Sunday Cabaret raises nearly $12,000 for Bemidji Area Arts Endowment
The Sunday Cabaret event hosted by the Bemidji Area Endowment for the Arts, a component fund of Northwest Minnesota Foundation, raised $11,800 to support the arts.
Northwest Minnesota Foundation honors six awardees who are championing community
At its annual recognition event, the Northwest Minnesota Foundation celebrated six awardees from throughout the region whose work and energies are leading and supporting community in meaningful ways.
Bemidji 31 Education Foundation Fund announces 2023 grant recipients
The Bemidji 31 Education Foundation Fund has announced its fall 2023 grant award recipients. The education fund awards annual grants to ISD 31 teachers through a competitive application and review process.
Bemidji Area Arts Endowment holding Sunday cabaret fundraising events
The Bemidji Area Arts Endowment will host a Sunday Cabaret event to raise support and fundraising for the arts.
Jim Carrington Trust establishes scholarship at Northwest Minnesota Foundation
A new scholarship has been established in honor of Jim Carrington, former sports editor of the Bemidji Pioneer and longtime youth baseball coach.
$1.1M in grants awarded to Northwest Minnesota businesses to support revitalization
Twenty-one businesses in Mahnomen, Waubun, Richwood, East Grand Forks, and Bemidji have received a combined $1.1 million in funding to support economic revitalization in their communities.
Bemidji Area Arts Endowment grants out more than $23,000
The Bemidji Area Arts Endowment Fund, a component fund of the Northwest Minnesota Foundation, has granted out more than $23,000 to support the arts in the Bemidji area.
Bemidji Middle School students make duck calls, thanks to education fund grant
Thanks to a $1,000 grant from the Bemidji 31 Education Foundation Fund, around three dozen Bemidji Middle Schools were able to learn the art of woodturning, each making their own duck call.
Scholarship Spotlight: Theresa Gustafson
Theresa Gustafson, who graduated from Bemidji High School, earned the Ray F. and John F. Breen Scholarship and the John and Iva Lee Graupman Family Scholarship.