Publicly identifying your funding sources helps promote transparency, builds credibility as a fundable organization, strengthens partnerships, and can even lead to additional financial support from other funders. If you want to mention Sourcewell in your communications, feel free to pull from the approved language below.    

• In any funding announcements, please use the following: “[Project/event] is supported (in part) by funding from Sourcewell, a public government agency charged with supporting successful outcomes for schools and communities in central Minnesota.”   
• If more detail is warranted, please use: “[Project/event] is supported (in part) by funding from Sourcewell, a local unit of government and the regional service cooperative for Cass, Crow Wing, Morrison, Todd, and Wadena counties. As a service cooperative, Sourcewell is a self-funded public government agency charged by Minnesota state statue to partner with education, government, and nonprofits to boost student and community success."

*When communicating about Sourcewell funding, please do not use the word “grant.” There are some nuances to the type of funding we provide, which differs from other types of grant funding. 

Access Sourcewell’s logos below. If possible, it is preferred that you use the full color logo. Use the black and white logo or reverse logo only when it’s required for your design. The minimum size for Sourcewell’s logo is 0.28” for print and 30px for digital. The Sourcewell logo should not be altered in any way, placed on a complex background, or be unnecessarily crowded.

If linking to Sourcewell’s website, please ensure you’re linking to mn.sourcewell.org (not sourcewell-mn,gov, our national-facing cooperative purchasing website). 

Sourcewell primarily utilizes Facebook to engage with people living in central Minnesota. Please feel free to tag us at @sourcewellgov in any relevant posts. 

Please contact Alie McInerney, brand manager, at alie.mcinerney@sourcewell-mn.gov or 218-256-9920 to schedule interviews with Sourcewell staff or to obtain written statements for media coverage.  

Sourcewell marketing staff welcome the opportunity to review and/or provide quotes for any news releases prior to distribution. Reach out to your Sourcewell project contact to request a news release review or quote.

If Sourcewell has video or images that would help support the success of your project, please reach out to your Sourcewell project contact to access and use them. 

If you have stories or news you’d like us to share about your project, please send them to your project contact. We are eager to multiply the impact of your work!