Meet the Grants Team
The Grants Team is available to discuss your grant eligibility and answer your questions.
Before applying, all interested applicants are invited to contact a member of our Grants Team to ensure that our grant program fits your organization’s needs.
We strongly encourage any first-time applicants or those who have not previously received funding from us to connect with a Grants Team member before applying.
Anaïs Deal-Márquez
Program Officer
- Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation Democracy Grant Program
Sharon DeMark
Program Officer
- Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation Arts & Culture Grant Program
- Mardag Foundation Food Access Grant Program
Nikki Finley
Program Assistant – Community Impact
- General Inquiries
Linda Garrett-Johnson
Program Officer
- Our Home State Grant Program, a collaborative effort of the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, F. R. Bigelow Foundation and Mardag Foundation
Kedar Hickman
Program Officer
- F. R. Bigelow Foundation BIPOC Leadership Program
- F. R. Bigelow Foundation Systems Change (Invite-Only) Grant Program
Gina Kaeppe
Program Officer
- Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation Community Solutions Grant Program
- F. R. Bigelow Foundation Community Solutions Grant Program
Matthew Murphy
Partnerships Program Manager
- Bush Prize: Minnesota
- Minnesota Community IDEAS Program
Derek Taylor
Community Impact Program Manager
- Mardag Foundation Community Emergency Grant Program
- J. C. and L. A. Duke Employees’ Assistance Fund
- Management Improvement Fund
- Catchafire
Arbadella Williams
Program Manager, Community Sharing Fund
- Community Sharing Fund