The FM Area Foundation's Women's Fund recently awarded grants to 13 local organizations totaling $48,120 to help inspire girls and empower women.  This year's grant recipients are:  BIO Girls for BIO Girls Program Diversification Boys & Girls Club of the Red River Valley for Positive Action, Positive Girls Immigrant Development Center for Economic Stability of Women Inspire Innovation L…

The FM Area Foundation partnered with Recovery Reinvented and the Office of the First Lady of North Dakota to host an addiction and recovery forum with 2019 TEDxFargo speaker William Moyers on July 24 in Fargo. Governor Doug Burgum, First Lady Kathryn Burgum and Moyers held a discussion about challenges communities face in tackling addiction and how addiction recovery service providers can collab…

The FM Area Foundation is excited to welcome, Carrie Feigum, to our team as our new Donor Services Assistant! Carrie will be managing our database system, as well as other special projects.  Here are some fun facts about Carrie: Where are you from?I'm originally from Barnesville, Minn. I currently live in Moorhead with my husband Jesse and our four boys. What are your hobbies?I love to cook, re…

Hope Blooms creates meaningful moments one bouquet at a time  Inspiring hope, happiness and emotional healing through repurposed flowers. That is the mission of Hope Blooms, a local nonprofit dedicated to changing lives through small acts of kindness. Hope Blooms repurposes donated flowers and rearranges them into beautiful bouquets and delivers them to community members in need, all with the mes…

The FM Area Foundation is honored to welcome Prakash Mathew as the newest member of the Board of Directors. Prakash Mathew served as the Vice President for Student Affairs at North Dakota State University (NDSU) from 2006-2014. He retired after 38 years of service in student affairs and currently serves as Vice President Emeritus for Student Affairs. As the Vice President, he oversaw 23 departm…

A new fund created through the bequest of Patricia Skognes was recently established at the FM Area Foundation and will provide annual support for nine local charities. Patricia grew up in Fargo attending Fargo Public Schools and later received a B.A. degree from Minnesota State Universtiy Moorhead and M.A. degree from North Dakota State University. She was a long-time Fargo teacher. She spent mu…

The FM Area Foundation is excited to announce the creation of the Walaker Family Memorial Fund to honor the lives of Dennis (Denny) and Mary Walaker. Mary Walaker was an educator and supporter of the arts. For 39 years she wrote school musicals, supervised science fairs, championed student learning and developed lifelong friendships. She was passionate about music, education, gardening and her fa…

Today, the FM Area Foundation and Insight Technologies donated four laptops and docking stations to the New American Consortium for Wellness & Empowerment. The laptops will be used for ELL classes and as a computer bank for people to apply for jobs and other types of training opportunities, said Darci Asche, Volunteer Director of Development of the New American Consortium. The laptops were pr…

The FM Area Foundation is pleased to announce the establishment of three new legacy funds—the Immanuel Kant Endowment Fund I, Immanuel Kant Endowment Fund II and the Immanuel Kant Music Fund. These funds established in April of 2018 through Dr. Immanuel J. Wilk’s revocable living trust will benefit the Temple Beth El endowment fund, as well as graduate students in the chemistry departments at NDSU…

We have recently been made aware that a fraudulent Facebook profile account using the name "Kenny Roberts" is posing as our organization and notifying people they have won money. This is a scam. Do not send money or any personal information. We have reported this page to Facebook and contacted authorities. If you have any questions, please message us or call us at 701.234.0756. Our office is open…