Grants awarded
Who does West Central Initiative fund?
West Central Initiative has awarded $21 million across 825 grants to 621 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in human services. Its typical grant is $10,000, with most between $10,000 and $20,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $13,612 versus $10,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$21.0M
Typical grant
$10K
Grantees
621
Grants
825
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| P Pelican Rapids Public Library | $1.7M | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| D Detroit Lakes Public Library Foundation | $752K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| P Pope County Historical Society | $500K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MN | |
| M Morris Area Public Schools | $479K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Perham Area Activity Center
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$452K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| P Perham Dent Public Schools | $384K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$331K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| P Pelican Rapids Public Schools - Isd #548 | $321K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Hudson Inn LLC | $321K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C City of Barnesville | $284K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C City of Perham | $243K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C City of Vergas | $205K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M Moorhead Center Mall Development LLC | $200K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Broadway Welding INC | $200K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Sterling Development Group Four LLC | $200K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Purpose LLC | $200K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S Snirtstopper LLC | $198K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| D Detroit Lakes Public Schools Isd#22 | $189K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| D Douglas County Soil and Water Conservation District (swcd) | $170K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C City of Fergus Falls | $168K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Clay County Social Services | $168K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Breckenridge Public Schools | $168K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C City of Wheaton | $161K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A American Sports Outfitters LLC | $160K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| J Jerry's U-Save INC | $160K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| H Hillcrest Lutheran Academy | $160K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| L Lau-Gilbertson Properties LLC | $159K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Atkinson Rural Fire Department | $144K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C City of Ottertail | $144K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Elbow Lake Fire Department | $135K | 2 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| V Valley Hardwood Supply | $135K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Winona State University | $131K | 12 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Center Avenue LLC | $120K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$119K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| S Sanford Health | $119K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | SD | |
| C City of Parkers Prairie | $119K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Hornets Hive | $115K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| L Lake Agassiz Regional Library | $114K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P Parkers Prairie Public School #547 | $106K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C City of New York Mills | $100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| 0 0181 Gustav L Handegard | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| B Battle Lake Public School District #542 | $99K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Gifted Learning Project | $95K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | KS | |
| B Browns Valley Public School District 801 | $94K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Western Prairie Human Services-Pope | $93K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Douglas County Car Care Program
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$92K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| H Hboo Properties LLC | $91K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Barnesville Public Schools #146 | $88K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Laker Prep Early Childhood
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$86K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| N North Dakota State University- Fargo | $82K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$80K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| O Otter Tail Water Management District | $80K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C City of Clark | $65K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Fergus Falls Center for the Arts INC | $65K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| S St Pauls Church | $64K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| E E-Dot Restaurant Management INC | $64K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| G Glendalough State Park Citizens Advisory Committee | $61K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MN | |
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$60K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| T Tough Ag LLC | $60K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Fm Building LLC | $59K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Perham Health | $57K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$55K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
Childrens Discovery Center
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$55K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| H Hancock Public School | $52K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S St Henrys Area School | $52K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| F Fergus Falls YMCA Foundation | $52K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| C Calvary Lutheran Church | $52K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P Perham Center for the Arts | $52K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| S Stevens County FFA Alumni | $52K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MN | |
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$50K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| G Garden Bar on 6th | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Champions for Youth Foundation | $50K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | AZ | |
| L Lss LLC | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Brickyard Supplies LLC | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Hillside Acres Trucking LLC | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Lake Livin LLC | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The McCleary Group LLC | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| N North Star Bin Builders | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| B Big John's Pelican Pizza LLC | $50K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| O Osakis Public School District Isd #213 | $49K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| B Becker County Historical Society | $49K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
Concordia College Corporation
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$45K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| L Lakes Area Eda | $45K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| R Richland Wilkin Emergency Food Pantry INC | $45K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | ND | |
| W Women Initiative Network of Liberia in Fargo ND | $44K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ND | |
| C City of Bryant | $43K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| O Otter Tail County | $43K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| J J & C Sales LLC | $43K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U University of North Dakota | $42K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Conexiones
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$42K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| S Sunsites-Pearce Fire District | $42K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$41K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| C City of Battle Lake | $41K | 2 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Inspiration Point Christian Camp and Retreat Center | $41K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Cultural Diversity Resources
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$40K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ND | |
| T Tintah Fire Department | $40K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| E Eshara | $40K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| F First Congregational United Church of Christ Church | $40K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| M McM Development #2 LLC | $40K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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