The Community Fund is designed to help support large-scale community projects that meet a unique need in the markets it serves.
The Fund accepts proposals from local, community-based 501(c) 3 organizations and is focused on the arts, environment, recreation, youth, and general long-term community betterment initiatives. Applications are due annually in late May.
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2024 Grants
The Grand Center for Arts and Culture, New Ulm |
$20,000 |
Veterans Community Project of Sioux Falls |
$15,000 |
Bringing the Depot to Life, Lakes Area |
$15,000 |
Friends of the Jackson County Trails |
$10,000 |
Cottonwood Cattle Producers |
$20,000 |
2023 Grants
Fairmont Opera House |
$10,000 |
Town Center, Sherburn |
$5,000 |
Riverline District, Sioux Falls |
$10,000 |
Main Street Manning, Wall Lake |
$10,000 |
Westbrook Walnut Grove Elementary |
$15,000 |
2022 Grants
Armstrong Betterment Club |
$10,000 |
Fairmont Area Schools |
$15,000 |
Jackson Fire and Relief Association |
$10,000 |
Ronald McDonald House, Sioux Falls |
$5,000 |
Oak Hill, New Ulm |
$15,000 |
Spirit Lake Youth Athletics |
$15,000 |
2021 Grants
Recreation and amusement center, phase 1 — Wall Lake |
$15,000 |
Tatanka Ska Trace Trailhead — Dickinson County Trails Board |
$25,000 |
Baseball field improvement project — Jackson County Central Schools |
$10,000 |
Band shelter building project — Lions Club of Windom |
$15,000 |
Medical surgical refresh project, New Ulm Medical Center Foundation |
$10,000 |
New handicapped accessible equipment project — Sherburn Park & Recreation |
$10,000 |
2020 Giving
In lieu of awarding Community Fund grants in 2020, Bank Midwest opted to donate $200,000 to area food shelves that serve the communities that we also serve. Food relief organizations have been severely impacted because of the rising needs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more.
2019 Grants
Lakes Area Hockey Association, Lakes Area |
$25,000 |
JCC Huskies Softball, Jackson |
$20,000 |
Volunteers of America — Dakotas, Sioux Falls |
$20,000 |
St. Francis House — Sioux Falls |
$10,000 |
Wall Lake Hometown Pride, Wall Lake |
$5,000 |
Westbrook Area Volunteers, Westbrook |
$5,000 |
Sherburn Fire Department, Sherburn |
$5,000 |