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Feb 2024 - Otto Bremer Trust Selects NDCF to Administer Community Responsive Fund

Otto Bremer Trust (OBT) Community Responsive Fund

The North Dakota Community Foundation (NDCF) awarded grants to 46 organizations from its Otto Bremer Trust (OBT) Community Responsive Fund in July of 2024.  NDCF was selected as a philanthropic intermediary partner to administer and distribute funds from OBT’s Community Responsive Fund to organizations in North Dakota. 

As a trusted philanthropic intermediary partner to OBT, NDCF serves as a local resource to provide guidance on regional challenges and opportunities, and community dynamics, ensuring that OBT is making a strong, positive impact in the regions it serves by distributing grants of up to $75,000 to support local organizations that directly respond to immediate challenges and opportunities in the state.

“We are pleased to partner with the Otto Bremer Trust to distribute grants to those organizations that are addressing some of the critical needs of our residents,” said Kevin Dvorak, President and CEO of NDCF.  “From our large cities to our rural communities, there are many nonprofit organizations that are finding solutions and addressing the issues that some of our most vulnerable citizens face.”

“We are simply THRILLED to be a recipient of $50K for our rural food program!’ said Karen Mathison, VP of Financial Development for the YMCA of the Northern Sky. “When school is out, the meals that some children received are now gone. Summer can be long when you are hungry.  We will be in the communities of Warwick, Mayville and Minto in North Dakota.  In Warwick, there are 380 children under 18 years of age and 72% of them qualify for free or reduced meals during the school year.  With this grant, we can feed children who otherwise would not have reliable food access June through August.”

“The Otto Bremer Trust’s Community Responsive Fund was created as a way to ensure that its investments go to those organizations where there are unmet needs and opportunities,” said Dan Reardon, co-CEO and trustee, OBT. “By partnering with NDCF to provide insight and to administer this fund, we will continue to make an increased impact in North Dakota, and this recent grant to the YMCA of the Northern Sky is just one example of the many ways in which we are doing just that.”

The complete listing of grantees, their city, and their OBT Community Responsive Fund grant award is listed below.