Grant Recipients
WINGS has granted $1,756,087 through 2026 to Northfield-area nonprofits to support projects and programs that benefit local women and youth.
2026 Grant Recipients ($115,000 given) includes Wings 25th Anniversary Dare to Dream Grant
- Community Action Center: Car Repair Fund
- Community Action Center: Diaper and Hygiene Bank
- Community Action Center: Housing Stability Emergency Fund
- HealthFinders Collaborative: Healthy Families Northfield: Medical Access for Women and Children
- HealthFinders Collaborative: Healthy Minds Northfield: Behavioral Health Access for Women and Youth
- Healthy Community Initiative: Northfield Community College Collaborative: Addressing Urgent Student Needs
- Healthy Community Initiative: Northfield YouthBank
- Healthy Community Initiative: Supporting Early Childhood and Elementary Learning in Northfield
- Healthy Community Initiative: SY26-27 Youth Sports Scholarships
- HOPE Center: Hearts and Homes
- HOPE Center: Safety Supplies Fund
- Northfield Arts Guild: Arpillera with Esperanza en Acción
- Northfield Public Schools: BC2M: Every Conversation Counts
- Northfield Public Schools: Northfield High School Civil Rights Trip Scholarships
- Northfield Union of Youth: Mental Health Support at Northfield Union of Youth
- Project Friendship: Launching Strong: Fall Retreats and Mental Health Capacity Building for Youth Mentoring
- Rice County Habitat for Humanity: Heading Home: Preparing you for homeownership
- Ruth’s House of Hope: Strengthening Recovery: Funding for Sustaining a Dedicated Case Manager for Lasting Impact
- This Is Me: Building Belonging for Youth in Foster Care in Northfield
- Three Rivers Community Action: Locally Designed Family Childcare Model
- TORCH at Healthy Community Initiative: TORCH Staff for Student Support
2025 Grant Recipients ($115,000 given) includes Wings 25th Anniversary Dare to Dream Grant
- Area Learning Center: Backpack Food Program
- Community Action Center (CAC)
- Dakota Prairie Basic Adult Education: ABE Classroom Cupboard
- Healthy Community Initiative: Higher Education Empowerment in Recovery
- Healthy Community Initiative: Northfield YouthBank
- Healthy Community Initiative (HCI): Supporting Early Learning Efforts in Northfield
- Hope Center: Continuing : Mental Health Outreach, Planned Activities
- Northfield Community Action Center: Diaper and Hygiene Bank
- Northfield Healthy Community Initiative: Domestic Violence Prevention Partnership (Dare to Dream Grant)
- Northfield Youth Sport Collaborative: SY25-26 Youth Sports Scholarships
- Northfield Community Action Center: Housing Stability Fund
- Northfield Public Schools: Camp FRIENDS (Fun, Recreational and Inclusive Experience Necessary During the Summer)
- Project Friendship: Guiding the Way
- Ruth’s House of Hope: Strengthening Recovery: Funding a Dedicated Case Manager for Lasting Impact
- TORCH at Healthy Community Initiative: Youth Mental Health and Community Building
2024 Grant Recipients ($100,500 given)
- Dakota Prairie Basic Ed. – Adult Basic Ed. – Classroom Cupboard
- Three Rivers Community Action –Family Childcare Model
- Ruth’s House – Dedicated Case Manager
- Northfield Public Schools Area Learning Center –Backpack Food Program
- Healthy Community Initiative – TORCH College Visits
- Sharing Our Roots – Food Security & Economic Stability
- Northfield Union of Youth – Mental Health Outreach
- Healthy Community Initiative – YouthBank
- Northfield Public Schools – Community Schools Fellow
- NCCC/HCI – Higher Education in Recovery
- Community Action Center – Housing Stability
- Community Action Center – Diaper and Hygiene Bank
- HOPE Center – Kitchen Essentials
- HealthFinders – Healthy Minds Collective
- Healthy Community Initiative – Navigating Early Childhood
- Community Action Center – Youth Sports Scholarships
2022 Grant Recipients ($100,000 given)
- Northfield Union of Youth: Connected Community
- Healthy Community Initiative: Reading Corps Internal Coach for Pre-K
