The Otto Bremer Trust Awards Grant to Collider Foundation
Rochester 501(c)3 nonprofit Collider Foundation was recently awarded a grant in the amount of $40,000 by the Otto Bremer Trust. This grant will support Collider’s work to empower Rochester’s early stage entrepreneurs and assist us in building upon lessons learned from our past successes and community feedback to expand our capacity to reduce and remove barriers to entrepreneurship. This work will help “starters,” people who have an idea that they want to move forward with, go from idea to action, operationalize their business plan, feel more connected to and supported by their community, and will help to set them up for long term business success.
Collider Foundation believes that the support, education, and growth of our entrepreneurial ecosystem is a pathway to a more prosperous and inclusive future for the Rochester community. As an organization, Collider Foundation aims to identify and assist local innovators in overcoming barriers to success by empowering an impactful, inclusive, and entrepreneur-first ecosystem.
Collider Foundation supports its mission through events, education, space, and storytelling to help foster an inclusive, diverse, and healthy entrepreneurial ecosystem. This grant award will allow for programmatic and operational support of the foundation’s ongoing activities throughout 2023.
“The entire Collider Board and I are so appreciative of the support of the Otto Bremer Trust. Through this support, Collider will be able to do more to help grow and support Rochester emerging business creators in their dreams of starting their own business,” says Traci Downs, Board Chair of Collider Foundation.
The Otto Bremer Trust is a private charitable trust based in St. Paul, Minn. Created in 1944 by Otto Bremer, it is committed to supporting a better quality of life for residents of Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. Since its founding, OBT has invested nearly $1 billion in people, places, and opportunities in its region. For additional information, visit ottobremer.org.
If you have any questions about Collider or our work within the community, please contact Amanda Leightner at amanda@collider.mn or call (507) 722-0306.
