FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Blandin Foundation names Jason Edens advocacy director GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. – Jason Edens began his role as Director of Rural Advocacy at Blandin Foundation in early August 2023. He brings extensive experience in organizational development and program implementation in the nonprofit, private, and public sectors to his work at the Foundation. …
Star-Tribune business columnist Evan Ramstad shares how Minnesota North College’s commitment to data-driven, student-focused planning is driving recent innovations, new programs. Read the column Photo credit: Evan Ramstad, Star-Tribune
Star Tribune business columnist Evan Ramstad shares his reflections on a conversation with Blandin Foundation CEO Tuleah Palmer. Read the column
Blandin Foundation grants help the Native CDFI expand local financial services to rural residents and support community development GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (June 8, 2023) – Two grants Blandin Foundation recently awarded to Leech Lake Financial Services (LLFS) to build local assets are positively impacting the community. Based in Cass Lake, Minn., LLFS provides a suite …
$1.4 million Blandin Foundation grant signals the Foundation’s expanded focus on building nonprofits’ ability to meet their missions Key points: • Over the years, the Y has served as a vital community hub for thousands of Itasca area residents. • The $1.4 million Blandin Foundation grant will strengthen the Y’s ability to meet its mission …
Blandin Foundation trustee Nadege Souvenir has been named a 2023 Women in Business award recipient. She is currently the chief operating officer of the St. Paul and Minnesota Foundation, and has served on the Blandin Foundation board since 2020. Read More
Bemidji State University has named Blandin Foundation CEO Tuleah Palmer the 39th recipient of its Distinguished Minnesotan Award. This award is not limited to alumni, so previous honorees have included Alan Page, Paul Wellstone and Herb Brooks. As this year’s honoree, she will give the commencement speech for 2023 graduates on May 5. Read more
$150,000 Blandin Foundation grants in Grand Rapids and Deer River signal the Foundation’s expanded focus on American Indian Education Grand Rapids, MN – As the Minnesota Indian Education Association Conference wrapped up in Prior Lake, the Blandin Foundation announced two $150,000 grants for Anishinaabe education programs in NE Minnesota. (Anishinaabe is a broad term for …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Palmer to advocate for rural communities in economic policymaking Grand Rapids, MN – The Blandin Foundation announced today that its President and CEO, Tuleah Palmer, has been invited by Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari to join the Federal Reserve Community Advisory Board (CAB). Palmer attended her first meeting on …
Daily Yonder features Spring Grove, Minn., and its work with the Citizen’s Institute on Rural Design, a program of the National Endowment for the Arts.