Making your community a better place to live. Local Independent Charities of Minnesota educate children, feed and shelter the homeless, strengthen families, rescue unwanted animals and much more.

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Gift Examples

• $3 per pay period provides daily care and shelter for a homeless abandoned animal.
• $5 per pay period helps grant a wish to a child with a life-threatening medical condition.
• $10 per pay period provides a scholarship to a low-income child with cerebral palsy to attend an integrated wilderness adventure camp.
• $20 per pay period goes towards the cost of a K-9 bullet-proof vest that keeps police dogs safe in the line of duty.

Designation Policy

All pledges are disbursed to our local nonprofit partners in Minnesota.

Administration Fee

5.4%

Primary Region

• Metro
• Southwest
• Southeast
• Northeast
• Northcentral
• Northwest

Affiliates

• 125 LIVE for Active Adults
• Adapta
• American Red Cross - Southeast Minnesota Chapter
• Boy Scouts of America, Gamehaven Council
• Children's Disability Service Association
• Children's Leukemia Research Foundation
• Diversity Council
• Dorothy Day Hospitality House
• Farmers' Legal Action Group
• Gift of Life, Inc.
• Greater Rochester Arts and Cultural Trust
• Leukemia Clinical Research Foundation
• Midwest Special Services, Inc.
• Minnesota Brass Incorporated
• North American Bear Center
• Northeast Itasca Rescue And Bearville First Responders
• Operation Homefront - Central Midwest
• Paws and Claws Humane Society
• Rochester Neighborhood Resource Center
• Rochester Pubic School Foundation
• RT Autism Awareness Foundation, Inc.
• Ruff Start Rescue Inc.
• Samaritan Bethany Foundation
• Seasons Hospice
• Shriners Hospitals for Children - Twin Cities
• Southeastern Minnesota Youth Orchestra, Inc. (SEMYO)
• St. David's Center for Child & Family Development
• Support Our Troops®, Inc. - Minnesota Chapter
• Wolf Center, International
• Women's Shelter Inc.
• Woodbury Police K9 Fund

Contact

Jesse Beisler
855-439-7286
campaigns@best-charities.org