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This week the Northland Foundation announced its grant program and made two dozen funding awards to nonprofit organizations, schools, and Native nations during the final quarter of 2021.
Included in the awards was a $10,000 grant to the Sawtooth Mountain Clinic, Inc.
The clinic will use the money to provide access to affordable oral health care for expectant mothers, children, youth, and older adults in Cook County and the Grand Portage nation.
The Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Grand Portage also received $50,000 to support the creation of a chore service and home modification program to help elders age in place. This was one of three major grants made through the foundation’s Integrated Rural Community Aging Program.
The grants, in partnership with the Bois Forte, Fond du Lac, and Grand Portage nations, support programs that help elders age in place in their homes and communities.
Several of the largest grants will support services for survivors of domestic violence, as well as programming that aims to prevent violence affecting Black, Indigenous, and other youth of color.
“Domestic violence and aging services are both longtime Northland Foundation priorities,” stated Director of Grantmaking, Erik Torch, “and the stress and social isolation driven by the pandemic have only increased the call for programming in these areas. “Grantees across the region are creatively addressing these big needs, under tough circumstances, and we are happy to help support their work.”
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