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The Owatonna Foundation was incorporated in 1958, but the roots of citizen involvement in Owatonna go back to the 1800s when a citizen bequeathed money to add a watering trough for horses.

The Board Members

Board of Trustees
The Owatonna Foundation is made up of 35 civic-minded trustees who volunteer their time to evaluate and decide the distribution of funds in the form of grants for specific community projects. Twelve of these trustees are elected to an Executive Committee that meets to review and discuss grant applications and make recommendations to the Board of Trustees.

    2005-2010
  • Thomas Brick
  • Gerald Deetz
  • Tim McManimon
  • Stephen J. Smith
  • Wallace M. Tripp
    2006-2011
  • Brad Austin
  • William Beer
  • Charles Herrmann
  • William Kottke
  • Otto Nelson
  • Carol G. Nelson
  • David Seykora
  • Larry Stordahl
    2007-2012
  • Paul Arnfelt
  • David Einhaus
  • Dale Hursh
  • Jay Johnson
  • Betsy K. Lindgren
  • James L. Martineau
  • Ray Stawarz
  • Harland Strohschein
  • Sharon West
  • Kenneth E. Wilcox
  • Greg Wobschall
    2008-2013
  • Betty Kaplan
  • Kennard Kaplan
  • Chadwick S. Lange
  • Dennis Meillier
  • Sabra Otteson
    2009-2014
  • Dale Gandrud
  • Todd Hale
  • Robert Jungbluth
  • Gene Michaelson
  • Vern White
  • Carol Winter
Click here   for a Contribution Form (pdf) to print and mail with your donation.