St. Croix 360 receives competitive grant from local foundation

Support from St. Croix Valley Foundation’s new environmental funding program will help inform and inspire.

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St. Croix River (Matt Thueson, courtesy St. Croix Valley Foundation)

St. Croix 360 was recently awarded a $2,500 grant from the St. Croix Valley Foundation’s new Environmental Grant program. This funding will support our work to share more stories and increase public support for St. Croix River conservation and stewardship. Thank you to the St. Croix Valley Foundation for its support.

The grants were highly competitive, with 27 organizations requesting more than $200,000 total. The organization had $41,000 to give away, which went to the nine awardees — including St. Croix 360.

“We were so pleased with both the quality and quantity of applications,” said Angie Pilgrim, SCVF’s Vice President of Community Impact. “There’s so much good work going on to support environmental protection and education in the Valley that we’ve only just scratched the surface.”

The grant awarded to St. Croix 360 will help improve public understanding of issues facing the river, including threats and solutions, while also inspiring readers to take actions from voting to cleaning up trash, from supporting conservation organizations to implementing stewardship practices on their own property.

The Environmental Grant program fund was established with a generous donation from Jim and Judy Freund, who have also supported St. Croix 360 directly over the years. This year’s grant program also received support from All Energy Solar.

SCVF’s Environmental Fund’s endowment has already grown to $720,000, thanks to dozens of community members and organizations who have donated since 2021. The foundation invests the endowment with a focus on growth and uses the earnings to provide grants. Donations to the fund can be made here.

Here are all of this year’s awardees:

ORGANIZATIONAMOUNT GRANTED
Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center$10,000
Kinnickinnic River Land Trust$10,000
Wild Rivers Conservancy$10,000
Sustainable Stillwater MN$2,500
St. Croix 360$2,500
The Prairie Enthusiasts$2,000
Friends of the St. Croix Wetland Management District$1,700
Frederic Arts, Inc.$1,583
Deer Park Public Library$750

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6 responses to “St. Croix 360 receives competitive grant from local foundation”

  1. John w Goodfellow Avatar
    John w Goodfellow

    Congratulation Greg! Your reporting on, and commitment to, the River and communities in the valley is much appreciated. St Croix 360 is a vital source of information.

  2. Adam Avatar

    Congrats, Greg!

  3. Jim Almendinger Avatar
    Jim Almendinger

    Well done, Greg, and many thanks to the SCVF for making these awards available.

  4. Sarah Lilja Avatar
    Sarah Lilja

    So well deserved!

  5. Gayle Knutson Avatar
    Gayle Knutson

    Super, Greg! CONGRATS!

  6. BillyB Avatar
    BillyB

    Way to go Greg!