Curtis L. Carlson Family Foundation

The foundation was established in 1959 to administer the distribution of charitable contributions and has been ranked in the Top 50 Minnesota Foundations by total giving. While consideration for donations is given to all requesting parties, the foundation focuses its attention primarily on children at risk, mentoring and education. Following is a small representation of the many important causes that we support through the foundation.

The World Childhood Foundation
The Carlson family has joined the initiative to preserve the rights of abused and exploited children by becoming co-founder of the World Childhood Foundation, established by Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden. The foundation sponsors more than 100 projects in 14 countries around the world for the betterment of children.

ECPAT
Carlson was the first North American travel and hospitality company to sign The Code of Conduct to Protect Children Against Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism. Through this international set of guidelines, travel and tourism companies have pledged to help end the commercial sex trade in children.

University of Minnesota
Since 1976, Carlson has contributed $46 million to a variety of programs and schools at the University of Minnesota, the founder's alma mater. Carlson family members have personally led many fundraisers to benefit the school, its students and the surrounding community.

Carlson School of Management
The University's prestigious School of Management was renamed the "Curtis L. Carlson School of Management" in honor of our company's founder, Curt Carlson, who led a fund-raising drive to build a new facility for the school. Today the school is one of the country's leading business schools with state-of-the-art tele-teaching rooms, wireless computer connectivity and an extensive corporate learning center.

Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Distinguished Carlson Lecture Series
Carlson chaired the drive to raise $12 million to financially launch the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, which opened in early 1986 at the university. Ten years earlier, the company gave a $1 million gift to sponsor a world-class lecture series at the institute. Known as the Distinguished Carlson Lecture Series, the program features internationally known political and social leaders.

University of Minnesota Tourism Center
Carlson was also responsible for the effort to raise $1 million to support Minnesota tourism education and research through the Tourism Center at the university. Dollars contributed by Carlson were matched by numerous tourism entities in Minnesota, illustrating the support for both Carlson and the tourism industry. The Carlson Endowment supports tourism educational programs and research that strengthen tourism in Minnesota.

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