The Alex Stern Family Foundation has awarded $219,750 in grants to 25 nonprofit organizations in the Fargo-Moorhead area.
The organizations are: Access of the Red River Valley, $10,000 for behavior therapy for children; Camp Fire USA Northern Star Council, $5,000 for New Adventures and Great Days Out; Cull Children's Fund, $10,000 for general operation support; Fargo-Moorhead Area Youth Symphonies, $3,500 for general operating support; Fargo-Moorhead Dorothy Day House, $10,000 for general operating support; Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra, $10,000 for youth and family educational concerts; Fraser Limited, $12,000 for training structured social skills for at-risk youth; Trollwood Performing Arts School, $15,000 for student leadership students for an at-risk program; Gooseberry Park Players Inc., $2,500 for high school leadership program in technical theater; Minnesota Public Radio, $1,750 for the Classical Music Festival; The Learning Bank, $3,500 for elementary the Fine Art Series; Minnesota State University Moorhead, $7,500 for scholarships for financial aid programs for students from Cass and Clay counties; North Dakota 4-H Foundation, $2,500 for youth and volunteer programs; Fargo-Moorhead Community Theater, $5,000 to establish a volunteer program; Organization for Safe Athletics for Kids Inc., $5,000 for a youth baseball tournament; Park Christian School, $15,000 for a facility expansion; Prairie Public Broadcasting, $20,000 for general operating support; Rape and Abuse Crisis Center of Fargo-Moorhead, $7,500 for crisis intervention and counseling services; Red River Zoological Society, $20,000 for general operating support; Sharehouse Inc., $4,000 for a computer network server upgrade; Sisters of the Presentation, $15,000 for partners in housing; Southeastern North Dakota Community Action Agency, $5,000 for general operating support; St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store, $10,000 for roof replacement; Valley Water Rescue, $10,000 for a Zodiac boat; and The Village Family Service Center, $10,000 for the Big Brothers/Big Sisters programs.
