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Northeast MN and five Tribal nations’ shared geography – The Northland Foundation made 21 grants to nonprofit organizations, schools, and Native nations as well as 25 Tech Boost initiative grants made to small businesses which underwent technology audits.
The two largest grants last quarter were part of a special funding opportunity to support systems change work in the region, offered through a competitive application process. Two organizations received multi-year grants of $150,000: CHUM (Churches United in Ministry) to help house and serve individuals that have experienced homelessness, and Northspan, to support implementation of the Welcoming Communities initiative in northeast Minnesota sites.
The Northland Foundation also awarded nearly $90,000 to help increase childcare access in the region, in partnership with the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development. Childcare businesses in Ely, Duluth, Hibbing, and International Falls received grant funding.
Locally, the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa received $5,000 to use for the Grand Portage Constitution Convention.
The money will help support the Grand Portage delegation working to rewrite the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Constitution. The Constitution was originally ratified in 1936, revised in 1963 and amended in 1972.
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