NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Dawn Ganje, Senior Vice President of Philanthropy
email: dawng@nwmf.org
January 7, 2025 (Bemidji, MN) – The Eldor and Stella Omdahl Environment and Conservation Fun has approved four grant applications totaling more than $60,000 to support conservation efforts throughout Northwest Minnesota.
The Eldor and Stella Omdahl Environment and Conservation Fund is a fund in the family of funds at Northwest Minnesota Foundation. Its mission is to provide financial support for charitable, educational, and scientific programs, projects, and activities that support or benefit environmental and conservation causes.
The projects and programs approved for funding through the 2024 fall grant round are:
- Programming Support, Agassiz Audubon Society
- Nielsen Center, Mississippi Headwaters Audubon Society
- Conserving the Tallgrass Aspen Parklands, The Nature Conservancy
- Pollinator Habitat, White Earth Land Recovery
“The Eldor and Stella Omdahl Fund generously supports the conservation of the Northwest Minnesota natural habitat” said Dawn Ganje, senior vice president of philanthropy at NMF. “We look forward to the work these programs will complete as they support our natural places.”
