Your gift makes southwest Minnesota a great place.
Generous support from the people, businesses and organizations that care about southwest Minnesota make it a region of opportunity. We offer multiple ways to give back in support of our mission and for the benefit of our neighbors across southwest Minnesota.
Together, we’ve got the resources to do good things for southwest Minnesota.
Make an Impact Today
A gift in support of our mission provides immediate, flexible dollars that help us organize and support community leaders, invest in businesses, support local charities, help organizations grow and improve, process gifts and grants and promote our region. Be part of the over $107 million we have invested in southwest Minnesota.
Make a Difference Monthly
You can provide a consistent source of support for our mission with a recurring monthly gift. Sign up to make a monthly gift in the amount that’s right for you. Gifts of all sizes are critical to ensuring southwest Minnesota is a place where all people can thrive. To set up your monthly gift, click the button below, make your selection and then choose “Monthly Gift.”
Invest in Southwest
The Growing Home Circle recognizes visionary donors who support us with an annual gift of $1,500 or more. They position us to do more through generous financial support of both our permanent endowment fund and immediate needs in the daily work of our mission.
Our Growing Home Circle members have been and continue to be critical partners in our work. To date, the total impact on our general endowment through the Growing Home Circle exceeds $10 million and can be credited for over $637,000 of current dollars in our annual operating budget.
Give in Other Ways
There are many tax-smart giving options to support our mission.
Other common ways to give include:
- Making a gift through your Individual Retirement Account (called a Qualified Charitable Distribution, or QCD)
- Giving appreciated securities, such as stock and mutual funds
- A life insurance gift
- A charitable bequest in your will or trust
- Establishing a donor-advised fund here, or recommending a grant from your donor-advised fund held elsewhere
These types of gifts often require time to prepare and process, especially at the end of the calendar year. We encourage you to connect with a member of our team early in your planning.
Donor Bill of Rights
Philanthropy is based on voluntary action for the common good. It is a tradition of giving and sharing that is primary to the quality of life. To assure that philanthropy merits the respect and trust of the general public, and that donors and prospective donors can have full confidence in the not-for-profit organizations and causes they are asked to support, we declare that all donors have these rights:
I. To be informed of the organization’s mission, of the way the organization intends to use donated resources, and of its capacity to use donations effectively for their intended purposes.
II. To be informed of the identity of those serving on the organization’s governing board, and to expect the board to exercise prudent judgment in its stewardship responsibilities.
III. To have access to the organization’s most recent financial statements.
IV. To be assured their gifts will be used for the purposes for which they were given.
V. To receive appropriate acknowledgement and recognition.
VI. To be assured that information about their donation is handled with respect and with confidentiality to the extent provided by law.
VII. To expect that all relationships with individuals representing organizations of interest to the donor will be professional in nature.
VIII. To be informed whether those seeking donations are volunteers, employees of the organization or hired solicitors.
IX. To have the opportunity for their names to be deleted from mailing lists that an organization may intend to share.
X. To feel free to ask questions when making a donation and to receive prompt, truthful and forthright answers.
Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), all rights reserved. Reprinted with permission from the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Learn more about the AFP Donor Bill of Rights.
