Prime Together Foundation provides music therapy, joy for individuals with disabilities.

Living Well Disability Services is an organization that transforms the lives of people impacted by disabilities through the delivery of exceptional services, including residential support, wellness programming and more.

Prime is making an impact.

PRIME TOGETHER FOUNDATION

Volunteer mentors help make upward economic mobility a possibility

SEE HOW WE’RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Our goal

Fighting inequality, promoting justice and tolerance

Prime Therapeutics is passionate about helping local organizations combat inequalities and injustice. In 2020, our leaders and employees resolved to make a difference and create real change around us, and so we decided that we needed to create our own foundation.

So far, the Prime Together Foundation has distributed more than $458,000 in grants to 28 organizations. We continue to raise funds as we seek to broaden our outreach and make an even bigger impact.

Mission

Work with our communities to address inequality and injustice in all its manifestations, particularly racism, poverty, health and hunger.

Grantmaking

Prime’s Diversity & Inclusion Council recommends how funds are allocated, and the Foundation’s Board of Directors approves all grants.

Testimonials

“We are so grateful for the support from the Prime Together Foundation. Their grant has been instrumental in allowing The Link to continue our vital mission to support youth experiencing homelessness and help them find their path to stable housing and brighter futures. With grants like these, we’ve been able to continue our existing programming, while also expanding our programming.”

Beth HolgerCEO, The Link

“The Twin Cities region faces some of the country’s worst disparities in career and college access, education, employment and wages, and Achieve is actively working to close these equity gaps through our personalized, expert programs. Thanks to generous grants like the one from the Prime Together Foundation, we are able to fund initiatives that truly make a difference in our students’ lives and strengthen our whole community.”

Danielle GrantPresident and CEO, Achieve Twin Cities
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“A grant from the Prime Together Foundation boosts our ability to improve health outcomes and social conditions to enrich whole person health.”

Heather TiddExecutive Director, Dakota Child and Family Clinic
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“For youth experiencing homelessness, the Prime Together Foundation’s donation helps The Bridge for Youth go beyond meeting basic needs to create joy through simple acts.”

Lisa MearsExecutive Director, The Bridge for Youth
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“Prime Together Foundation dollars help Jeremiah Program curate support structures that allow single moms and their children to access pathways to greater opportunity. Our moms already come to us as leaders; we are simply providing them with the space they need to create the best life for themselves and their families.” 

Maureen Rafferty Senior Director of Institutional Partnerships at Jeremiah Program
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“Prime is proud to move forward and create a foundation that will help offer other organizations working hard to address social inequities. By shining a light on their efforts, we can make a lasting impact in our communities.”

Erin Feigalchief human resources officer

The Prime Together Foundation’s financial support helps us enrich whole person health by meeting social needs beyond a welcoming home.

Chrisann GrayExecutive Director

ORGANIZATIONS WE SUPPORT

Strengthening our communities

We give our time and resources to some remarkable organizations that are working to address the inequalities and injustices that happen in our neighborhoods every day.

Achieve Twin Cities

To rally community support and deliver best-in-class programs to inspire and equip Minneapolis and Saint Paul young people for careers, college and life.

Appetite for Change

Use food as a tool to build health, wealth, and social change. 

Avivo

Avivo increases well-being through recovery and career advancement while working to end homelessness.

Bear Hug Cattle Company

Provide veterans with the skills, resources, and connections to get a job in the ranching industry as they transition out of the military. 

The Bridge for Youth

More than 6,000 youth experience homelessness on any given night in Minnesota. Further, 35% – more than 2,000 youth in Minnesota – are pregnant or parenting. For teen parents experiencing homelessness, the difficulties facing them can be overwhelming.

The Bridge for Youth offers site-based transitional living units designated as age-appropriate and safe, specifically for teen parents experiencing homelessness. In addition to serving pregnant and parenting teens, The Bridge for Youth meets the unique needs of youth who identify as BIPOC, and/or LGBTQ+, and those experiencing trauma that, if left untreated, could lead to mental health issues, juvenile crime and substance abuse.

Casa Esperanza, Inc.

To empower individuals and families to recover from addiction, trauma, mental illness and other chronic medical conditions; overcome homelessness; and achieve health and wellness through comprehensive, integrated care.

Children’s Advocacy Center of Collin County

To provide safety, healing and justice for children victimized by abuse or neglect in our community.

