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On January 6, theDuluth Superior Area Community Foundation announced it would have an additional $1 million in grants available for Northland nonprofits for 2022.
“Our region is strong and resilient, but the pandemic continues to present challenges,” foundation President and CEO Shaun Floerke said. “This was the right thing to do, period. Moreover, it has the direct impact of providing $1 million more to our nonprofit partners working on the front lines during these difficult and challenging times.”
Among the many funds and organizations supported by the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation is the Cook County Community Fund. The foundation was set up specifically to raise funds and provide grants for nonprofits and organizations working with nonprofits in Cook County.
Some recent grant recipients include:
– Care Partners of Cook
County
– Cooperation Station
– Grand Marais Arts Inc.
– Grand Marais Evangelical
Free Church
– Gunflint Trail Historical
Society
– Junior Achievement of
the Upper Midwest, Inc.
– North Shore Health Care
Foundation
– North Shore Music
Association
“We see needs every day, and we know these funds can make a difference,” foundation board Chair Joscelyn Skandel said. “We have always worked carefully to balance grants with funds under management, which generate income for future grants. The board is confident in the strong financial position of the foundation. We want to do more, and we know our community will benefit from this assistance.”
Since its start in 1983, the foundation has given more than $63 million in grants and scholarships and has established more than 450 funds. The foundation encourages private giving for public good through community endowment built by gifts from thousands of individuals and organizations. The foundation also makes grants to nonprofits for projects and to individuals for scholarships, and provides leadership and support to community initiate across northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin.
In 2021 the foundation awarded $2.7 million and the addition of $1 million represents an increase of 37 percent for 2022. The decision to increase funded by the Board of Trustees, puts the foundation inf the top 25 percent of community foundations nationally when annual grants are measured as a share of assets under management.
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