Started in 2026, Voyageur Outward Bound is grateful for generous donors who make the commitment to ensure that specific programs, spaces, and initiatives have the funding and expertise to create the best opportunities for students. These commitments are critical for advancing access to the outdoors, maintaining the highest level of safe, quality programming to meet today’s students and needs.

Available Impact Sponsorships

• Gear Up & Go Sponsors
• Trips Sponsor
• Staff Village Sponsor
• Student Village Sponsor
• Dog Village Sponsor

Learn more about Impact Sponsorships

Monthly donors give Voyageur Outward Bound School the gift of stability and a way to stay on course, even when the winds pick up. Knowing the amount and timing of your gift in advance helps us with our annual financial planning. Recurring charitable gifts allow Voyageur Outward Bound School to focus on our core mission—building a more resilient and compassionate world.

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Corporate and foundation partners multiply the impact of Outward Bound. Together, we can provide more life-changing experiences to young people.

We work closely with our partners to create a relationship that aligns Outward Bound’s mission and vision with their goals and philanthropic interests.

Impact Partners
Voyageur Outward Bound School is grateful to the following impact partners for helping students grow and achieve through challenge and discovery.

• Larson Family Foundation
• George Family Foundation
• The Walser Foundation
• Dellwood Foundation
• Richard J. Schulze Family Foundation
• HB Fuller Foundation
• Haggerty Family Foundation
• David and Janis Larson Foundation
• State of Minnesota Youth Intervention Programs (YIP)

We welcome the opportunity to connect with potential partners who wish to make a lasting impact on experiential education and youth development in the outdoors. Contact Stacey Minnick, Director of Development, at [email protected] or 651-401-0637 to learn more.

Corporate Partners
Voyageur Outward Bound recognizes the following corporate partner organizations who provide tangible ways for our community members to gear up and get outside. These partners are helping lower the barriers to adventure and ensuring our crew has the tools they need to succeed.

The Original Bug Shirt Company

Compassion Crew is a community of leadership donors committed to moving Voyageur Outward Bound and its impact forward. Launched as a part of the VOBS 60th Anniversary in 2024, the Compassion Crew recognizes the generosity of alumni, parents, friends, and former/current staff and instructors and trustees  who have gifted $1,000 or more in annual giving. This special group of leaders is driven to make a difference in the lives of students, and the future of Voyageur Outward Bound School, our community, and world.

Learn more about the Compassion Crew

Donors who would like to ensure the sustainability and legacy of Voyageur Outward Bound for years into the future can fund an Endowed Scholarship. Endowed scholarships are designed to grow Voyageur’s endowment and provide an annual scholarship for a student with demonstrated financial need. 

Available Scholarship Giving Opportunities

• General Scholarship Fund
• Annual Named Scholarships
• Endowed Scholarships

Learn more about Scholarship Giving

Members of the Voyageur Outward Bound Legacy Giving Circle support the long-term success of our organization through a planned gift. The following donors have created a lasting legacy, ensuring the Outward Bound mission to change lives through challenge and discovery is available to students from all walks of life for generations to come.

Learn more about the Legacy Giving Circle