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Kootasca Community Action Building Resilience with $400,000 Blandin Foundation Grant
Funding will help fight poverty and build community through long-term planning, program evaluation and organizational development.
2024-25 Scholarship Applications Are Now Open!
Blandin Foundation Scholarships – $1,000 to $6,000 per student each year – are for every student of high schools in the Itasca County area and Hill City, Remer, Blackduck, Northome and Bug O Nay Ge Shig schools. Apply Today!
Blandin Foundation CEO Included in 2024 TCB 100
Twin Cities Business released their annual shortlist of influencers, thought leaders and key players likely to be making news or driving change in the year ahead. Tuleah Palmer was included among CEOs, founders, government officials and innovators from across the state.
The urgent need for affordable housing in rural communities
MPR’s Rural Voice series hosted a town hall discussion in Two Harbors about how to creatively solve the affordable housing bottleneck for rural communities.
Blandin Foundation's CEO Tuleah Palmer on the Mainstreet Minnesota Podcast
Tuleah joins host Blois Olson along with Roy Smith (IRRB, MN North) and Steve Loney (Kiesler Wellness Center) to discuss mental health, housing and energy costs.
A New Strategic Direction
Aligning our resources toward a sustainable, equitable future for rural Minnesota.
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Blandin Foundation stands with communities as they design and claim their futures. That’s thousands of partnerships in hundreds of communities over more than 75 years.
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Kootasca Community Action Building Resilience with $400,000 Blandin Foundation Grant
April 10, 2024
Funding will help fight poverty and build community through long-term planning, program evaluation and organizational development. Key Points: KOOTASCA supports vital community needs, including affordable housing, early childhood education, community engagement and poverty reduction. The combined service area of Itasca and Koochiching counties experiences higher rates of poverty and food insecurity and lower median household…
GroundWork Blog
Uniting Communities Through Placemaking Projects
March 12, 2024
One mom’s mission to give Goodland Township’s gathering space a boost grew to a community collaboration Sarah Detjen didn’t set out to oversee a major community construction project. But when she began talking about rebuilding her local park, her vision and determination drew friends, neighbors and strangers to the project, building back the park better…
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