OVERVIEW
*Major Objectives:

**Provide scholarships and promote cultural exchange
**Promote Norwegian heritage activities
**Support humanitarian causes

*Contributions:
The Sons of Norway foundation welcomes tax deductible contributions in support of its educational and charitable endeavors.  The Sons of Norway foundation welcomes applications and proposals toward endeavors which will preserve and promote the Norwegian heritage in the United States and the American heritage in Norway.

*Governance.
The Sons of Norway Foundation is the charitable arm of the Sons of Norway.  The International Board of Directors, Sons of Norway appoints a board of governors and the staff of the home office in Minneapolis administers the work of the foundation.  This board serves without pay, so all funds donated go directly to the work of the foundation.

*The Humanitarian Fund.
This fund offers emergency aid to our members, lodges and communities experiencing distress or disaster.  Over $100,000 was directed to the 911 disaster.  Over $300,000 was provided during the Red River flood in 1997.

*Helping Hand to Children.
A new project, Helping Hand to Children, provides matching funds to lodges for mentoring or tutoring children.

*Scholarships.
The details for grants and scholarships available from our international organization are available at their web page.  Go to "Foundation" - and select either "Grants" or "Scholarships" for details.  The Sons of Norway Foundation has awarded over 250 scholarships totaling over $600,000.

An "Acrobat" PDF file with the full details is located at the Sons of Norway website. <click here to download and view the entire document>  You will need the Adobe reader on your PC and this does take a little time to download if you are on a dial-in line - please be patient.  Use the following link to get a copy of Adobe Reader, it it is not on your PC.

Also learn more at our Scholarship Page.

The Sons of Norway Foundation gratefully acknowledges the patronage of His Majesty King Harald V.

SKJOLD LODGE'S FOUNDATION FOCUS

Our lodge has a Foundation Director who coordinates our Foundation related activities.

Each year in October, we have a Foundation dinner with entertainment and a raffle to raise funds for the foundation.  Additionally, the lodge and lodge members donate to the foundation and often "target" the donation for specific purposes.