Charity Contest

2024 Charity Contest Winners

 

 

 

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Midwest Manufacturers Foundation

$5000

 

 

 

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Printing Industry of the Midwest Education Foundation

$5000

 

 

 

 


 

Past Charity Contests

2023 Charity Contest Winners

 

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Logo

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society 

Nominated by: Aidan Kray

Washburn Center for Children Logo

Washburn Center for Children

Nominated by: Kelly Bergman

Humor to Fight the Tumor Logo

Humor to Fight the Tumor

Nominated by: Nicole Behm-Koep

Les Turner Foundation Logo

Les Turner Foundation

Nominated by: Sue Ufheil

Minneapolis Parks Foundation Logo

Minneapolis Parks Foundation

Nominated by: Clay Bergevain

Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Logo

Crohn's & Colitis Foundation

Nominated by: Tom Hansen

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Children's Minnesota

Nominated by: Adam Webb

2022 Charity Contest Winners

 

 

 


 

2021 Charity Contest Winners

Music In Plymouth 4

Music In Plymouth

(Plymouth, MN)

$2,500

Nominated by: Quazar Team

Keystone Community Services

Keystone Community Services

(St. Paul, MN)

$2,500

Nominated by: Steve McKeown

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Score Twin Cities

(Minneapolis, MN)

$2,500

Nominated by: Quazar Team

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Northwest Suburban Chapter Pheasants Forever

(Plymouth, MN)

$2,500

Nominated by: Ryan Wahlund

 

 


 

2020 Charity Contest Winners

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TreeHouse

(Bloomington, MN)

$2,500

Nominated by: Kalen Schwartz

Childrens Minnesota
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Children's Minnesota

(Minneapolis, MN)

$5,000

Nominated by: Quazar Team

Two Rivers 2
 
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Two Rivers Community Land Trust

(Woodbury, MN)

$5,000

Nominated by: Alison DeNoma

Quazar and MPMA team
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MPMA Education Foundation

(Minneapolis, MN)

$2,500

Nominated by: Mike Yeager

Cornerstone 2
 
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Cornerstone Advocacy Service

(Bloomington, MN)

$2,500

Nominated by: Susan Baskfield

Quazar Small Sums Large Check Group

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Small Sums At Home Group

(St. Paul, MN)

$2,500

Nominated by: Quazar Capital Team

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Alzheimer's Association Minnesota - North Dakota Chapter

(Edina, MN)

$5,000

Nominated by: Jennifer Theis

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Atwater Splash Pad

(Atwater, MN)
 

$2,500

Nominated by: Bruce Behm

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Rotary Club Plymouth Foundation

(Plymouth, MN)

$2,500

Nominated by: Don Weber

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MNCEO

(Minneapolis, MN)
 

$1,000

Nominated by: Nicole Behm-Koep
 

 

 


   

2019 Charity Contest Winners

WomenVenture logo

WomenVenture

(Minneapolis, MN)

$5,000

Nominated by: Nicole Behm-Koep

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Wilder Foundation

(St. Paul, MN)

$5,000

Nominated by: Anne Rodenberg

 

 


   

   

2018 Charity Contest Winners

TSE, Inc. logo

TSE, Inc.

(Roseville, MN)

$5,000

Nominated by: Carol Maloney, Senior Vice President of Commercial Lending at Bell Bank

Porchlight Foundation, Inc. logo

Porchlight Foundation, Inc.

(Madison, WI) 

$5,000

Nominated by: David Schroder, Senior Partner with Aavin Mezzanine Fund, L.P.

Help At Your Door logo

Help at Your Door

(Minneapolis/St. Paul)

$2,500

Nominated by: Nominated by Multiple Donors

Be the Match logo

Be the Match

(Minneapolis/St. Paul)

$2,500

Nominated by: Quazar Team

 

 


   

   

2017 Charity Contest Winners

Secondhand Hounds logo

Secondhand Hounds

$5,000

Nominated by: Adam Webb, Quazar Business Brokerage

The YMCA logo

YMCA

$5,000

Nominated by: Dan Roberts, Signature Bank

 

 


   

   

2016 Charity Contest Winners

Arthritis Foundation logo

Arthritis Foundation

$2,500

Nominated by: Nancy Burns, Mulcahy Company  

Banyan Community logo

Banyan Community

$2,500

Nominated by: Sue Jensen, Sew Talented and a Banyan Community Board Member

Community Christian School logo

Community Christian School

$2,500

Nominated by: Sarah Burdett, Rice Home Medical, LLC.

