rolnick – by Louisiana Partnership for Children and Families
Art Rolnick – by Perbix Machine Company
Art Rolnick – by Plymouth Church
Art Rolnick – by PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P.
Art Rolnick – by Rochester Area Foundation
Art Rolnick – by Rotary Club of Minneapolis
Art Rolnick – by St. Louis Park Sunshine Rotary
Art Rolnick – by Wilkerson Associates and Bremer Bank
Justina Shoemaker – by Laura Murphy
Warren Staley - by American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Warren Staley - by Thrivent Financial
Albert Stroucken – by HB Fuller
Howard Weiner – by Amos Rosenbloom and Marsha McDonald
The marriage of Ian Whitney and Laura Murphy – by Paul Cantrell, Jace C. Bechtel, Cynthia Miller, Cailin G. O’Connor
On Behalf of…
Peter and Johannes Richter - by Caleb Maas
The Cornwall Family – by Mark Taylor & Jane Mercier
Madge Alberts – by Cathy Jordan
Candice Bartelle – by Cathy Jordan
Sara Benning – by Cathy Jordan
Michael Brott – by Cathy Jordan
Ellen Lepinsky – by Cathy Jordan
Nick Leonard – by Cathy Jordan
Cari Michaels – by Cathy Jordan
Special Thanks to:
General Mills for marketing assistance to MELF
Target Foundation for gift cards to parents participating in Parent Aware focus groups
Leveraged Resources
In addition to direct grants and donations that have been made to the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation, we have leveraged $10 million from other organizations and units of government for MELF activities.
