The Otto Bremer Foundation owns a majority share of Bremer Bank, and a portion of the bank's profits comes to the Foundation as dividends, enabling the Foundation to invest back in the communities that are homes and neighbors to Bremer banks in the form of grants and program-related investments. In determining geographic eligibility for a grant, Foundation trustees and staff consider a number of factors, including physical proximity to Bremer Bank communities and how the work of a specific program or organization will positively affect residents of those communities

With the opening of Bremer Bank locations in Mankato and Bismarck-Mandan, the Foundation is now accepting applications for grants and program-related investments from organizations whose beneficiaries are residents of that community.

Click the map below for a full size image. The communities are listed below.