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Announcing the 2018 Community Innovation Grantees
Learn more about the organizations awarded Community Innovation grants in 2018.
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February 5, 2019
Help us celebrate the Community Innovation grantees selected over the course of this year!
We established the Community Innovation grant to inspire and support community problem solving. These organizations roll up their sleeves and work with their communities to develop and test new solutions to problems within Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and the 23 Native nations that share the same geography.
Bemidji State University
Citizens League
Family Housing Fund
Friends of the Finland Community
Great Plains Food Bank
Greater Bemidji
Headwaters Regional Development Commission
Helpline Center
JustUs Health
Lake Region Community College Foundation
Men As Peacemakers
Merrick Community Services
Metropolitan State University Foundation
Minneapolis Area Synod, ELCA
Minot Area Recovery Community Organization
Missouri River Educational Cooperative Foundation
NAMI South Dakota
Native American Community Development Institute
Oceti Sakowin Power Authority
Oyate Hotanin
Propel Nonprofits
Rochester Area Foundation
St. David’s Center for Child and Family Development
ThinkND
Tribal Nations Research Group
Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi
World Savvy
Youthprise
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