Opus Foundation Awards Nearly $900k to Impactful Nonprofits

Committed to building community for a better tomorrow, in July the Opus Foundation awarded nearly $900,000 to 16 impactful nonprofit organizations, supporting early childhood education, workforce development, youth development and community revitalization.

Over the next week, we'll profile two of the impactful organizations who received grants in this round, including:

• Project IOWA received a $40,000 grant to help them implement a data-tracking system to allow the nonprofit to help create pathways out of poverty for the working poor.

• iMentor Chicago received a $38,000 grant to expand their post-seconder education program that helps students graduate high school and navigate the challenges involved with post-secondary education.
  The Foundation is proud to support the following organizations that received Impact Fund grants in July:

• Camp Fire Minnesota

• Cincinnati Youth Collaborative

• Colorado Coalition for the Homeless

• Denver Kids/Denver Urban Scholars

• Freedom for Youth Ministries

• Greater Chicago Food Depository

• iMentor Chicago

• Operation Breakthrough

• Project Iowa

• Society of St. Vincent de Paul

• St. Louis County Library Foundation

• Twin Cities Rise

• University of St. Thomas

• Urban Boatbuilders

• YMCA of Greater Twin Cities - Eagan

• YMCA of Greater Twin Cities - Rochester

Additionally, from January through June, the Foundation awarded $129,500 with 29 Opportunity Fund grants. Opportunity fund grants are awarded monthly and are designed to provide a quick response to needs and opportunities in our communities.

The Opus Foundation, the corporate foundation of Opus, is building community for a better tomorrow by supporting projects and programs that make our communities better places to live, work and raise families. The Foundation is committed to improving conditions that disproportionately affect historically underinvested individuals and communities by focusing on early childhood education, youth development, workforce development and community revitalization. Read more about the Foundation's work. The Opus Foundation is a separate entity from The Opus Group and is led by its own Board of Directors.