Brandenburg Prairie Foundation receives $25,000 Grant!

We are thrilled to announce that the Brandenburg Prairie Foundation has received a $25,000 grant from the WM Foundation. This grant will help us continue our mission of preserving prairie in southwest Minnesota.  We would like to thank the WM Foundation including Mary Lee Dayton, Sally Clemen, Katherine Nielsen, Ellen Sturgis, and Elizabeth Dovydenas for this very gracious donation.

We would also like to thank the numerous donors that have helped us out over the years.  If you are interested in helping the Brandenburg Prairie Foundation restore and preserve the native prairie in SW Minnesota, please consider donating or volunteering.  Thank you!

Major Donor Levels
Blazingstar  $100,000+
Fringed Orchid  $50,000 - $99,999 
Prairie Smoke   $25,000 - $49,999
Prairie Clover    $10,000 - $24,999
Gentian  $5,000 - $9,999 
Pasque Flower  $1,000 - $4,999       
         
Major Donor’s
Blandin Foundation ~ Blazingstar
WM Foundation ~ Blazingstar
Southwest Initiative Foundation ~ Fringed Orchid
E.J. Malone Family ~ Prairie Clover
Dr. James & Patricia Lehman ~ Gentian
    In Memorial of Edward and Lillian Iverson
    In Memorial of Paul and Patricia Lehman
Public Strategy Group ~ Pasque Flower


Donors up to $1000
Tom Brakke
Jim and Florence Vance
    In Memory of Olga Brandenburg

Donors up to $500
Steve Kahlenbeck
    In Memory of  Dorothy Kahlenbeck
Anonymous
    In Memory of Edward Brandenburg
Hildegunn Hodne
Richard Minden ~ Minden Pictures
Friends and Family of Jane Souhrada
    In Memory of Jane Souhrada

Donors up to $250
Daniel Ahlquist
Pamela Sander

Donors up to $100
Christine A. Petersen
Michelle Gruber
Robert Hudnut
Richard W. Koechlein
Craig Cunningham
Michelle Doorn
Dawn Hyrman
Julie Sweitzer
Keep Okoboji Blue
Timothy Jacobson
Robert Davis
Robert Schlomann
Shane Rucker Photography
Paul West
Marybeth Block
Joseph Hommes
Margaret Meyer
Dana Nyhus Brandenburg
Wayne Reckard
Sara Eliason
Lisa Parisot
Jeff Zionis
Thomas Graves
Deborah O’Regan

A Touch the Sky Prairie Founder’s Boulder  has been placed on the prairie and many stone benches are now located along the hiking trails.  A Major Donor Plaque is currently on display at the Brandenburg Gallery ~ Luverne.