NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Cory Boushee, Director of Programs
email: coryb@nwmf.org
August 13, 2024 (Bemidji, MN) – The Northwest Minnesota Foundation has awarded 12 organizations a combined $350,000 in grant funding through the Otto Bremer Trust Community Responsive Fund to support services and programs addressing crucial needs in our local communities.
NMF received 28 applications totaling more than $1 million in requests.
Awards approved were:
- Red Lake Homeless Shelter, $75,000
- Marshall County Group Homes, Inc., Argyle, $50,000
- Northwoods Battered Women’s Shelter, Bemidji, $50,000
- Clearbrook-Leonard Senior Center, $38,000
- BIO Girls, Inc., serving different locations throughout Northwest Minnesota, $25,000
- Youth Emergency Shelter and Supports, Park Rapids, $25,000
- Bemidji Community Table, $20,000
- Family Safety Network, Walker, $20,000
- Community Resource Connections, Bemidji, $16,500
- Warren S.O.S., $13,000
- Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Bemidji, $10,000
- Tri-Community Movers/Block Nurse Program, Newfolden, $7,500
Otto Bremer Trust identified four categories through which NMF was to align funding: basic needs, community asset building, health and wellbeing, and restorative and responsive.
“We are incredibly thankful to the Otto Bremer Trust for this opportunity,” said Cory Boushee, NMF’s Director of Programs. “This funding enabled us to contribute no-strings-attached operational dollars to our local partners who are delivering vital impacts across our region.”
