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What does the Blandin
Foundation do for our community? |
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The Blandin Foundation
considers itself an active and
innovative partner in its home
community. Grand Rapids benefits from
Blandin Foundation community leadership
programs, public policy initiatives
and receives special grant attention.
The Grand Rapids area benefits from
Community Economic Advantage grants
and it is the only area in the state
eligible to receive Community
Responsive Grants – grants that seek
to combat the root causes of social
problems in the community.
Blandin Foundation
is focused on the economic viability
of rural Minnesota communities, part
of their mission is to help strengthen
rural Minnesota and the Grand Rapids
area, our home. To that end, the
Foundation offers: |
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Leadership development programs
that help communities capitalize
on their assets.
- Public
Policy programs to inform and
engage the public on issues
affecting rural economic
viability, which currently
include two major initiatives:
Vital Forests/Vital Communities
and Rural Broadband and a
special initiative, Goods from
the Woods.
- Grant
making to support
community-generated economic
strategies and – in the Grand
Rapids area – the Foundation
offers economic advantage grants
and responsive grants.
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