FMC Endowment Fund Update

Number of scholarships and grants awarded: 567

Dollar Amount Awarded: $324,329

Recent grants were awarded to these five choral organizations to reimburse travel expenses to perform at the annual ACDA-MN State Conference.

Angelica Cantanti Youth Choirs, Elizabeth Egger, conductor

CoMUSICation – Carey Shunskis, conductor

Concordia College Vocal Jazz – Wyatt Steinke, conductor

East Central Minnesota Chorale, Charles Moe, conductor

Minnesota Valley Women’s Chorale, Judy Sagen, conductor

In addition, a $2,000 grant was awarded to the Affinity High School Honor Choir project.

Scholarships have been awarded to these ACDA-MN members to attend the ACDA National Conference in Cincinnati OH, February 22-25:

Christiana Howell, graduate student, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Matt Kiminski, Becker Middle School

Ben Wegner, graduate student, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Upcoming 2023 scholarships will be awarded to students in the 9-10, 7-8, and 4-5-6 honor choir programs, along with the Next Direction HS Student Leadership Conference, and graduate studies.  Graduate studies, along with the Alice T. Larsen scholarship application is due April 1.

See the ACDA-MN homepage for more information about these scholarship opportunities at acda-mn.com.

Thank you to a record number of 695 donors who supported the FMC Endowment Fund during 2022 with gifts totaling $86,921.45 in these categories:

We thank these individual and corporate donors who have contributed to the FMC Endowment Fund during September to December, 2022:

Gifts to the FMC Endowment Fund

Acknowledge a mentor, colleague, relative or friend, by donating to the FMC Endowment Fund.  Your donations in ANY amount are welcomed at ANY time.

Your gift to the FMC Endowment Fund supports choral music excellence in Minnesota today and into the future.  ACDA of Minnesota is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization and all gifts are tax deductible.

For more information or to make an on-line contribution by credit card click:  acda-mn.org

Or mail your contribution to:

FMC Endowment Fund
Jamie Andrews, Executive Director
4445 44th Avenue South
Minneapolis MN. 55406

jandrews@acda-mn.org

We greatly appreciate your ongoing generosity and support.  Thank you!

ACDA-MN leadership, overseeing the FMC Endowment Fund and the Alice T. Larsen Memorial Scholarship Fund, annually advises our investment management firm to adopt selective investment strategies that utilize socially conscious investment options that focus on environmental, social, and corporate governance criteria.

Members of the FMC Endowment Fund Committee:

Members of the FMC Advisory Committee