The Sauer Family Foundation provides funding to strengthen the well-being of children so they thrive in their families and communities.
Donor Name: Sauer Family Foundation
State: Minnesota
County: Anoka County (MN), Carver County (MN), Dakota County (MN), Hennepin County (MN), Ramsey County (MN), Scott County (MN), Washington County (MN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/25/2026
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Priorities
Foundation funds direct service, research, field building, and systems change efforts in the following areas:
- Building Strong Family Relationships: Prevention and Intervention in Child Welfare
- Supporting children and families with a whole family approach network of community-based initiatives towards preventing child abuse and neglect.
- Keeping children safe at home through parent support and family treatment services. When this is not possible, building connections through family-finding and natural support towards achieving relational permanence.
- Meeting the social emotional needs of foster children & youth and decreasing time to permanency, interrupting the exit to homeless youth services.
- Increasing public awareness of the foster care experience through the elevation of experienced and informed foster youth voice.
- Building Supportive Environments that Promote Emotional Safety for Children & Youth
- Programs for preK-12 schools that promote the emotional safety of children and youth.
- School-based small group interventions for children facing shared adverse experiences, e.g.; grief, separation from caregiver.
- Programs that offer children and families tools to talk about emotional and mental health.
- Professional development in trauma-responsive practices for professionals working with children; including resiliency to secondary trauma.
Eligibility Criteria
The Sauer Family Foundation provides funding in the state of Minnesota with priority given to the seven-county metro area. The Foundation works in settings that serve children who are at-risk or experiencing abuse or neglect, exposed to toxic stress/trauma, or have challenges developing reading, writing and math skills. This includes schools and early childhood settings, non-profit and research organizations, government agencies, collaboratives, and networks.
For more information, visit Sauer Family Foundation.