- Ruth’s House of Hope: Emergency and Transitional Shelter Program
- Growing up Healthy/HCI: Mobile Home Rehabilitation Initiative
- Healthy Community Initiative: Northfield YouthBank
- HCI: Northfield Community College Collaborative Childcare Program
- Northfield Public Schools: Youth-Designed TORCH Space
- Community Action Center: Diaper and Hygiene Bank
- Community Action Center: Farm to Food Shelf
- Community Action Center: Housing Stability
- Community Action Center: Operation Joy
- Northfield Youth Sports Collaborative: Emerging from the Storm
- SE MN Private Industry Council: Northfield Youthbuild
- Northfield Public Schools: Minnesota Children’s Museum 2022
- HealthFinders Collaborative: Healthy Minds Collective – HFC Youth and Family Mental Health and Substance Use Programs
- Sharing Our Roots: Building an Efficient Irrigation System in the Greenvale Community Garden
2023 Grant Recipients ($100,000 given)
- Youthbuild
- Project Friendship
- Promise Fellows for Student Support (TORCH)
- Summer Adventures (TORCH)
- Give a Book, Ensure a Future
- Summer Strings: Cannon Valley Youth Orchestra
- Youthbank — HCI
- Northfield Youth Choir Concert Chicago Tour
- Reading Corps Internal Coach for PreK — HCI
- LETRS Training for K to 3 Teachers — HCI
- Housing Stability — CAC
- Diaper and Hygiene Bank — CAC
- Back on Your Feet Fund — CAC
- NCCC Increased Student Support — HCI
- Positive Behavioral Interventions & Support —Northfield
- Public Schools
- Youth & Family Mental Health & Substance
- Use —Health Finders
- Northfield Arts Guild Youth Council —
- Northfield Arts Guild
- Youth Sports Scholarships — CAC
- Navigating Early Childhood — HCI
2021 Grant Recipients ($90,000 given)
- Healthy Community Initiative: Northfield YouthBank
- Northfield Middle School TORCH: Out-of-School-Time Connections
- Ruth’s House of Hope: Emergency and Transitional Shelter Program
- TORCH: Somali Student Support
- Greenvale Park Community School: Middle School Initiative
- Sharing Our Roots: Mobile Coop Project
- Community Action Center: Housing Stability
- Health Finders Collaborative: School-Based Mental Health
- Infants Remembered in Silence: IRIS Bereavement Support Packets
- Northfield Union of Youth:
- The Wallflower Project, a host home program
- Northfield Community College Collaborative:
- Law Enforcement Pathway
- Project Friendship: Something to Celebrate
- Community Action Center: Operation Joy for Teens
- HOPE Center: Zoom Into the Future
- Community Action Center: Diaper Bank
- Community Action Center: Farm to Family Market
- Healthy Community Initiative: Reading Corps Pre-K Internal Coach
- Northfield Arts Guild: Bilingual Art Packs
2020 Grant Recipients ($82,925 given)
WINGS 20th Anniversary Dare to Dream Grant:
Northfield Healthy Community Initiative: Northfield Community College Collaborative Expansion- A Place Where Dreams gain WINGS
- Hope Center: Riding with HOPE
- Infants Remembered in Silence: IRIS Bereavement Support Packets
- Northfield Union of Youth: Motivated Leadership
- Project Friendship: Every Kid Deserves a Mentor
- Three Rivers Community Action: Northfield Infant and Toddler Child Care Center
- Rice County Habitat for Humanity: Aging in Place
- Northfield Healthy Community Initiative: Northfield YouthBank
- Northfield Healthy Community Initiative: Northfield Youth Sports Collaborative- Launching from Sports to Beyond
- Greenvale Park Community School: Greenvale Park Community School Promise Fellow
- Tackling Obstacles, Raising College Hopes: TORCH Summer Enrichment Opportunities
- Northfield Public Schools: The Power of Play
- Northfield Community Action Center: Housing Stability
- Northfield Community Action Center: Empowering Families through Diaper Support
- Tackling Obstacles, Raising College Hopes: NMS TORCH Attendance Interventions
- Ruth’s House: Emergency and Transitional Shelter Program
- Health Finders: School Based Mental Health Services
- Northfield Community Action Center: Supporting Women Through Education and Job Training