Pay It Forward Fund logo

Pay It Forward Fund

$2,500

Nominated by: Troy Ethen, Protean

Pinky Swear Foundation logo

Pinky Swear Foundation

$2,500

Nominated by: Jeffrey Wenngatz, Cresa Minneapolis and a Pinky Swear Foundation Board Member

 

 


   

   

2015 Charity Contest Winners

American Cancer Society logo

American Cancer Society

$5,000

Nominated by: Joe Lavely, Greene Holcomb Fisher

Choice, Inc. logo

CHOICE, Inc.

$5,000

Nominated by: Andrew Schornack, Flagship Bank Minnesota

The Liz Logelin Foundation logo

The Liz Logelin Foundation

$5,000

Selected by: Quazar Capital Corporation

MN Adult & Teen Challenge logo

MN Adult & Teen Challenge

$5,000

Nominated by: Keith S. Bares, Convergent Capital

United Way of the Midlands logo

United Way of the Midlands

$5,000

Nominated by: Wes Hampp,First Capital Partners

 

 


   

   

2014 Charity Contest Winners

Council on Crime and Justice logo

Council on Crime and Justice

$2,500

Nominated by: Todd Jackson

MN Adult & Teen Challenge logo

MN Adult & Teen Challenge

$2,500

Nominated by: Bob Hageman

The National Ability Center logo

The National Ability Center

$2,5000

Nominated by: Greg Easton

The National Football Foundation logo

The National Football Foundation

$2,500

Nominated by: Chris Kearney

United Arts of Central Minnesota logo

United Arts of Central Minnesota

$2,500

Nominated by: Chris Shorba

 

 


   

   

2013 Charity Contest Winners

The Liz Logelin Foundation logo

The Liz Logelin Foundation

$2,500

Nominated by: Debbie Peters

Higher M-Pact logo

Higher M-Pact

$2,500

Nominated by:
Mike Wedel

YouthLink logo

YouthLink

$2,500

Nominated by:
Leo Lopez

LILA Foundation logo

LILA Foundation

$2,500

Nominated by:
Melissa Martyr-Wagner

 

 


   

   

2012 Charity Contest Winners

Chicago Hope Academy logo

Chicago Hope Academy

 

$2,500

Nominated by: Curt Hart

Plymouth Civic League logo

Plymouth Civic League

 

$2,500

Nominated by: Kris St. Martin

Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center logo

Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center

$2,500

Nominated by: Matt Behm

RESOURCE, Inc. logo

RESOURCE, Inc.

 

$2,500

Nominated by: Paul Way

 

 


   

   

2011 Charity Contest Winners

National Parkinson Foundation Minnesota logo

National Parkinson Foundation Minnesota

$2,500

Nominated by:
Kevin Burkhart

Youth Frontiers logo

Youth Frontiers
 

$2,500

Nominated by: Polly & Bob McCrea

The Salvation Army logo

The Salvation Army
 

$2,5000

Nominated by:
Greg Heggem

Minnesota Youth Shotgun Association logo

Minnesota Youth Shotgun Association

$2,500

Nominated by: Sally & Mark Stevens

 

 


   

   

2010 Charity Contest Winners

Senior Community Services logo

Senior Community Services

$2,500

Nominated by: John Lawson

Pregnancy Choices Life Care Center logo

Pregnancy Choices Life Care Center

$2,500

Nominated by: Brad Mayer

The Salvation Army logo

The Salvation Army
 

$2,5000

Nominated by: Greg Heggem

Pheasants Forever logo

Pheasants Forever
 

$2,500

Nominated by: Jim Ristau