Cincinnati Youth Collaborative

Empower children and young adults to overcome obstacles and succeed in education, career, and life. 

Connections to Independence

To provide unique programming and advocacy for foster care youth, ages 14–24, to promote a successful and healthy transition to living independently as they reach adulthood.​

Dakota Child and Family Clinic

Health is about more than health care. Many people encounter social barriers to health including inadequate insurance, lack of access to reliable transportation, housing, job or food insecurity, or language barriers.

For 10 years, the Dakota Child and Family Clinic (DCFC) has served the needs of children and adults, regardless of their ability to pay. DCFC provides high-quality, patient-centric services in a caring atmosphere that is accessible and inclusive to meet their patients’ social and mental health needs, both in and outside the clinic’s walls.

EVOLVE Family Services

Provide a full breadth of inclusive, ethical programming: adoption, foster care, pregnancy support, youth services, and education.

Face to Face Health & Counseling Service

Advance economic and health equity for youth while providing support, opportunities, and access to resources as they build on their strengths and achieve their aspirations. 

Free2Luv

Transform and save lives through art-driven, interactive programming. 

Hennepin Healthcare Foundation

The Hennepin Healthcare Foundation connects the generosity of the community to the mission of Hennepin Healthcare. Through partnerships with community, patients and their families, Hennepin Healthcare ensures access to outstanding care for everyone while improving health and wellness through teaching, patient and community education, and research. The Foundation will use the grant to support their Muslim Spiritual Care initiative. Over 14% of all foreign-born patients receiving their care at Hennepin Healthcare are Muslim, but prior to this program, there was an absence of spiritual care for those practicing the Muslim faith. The Muslim Spiritual Care initiative aims to close this gap by providing culturally appropriate and informed care.

Jeremiah Program

Jeremiah Program’s mission is to disrupt the cycle of poverty for single mothers and their children two-generations at a time. Jeremiah Program will use the grant to support year-round programming for single mothers attending college and their children. This includes empowerment and leadership programs, safe and affordable housing, coaching, high-quality early childhood education and activities and more.

The Link

To work with youth and families to overcome the impacts of poverty and social injustice.

Living Well Disability Services

Transform the lives of people impacted by disabilities through the delivery of exceptional services.

MATTER

Help people launch projects that improve communities. 

MIGIZI Communications

Provide a strong circle of support that nurtures the educational, social, economic and cultural development of American Indian youth. 

Neighborhood House

Help people gain the skills, knowledge, and confidence to thrive in diverse communities.

Nishna Productions

Provide support and opportunity for people to accomplish their goals. 

Normandale Community College Foundation

Black male teachers make up less than 1% of the teachers in Minnesota, but their presence in the classroom is shown to have a positive impact on students.

The Normandale Community College Foundation (NCCF) is working to close equity gaps, including funding Sirtify, a program that supports Black male students aspiring to be K-12 educators. In addition, the organization continues to raise funds for a wide range of scholarships, enabling thousands of Normandale Community College students to stay enrolled in college and achieve their goals. And in response to a survey showing 35% of students experienced food insecurity, NCCF is broadening its focus to include ending student hunger.

Out Youth Austin

Promote the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social well-being of sexual- and gender-minority youth so that they can openly and safely explore and affirm their identities. 

SEWA-AIFW

SEWA-AIFW is a nonprofit organization committed to serving, supporting, and enhancing family wellness for the South Asian community in the Twin Cities and throughout Minnesota. Its main areas of concentration include domestic abuse, senior care, and community health initiatives. The grant will help provide those served by SEWA-AIFW access to meals and general support, as many in the South Asian community have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. The most prominent group needing support includes seniors and victims of abuse.

Southern Anoka Community Assistance

Provide food and resources to those in need while empowering dignity and independence to those served in the community.

TC Food Justice

Reduce food waste and hunger in the Twin Cities by being a link between those willing to help and those in need. 

The Trevor Project

End suicide among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning young people. 

Tubman

To advance opportunities for change so that every person can experience safety, hope, and healing.

Vail Place

Help people with serious mental illnesses avoid crisis, achieve stability, and pursue active, fulfilling lives based on their individual abilities. 

JOIN US

Together we can

With your support, we can help non-profit organizations in our community close the inequality gap – and create meaningful and measurable change.