Capital Campaign
Thanks to the support of businesses and families in our area, the Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota raised over $4.8 million dollars in its capital campaign. These contributions have helped to make the Children’s Museum one of the most visited museums in greater Minnesota. The Children’s Museum would not be here without the support of the community.
VISIONARIES
$1,000,000+
- Lyle & Kay Jacobson
Founders
$500,000 – $999,999
- Dotson Family Fund of the Mankato Area Foundation
- Jordan Sands & Capstone: Members of the Coughlan Family of Companies
- Mankato Clinic / Mankato Foundation
- MN Legacy Fund / Minnesota Humanities Center
Innovators
$250,000 – $499,999
- Kato Engineering / Emerson
- Page, Jones, Richards Family Foundation
Pioneers
$100,000 – $249,999
- AgStar Financial Services
- City of Mankato
- David Christensen & Jill Evans
- L&N Andreas Foundation
- Mayo Clinic Health System
Minnesota Corn Growers Association - Otto Bremer Foundation
- Ridley Inc. / Hubbard Feeds
- Rotary Club of Greater Mankato
- Schwickert Family
Creators
$50,000 – $99,999
- BLK Electric, Inc.
- Consolidated Communications
- ISG
- Jones Metal Products
- Mardag Foundation
- Bill & Melissa Marks
- Minnesota Soybean
- Tami & Bryan Paulsen
- Scheels
- Laura & Scott Stevens
Builders
$25,000 – $49,999
- Cherry Creek Cabinetworks
- Chuck & Virginia Danish
- Deichman Construction
- Linder Enterprises
- MN Legacy Fund / Minnesota Historical Society
- The Orthopaedic & Fracture Clinic, P.A.
- MN Legacy Fund / Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Center
- United Prairie Bank
DREAMMAKERS
$10,000 – $24,999
- A+ Systems Group / Jeff & Jennifer Domas Family
- Abdo, Eick & Meyers, LLP
- Blazing Star Gardens
- CAB Construction and Manufacturing, Inc.
- City of North Mankato
- Crystal Valley Coop
- D&K Powdercoating
- DuPont Pioneer
- Frandsen Bank & Trust
- Linda & Robert Frost
- Gislason & Hunter LLP
- David & Darlene Janovy
- Jones, Page, Jacobson Family Foundation
- Jack & Harriet Kent
- Lloyd Lumber
- Madison East Center
- MEI Total Elevator Solutions
- Kathy Michaelson
- Minnesota Precision Manufacturing Association
- MinnStar Bank
- Monsanto Fund
- Old Fashioned Carpentry
- Dr. E. Dale & Jean Peterson
- Pub 500 / Happy Chef Systems, Inc.
- David & Kristee Richards
- Marcia Richards
- River Hills Mall
- Schmidt Family Foundation
- South Central College / Southern Minnesota Center for Agriculture
- Southern Minnesota Construction
- Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation
- Southwest Agri-Plastics, Inc.
- Unimin, Corp.
- US Bank
- Wells Concrete
- William D. Radichel Foundation
- Chuck & Rosie Wingert
PLAYMAKERS
$5,000 – $9,999
- BENCO Electric Coop.
- Blethen, Gage & Krause, PLLP
- Connectors, Inc.
- Dotson Company, Inc.
- Eide Bailly, LLP
- Elkay Wood Products
- Evenson Concrete Systems
- Kaaren & Joe Grabianowski
- Wade & Mary Jo Hensel
- Darcy & David Hermel
- Lisa & Corey Keyes
- Robert & Edith Lovig
- Midstates Mechanical
- Midwest Electric Products, Inc.
- Peter D. Olson
- Thomas & Corrine Riley
- Dan Sarff
- Kyle & Abbie Smith
- Sarah & Ethan Steinbach
- Traverse de Sioux Library
- University of Minnesota / MAELC
- Valley News Company
- Karen & Denny Wahlstrom
- Pam Willard
DEVELOPERS
$2,500 – $4,999
- All American Foods
- Blinds & More
- Laura & David Bowman
- Mike & Cathy Brennan
- Cargill, Inc.
- Case IH
- Jamie D’Angelo
- Randy & Jean Farrow
- Brenda & Joe Flannery
- The Home Depot Foundation
- Horizon Milling / Cargill, Inc.
- James R. Weir Insurance Agency
- Lee & April Johnson
- Lego Children’s Fund
- Maxi-Lift
- The Mayo Foundation
- Olseth Family Foundation
- Robert Charles Danish Memorial Fund
- Charles & Beth Serrill
- Ellen Schofield
- Phil & Margie Slingsby
- Katie & Joseph Smentek
- Mark & Rhonda Taylor
- Voyager Bank
EXPLORERS
$1,000 – $2,499
- 7 Systems, LLC
- American Legion Auxiliary Unit II
- Anna Anderson
- Barnes & Noble
- Neal & Susan Benson
- Blue Earth County Corn & Soybean Growers Association, Inc.
- C & S Supply
- The Clark Family Fund
- Community Charities of Minnesota
- Matthew Chmielewski & Tami Miller Chmielewski
- The Design Element
- Joe & Trisha Duncan
- Elite Portrait Design
- Envision
- Erbert & Gerbert’s Sandwich Shop
- Forrest G. James #589 Marine Corps League
- Friesen’s Family Bakery and Bistro
Frost-Friesen Family: Natasha, Tony, Spencer & Julian - Nitara Frost & Tabatha Trahan and children
- Caroline & Ed Harrington
- Marilyn Hart
- Larry & Cathy Hesse
- In Memory of Faye Norton
- In Memory of Ilene Williams
- Jersey Mike’s
- Kanyusik Family Fund, John & Carolyn
- Chuck & Alene Kind
- Kiwanis Club of Mankato Downtown
- Kwik Trip
- Lake Washington Improvement Association
- Barb Leisz
- Leonard, Street & Deinard
- Mankato Landshapes
- Colleen & Bruce Miller
- Liz Miller
- Minnesota Valley Federal Credit Union
- Naomi & Chris Mortensen
- Dwaine & Carole Petersen
- Katherine Ploog
- Brad & Teresa Pratt
- Pro Fabrication
- Donald & Stephanie Putzier
- Audrey & Vern Radel
- Rasmussen College
- Rickway Carpet
- Elizabeth Sandell
- Jennie & Matt Schindle
- David & Michelle Schooff
- Jane & Dave Schostag
- James & Betty Sohler
- Simon Brick & Stone Co.
- John Wattleworth
- Karen Wright & Jeff Pribyl