Worthington Area Foundation Endowment Fund

Mission Statement
To promote charitable giving by assisting donors in the establishment of funds and memorials, which will provide lasting benefits to the Worthington community.

Grant total since inception (including grants made for operating expenses): $108,280

Fiscal Year 2019 Grantmaking awarded grants totaling $26,732

American Lutheran Church to bring 400 youth to Worthington to perform service projects

City of Worthington to renovate the Boy Scout cabin in Chautauqua Park  

Cultural Awareness Organization to support the Worthington International Festival, an annual multicultural, educational and entertainment event

First Lutheran Church ELCA to support Better Together and Backpack Meals 

Friends of the Auditorium, Inc. to cover composer costs for the 25th Anniversary Choral Commission

Historic Worthington, Inc. for landscape renovation at the Historic Dayton House

ISD #518 - Worthington to support the cost of competing in the Regional Trojan

Robotics Championship

Love INC of Worthington to help with the cost of translating print and online materials

Lutheran Social Services to replace the steam table for the Meals on Wheels program

Minnesota West Community and Technical College Worthington Campus to purchase STEM equipment

Project Morning Star to support the Residential Recovery Program 

Special Olympics Minnesota, Inc. to support fall programming for Special Olympics in Worthington

Worthington Area Symphony Orchestra to help with bus transportation expenses for members

Worthington Christian School to purchase iPad keyboards, screen protectors and

accessories

Worthington Elks Lodge #2287 to support annual budget costs of the Civil Air Patrol

Local Contact Information
Worthington Area Foundation
PO Box 373
Worthington, MN 56187
Telephone: (507) 343-5470
E-mail: wgtnareafoundation@gmail.com
Website: http://www.wgtnareafoundation.org/

Board Members 

• Glenn Thuringer, Chair
• Sharon Johnson, Co-Chair
• Jesse Flynn, Secretary

Family of Funds
• C.P. and Mary B. Schmidt Family Endowment Fund for the Worthington YMCA
• C.P. and Mary B. Schmidt Family Endowment Fund for Westminster Presbyterian Church
• C.P. and Mary B. Schmidt Family Endowment Fund for Worthington Regional Healthcare Foundation
• Ellen Baker-Merrigan Advised Endowment Fund
• Hospice Cottage, Inc. of Worthington Endowment Fund
• Nobles County Freedom Veterans Memorial Park, Inc. Endowment Fund
• Nobles County Historical Society Endowment Fund
• Robert and Florence Wolff Memorial Endowment Fund
• Robert J. and Betty Demuth Family Endowment Fund
• Roy and Dorothy Nasers Family Endowment Fund
• Roy and Dorothy Nasers Family Endowment Fund for Manna Food Pantry, Inc.
• Roy and Dorothy Nasers Family Endowment Fund for the YMCA of Worthington
• Worthington Area Early Childhood Development Fund