Category: Grants
HCI Receives Grant from Minnesota Humanities Center
September 24, 2025
Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) recently received a $72,980 grant from the Minnesota Humanities Center (MHC) to fund Sound and Sight Explorers, a new project to support 1,000+ youth in Rice County with no-cost art and music exploration experiences. Youth involved in PRIMEtime programming, HCI’s out of school time network initiative, are expected to benefit from […]
New SMIF president embarks on tour of southern Minnesota with stop in Faribault
July 22, 2025
By Chloe Kucera for the Faribault Daily News There’s no better way to get acquainted with a community than to take a tour of some of its unique businesses and organizations. The new President and CEO of the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, Benya Kraus, has been getting to know the communities she will be serving. […]
HCI Programs and Initiatives Awarded at WINGS Grant Celebration
July 7, 2025
HCI staff from a variety of programs and systems change initiatives attended the WINGS 2025 grant celebration on June 16 at the Northfield Community Resource Center. Representatives from TORCH, Growing Up Healthy, Northfield Community College Collaborative, and Youth Engagement provided information on the important services being supported in part by WINGS. Jen Barrientos, manager of […]
Rice County Family Services Collaborative Accepting Grant Applications
December 16, 2019
The Governing Board of the Rice County Family Services Collaborative is announcing possible funding opportunities for next fiscal year, beginning July 1, 2020. The mission of the Rice County Family Services Collaborative is to support the availability of comprehensive services designed to enhance and strengthen functioning for families with children ages 0 to 18. The […]
Rice County Family Services Collaborative Accepting Grant Applications
January 2, 2019
The Governing Board of the Rice County Family Services Collaborative is announcing possible funding opportunities for next fiscal year, beginning July 1, 2019. The mission of the Rice County Family Services Collaborative is to support the availability of comprehensive services designed to enhance and strengthen functioning for families with children ages 0 to 18. The […]
Rice County Family Services Collaborative Accepting Grant Applications
January 2, 2018
The Governing Board of the Rice County Family Services Collaborative is announcing possible funding opportunities for fiscal year 2018, beginning July 1, 2018. The mission of the Rice County Family Services Collaborative is to support the availability of comprehensive services designed to enhance and strengthen functioning for families with children ages 0 to 18. The […]
HCI Receives 2017 Bush Prize for Community Innovation
November 15, 2017
We are incredibly honored to have been named a winner of the 2017 Bush Prize for Community Innovation. Many thanks to all of our partners, collaborators, and champions for supporting HCI and our collective mission to help all youth thrive. Read all about the Bush Prize here.
Roger Jenni Investing in Youth Grant Announced
October 31, 2016
Healthy Community Initiative (HCI) announces the award of the second Roger Jenni Investing in Youth Grant. The grant, named in memory of long-time Northfield band instructor Dr. Roger Jenni, is awarded to Investing in Youth applicants wishing to share the love of music with local youth. The October grant will be given to Low-Incidence High […]
Youthprise Announces $579,000 Grant to Regional Youth-Serving Coalition in Southeast Minnesota
April 26, 2016
Social Innovation Fund Grant Supports Career Pathways for Minnesota Youth Youthprise announced a 3-year grant totaling $579,000 to “Tri-City Bridges to the Future”, a new collaborative in Northfield, Faribault, and Red Wing, including the MN Correctional Facility-Red Wing. The initiative will offer career pathways approaches for 85 youth ages 14-24 in the three cities who are […]
Two Northfield youth-led projects are 2016 “Serve a Smile” grant recipients
April 11, 2016
Delta Dental of Minnesota Foundation, in collaboration with the Minnesota Alliance With Youth and Minnesota FCCLA, has awarded $30,000 in annual youth service grants and in-kind dental hygiene supplies to 36 sites in 31 communities. These competitive grants are awarded through Delta Dental’s Serve a Smile grant program to support youth-led service projects that address […]