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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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