The Blandin Foundation

3 Grants from 2008 - 2010

  • Total Amount Received: $1,388,545
  • Location: Grand Rapids, MN

Build a cohort of 75 leaders in Mankato, Minnesota with continued funding for two retreats of the Blandin Community Leadership Program

Grants received

$212,713 in 2010

  • Term: 18 Months

Build a cohort of 75 leaders in Mankato, Minnesota with continued funding for two retreats of the Blandin Community Leadership Program

$425,832 in 2009

  • Term: 16 Months

Establish a partnership to strengthen leadership in Minnesota; train approximately 100 leaders by expanding the Blandin Community Leadership Program from 10 to 14 communities; and complete a planning process to determine feasibility of program expansion.

$750,000 in 2008

  • Term: 18 Months

To preserve 75,000 woodland acres in northern Minnesota through conservation easements that protect private industrial forest land from development and that preserve jobs, wildlife habitat, and public recreation