Cook County News Herald

Two Grand Marais organizations receive $8,000 in grants



The Medica Foundation has awarded $8,000 in grants to two Grand Marais organizations: Care Partners of Cook County will receive a $5,000 grant to support community health needs in Cook County, and North Shore Health Care Foundation will receive $3,000 to support the Oral Health Task Force in Cook and Lake counties.

The Medica Foundation awarded nearly $1.5 million in grants to more than 120 nonprofit organizations for their 2019 programs and services. The funding priorities for the Medica Foundation include behavioral health, early childhood health and general health improvement.

About the Medica Foundation

The Medica Foundation is a nonprofit, charitable grant-making foundation. The foundation’s service area currently includes the states of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas. It is an affiliate of Medica Health Plans, a Minnesota-based nonprofit HMO. The Medica Foundation seeks to fund community-based programs and initiatives that can provide sustainable, measurable improvements in the availability, access and quality of health care. Email: foundation@medica.com; Phone: 952-992-2060.

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