Amount Awarded $22,418 ($17,418 in member donations + $5,000 matching grant from the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation).  

Community Partners with Youth was created as a collaborative grassroots effort to address changing needs of the youth in their community.  CPY’s mission is to provide a safe, nurturing environment where our youth can strengthen their personalities and develop educational and social skills.  

To learn more please visit: Community Partners with Youth’s website

Community Partners with Youth is the selected charity for June, 2025. 

Amount Awarded $22,523 ($17,523 in member donations + $5,000 matching grant from the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation).  Plus $100 was donated to Hope 4 Youth. 

Bundles of Love is a volunteer driven nonprofit that partners with community organizations to assist Minnesota families in need by providing handmade items for newborns.

To learn more please visit: Bundles of Love website

Bundles of Love is the selected charity for March, 2025. 

Amount Awarded $21,468 ($16,468 in member donations + $5,000 matching grant from the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation).  

MnCAN is dedicated to providing programs that help people with aphasia improve communication and life participation. They offer the aphasia community a variety of programs and services that focus on brain injury survivors with aphasia, people with primary progressive aphasia, and their care partners.

To learn more please visit: MnCAN’s website

MnCAN is the selected charity for December, 2024. 

Amount Awarded $22,818 ($17,818 member donations + $5,000 matching grant from the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation).  

Alexandra House provides round-the-clock service, advocacy, and shelter for victims of domestic violence. 

To learn more please visit: Alexandra House’s website

Alexandra House is the selected charity for September, 2024. 

Amount Awarded $20,753 ($15,753 member donations + $5,000 matching grant from the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation).  Plus $100 was donated to Bundles of Love.

New Pathways empowers and provides support to central Minnesota families with children experiencing homelessness to help families regain their independence with dignity and their children look forward to a brighter future.

To learn more please visit: New Pathways website

New Pathways is the selected charity for June, 2024. 

Amount Awarded $20,753 ($15,753 member donations + $5,000 matching grant from the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation).  Plus $100 was donated to Wyldflyer Coffee. 

Citizens Against Sex Trafficking (C.A.S.T.) is dedicated to ending sexual exploitation and creating a culture that supports healthy choices and freedom from sexual violence and abuse. C.A.S.T. issues a call to action, resulting in partnerships, policies, and practices that prevent sexual exploitation and empowers victims and communities.  

To learn more please visit: Citizens Against Sex Trafficking’s website

C.A.S.T. was the selected charity for March, 2024. 

Amount Awarded $19,803 ($14,803 member donations + $5,000 matching grant from the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation).  Plus $100 was donated to ARCS.  

For Goodness Cakes matches volunteers to make and hand-deliver birthday and graduation cakes to children in foster care and youth overcoming adversity on their special day. Their focus is on spreading love, joy, and frosting!   

To learn more please visit: For Goodness Cakes’ website

For Goodness Cakes was the selected charity for December, 2023. 

Amount Awarded $19,878 ($14,878 member donations + $5,000 matching grant from the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation). 

My Very Own Bed believes all children should have a bed so they can sleep well, dream, and find comfort in a place of their own. 

To learn more please visit: My Very Own Bed’s website

My Very Own Bed was the selected charity for September, 2023. 

Amount Awarded $20,153 ($15,153 member donations + $5,000 matching grant from the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation). 

Every Third Saturday believes there is no better medicine than being in community with other veterans and their families, rediscovering purpose, and serving a cause which is greater than ourselves.  

To learn more please visit: Every Third Saturday’s’ website

Every Third Saturday was the selected charity for June, 2023. 

Amount Awarded $19,653 ($14,653 member donations + $5,000 matching grant from the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation). 

Small Sums sole purpose is to help those experiencing homelessness or housing instability, who have found new jobs, with the specific things that they need to start back to work. We believe gainful employment is a key factor in helping individuals secure and maintain stable housing. With our practical and timely assistance, that few other agencies provide, we help remove obstacles that often prevent workers from being able to take a job – like required work clothes and work shoes, trade tools, professional licenses or union dues, and bus passes so they have a reliable way to get to work everyday (until they receive a paycheck).

To learn more please visit: Small Sums’ website

Small Sums was the selected charity for March, 2023.