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Bethany Wesley

NMF Board visits the Lake of the Woods Distilling Company!

The Northwest Minnesota Foundation Board of Directors met in-person last Friday, May 19th, at the Lake of the Woods Distilling Company in Baudette.

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NMF Q3 impact report: $880,000 sent out into Northwest Minnesota

More than $880,000 was loaned or granted out into the region from January through March through the Northwest Minnesota Foundation.

Daniel Barrientez Jr.

Offering a Fresh Start: Bemidji man aims to start food truck to offer felon-friendly employment

‘Why do we let this happen?’

The Northwest Minnesota Racial Equity Accountability Project team is charged with examining and questioning the homeless response system with the goal of advancing racial equity and reducing racial disparities.

‘The opportunities here are important’

Evolving requirements and shrinking targeted geographic zones provide challenges to providing low-interest CDFI lending – but the potential for impact is limitless.

‘Working together to achieve a goal’

STRATEGIC COLLABORATION Multiple organizations come together to assist Fadumo Ahmed in the opening of Gold Childcare Center, a culturally supportive child care center planned for East Grand Forks. A culturally supportive child care center is planned for East Grand Forks. Fadumo Ahmed, who has provided in-home child care for several years in East Grand Forks, …

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Hub Grant / Year 1

The Northwest Minnesota Foundation is committed to strengthening support for children and families throughout our region.

‘A built-in study group’

The cost of one child’s college tuition is hard to manage; for the Balstads, there were three entering college all at the same time. Trent, Faith, and Lance Balstad all graduated high school in 2000.

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The Crisis: Child Care

The Face of Child Care has Changed - Communities form taskforces to address their child care needs

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