As the nation’s largest community foundation serving Catholic philanthropy, CCF has distributed more than $100 million in grants on behalf of its donors and partners since its formation in 1992.
The Catholic Community Foundation stewards the financial resources of Catholic individuals, families, parishes, and institutions. We help Catholics know the joy that comes from expressing faith through giving.
Together, with our donors and partners, we hold an unshakable belief in the future of a thriving Catholic community. CLICK HERE
Saint Paul Jewish Community Center
Mission: We strengthen the Greater St. Paul community by nurturing physical, intellectual, social and spiritual growth in an inclusive environment defined by Jewish values and culture.
Our Vision: The St. Paul JCC continues to be a vibrant, engaged and thriving community center welcoming a diverse and expanding membership. The JCC will create new and unique ways for members and the community to experience, appreciate, deepen and enrich their connection to contemporary Jewish culture. The Center will recognize and embrace change to meet emerging needs, imagining the possible, within and beyond its walls. CLICK HERE
American Museum of Asmat Art at the University of St. Thomas:
Dedicated to the study, preservation, and presentation of the culture and spirit of the Asmat, as embodied in their art forms. Objects of the collection express the myths, beliefs, and structures of Asmat soceity; they offer insight into the vision of Asmat individuals and Asmat society. CLICK HERE
St Paul Chamber Foundation
The Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce is a dynamic network of employers and individuals organized to deliver economic opportunity for its members. For more than 150 years, the Chamber has served as a gateway to business advantage. Through exceptional events and powerful advocacy efforts, the Chamber gives members a significant edge in a competitive marketplace. CLICK HERE
NET Ministries:
NET Ministries challenges young Catholics to love Christ and embrace the life of the Church. Every August, 175 young Catholics aged 18-28 leave behind their jobs, school, family, and friends to devote nine months to serving with the National Evangelization Teams (NET). Divided into 16 teams, they travel across the U.S. for nine months to share the Gospel with young people and their families. Since 1981, NET teams have led over 34,000 retreats and ministered to more than 2.1 million young Catholics. CLICK HERE
Northern Star Council of the Boy Scouts of America:
Has a mission of positive youth development and our vision recognize the interconnectedness of our community and our desire to help all young people. We prepare young people to be leaders and individuals of strong character by helping them discover and live by the principles of Scouting. CLICK HERE
Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis:
Catholic Charities strengthens families and works to end poverty and homelessness in the Twin Cities. With programs for children, families and adults most in need, Catholic Charities annually helps 32,000 people, regardless of faith. CLICK HERE
Guild is a Minnesota not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that empowers those living with mental illness and/or experiencing long-term homelessness by helping them find the tools they need to lead stable, fulfilling lives in communities of their choosing. CLICK HERE
In January 2020, the nonprofit organization Fitzgerald in Saint Paul (FISP) became part of The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library. The Friends assumes stewardship of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s legacy through continued programming that celebrates the life and literature of the revered author and inspires people to reflect on both his historical and contemporary significance.
The Friends has a long history of supporting readers and writers, which makes the FISP collection of events a natural fit for The Friends’ own program portfolio. With this new focus, The Friends looks forward to highlighting and furthering our state’s literary culture by lifting up an author who helped define this rich legacy.
Fitz Bits is a series of short video lectures on the work, life, and world of F. Scott Fitzgerald. In the first episode in this series, Fitzgerald scholar Dave Page draws connections between Saint Paul and Princeton University that inspired Fitzgerald’s seminal novel This Side of Paradise. CLICK HERE