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Southwest Initiative Foundation / Annual Reports / 2024 Annual Report

2024 Annual Report

January 2, 2025

We are a community of people passionate about making a difference in southwest Minnesota.

Ari and her young son play together in the children's section of the library.

We support local businesses, employees and families to foster economic mobility and provide grants and programs that create opportunities for all people to thrive in our communities. None of it happens without you: Your generous spirit makes southwest Minnesota a place like none other. Each year, we continue to see an increase in demand for our programs and resources. Your gifts help strengthen our communities to do good work together. Thank you!

$4,816,401

GRANTS from all funds

In fiscal year 2024, we awarded 686 grants totaling $4.8 million from all our funds to nonprofits and communities in our region.

$759,270 Aging in Place
$1,425,088 Economic Development
$1,540,092 Community Vitality
$352,498 Belonging and Inclusion
$739,452 Kids and Families

$2,786,482

LOANS closed by industry

In fiscal year 2024, we disbursed 59 new loans totaling $2.7 million to help launch and grow businesses in our region.

$37,778 Childcare
$30,000 Construction
$82,706 Economic Development
$50,000 Hospitality
$845,000 Manufacturing
$100,000 Nonprofit
$15,000 Real Estate
$261,742 Retail
$1,364,255 Service

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Conexiones grant builds community

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Artmobile grant grows social connection

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Gnometown Grounds’ grand re-opening

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A black and white photo of a rural farm with a two-story house, a barn, a silo, a windmill, and a clothesline with laundry hanging between buildings; grassy yard and fenced area in the foreground.

Estate gift means farmland can keep growing and giving back

Read this story Estate gift means farmland can keep growing and giving back

Review Our Financial Statements

The notes to these statements are an integral part of the financials. Please email us or call (800) 594-9480 to request our complete audited financials or financial statements from a previous fiscal year.

Note: Our fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30. More recent financial documents will be added as they become available.

Download Fiscal Year 2024 – Form 990 [PDF, 9.62 MB]
Download Fiscal Year 2024 Audited Financials [PDF, 1.02 MB]
Download Fiscal Year 2023 – Form 990 [PDF, 892.00 KB]
Download Fiscal Year 2023 Audited Financials [PDF, 579.72 KB]

Give Where You Live

Sander and Peggy Ludeman

An older woman and man smile in front of a decorated Christmas tree. The woman wears a blue patterned jacket and glasses; the man wears a gray suit and name badge. The tree is adorned with red, gold, and white ornaments.

“Home to us means both the community we lived and worked in and the many friends we shared a journey through life with, many happy times but also some difficult episodes that required love and support from each other. Our generosity is part of that love.” ~ Sander Ludeman

Sander and Peggy Ludeman are generous supporters of Southwest Initiative Foundation and their hometown of Tracy. Sander served on our foundation board for nine years, and his leadership greatly contributed to building our first-of-its-kind Keep It Growing℠ farmland giving program.

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