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Foundation: Initiative Foundation
The Schmeeckle Foundation is doing its part to keep the arts alive in Minnesota's Martin County. The private family foundation has awarded $201,817 in grants, with a focus on early childhood...more

Southern Mn Initiative Foundation Seeking Applications For Early Literacy Grants
Foundation: Initiative Foundation
Southern MN seeking applications for Early Literacy Grants.Nonprofit organizations working with these children and their families in SMIF's 20-county region are encouraged to apply.Priority in...more

Second Main Street Revitalization Application Round Open
Foundation: Initiative Foundation
Second Main Street Revitalization Application Round Open.KNSI Cloud Economic Development Authority meets Tuesday with the Main StreetRevitalization Program in focus.The grant awards are offered in...more

Southwest Initiative Foundation's Quiet Leader Diana Anderson Takes Her Leave After 22 Years
Foundation: Initiative Foundation, Knight Foundation, Southwest Initiative Foundation, McKnight Foundation
The Southwest is home to welcoming communities, embracing the region's changing demographics and diversity.A Netherlands-based business is looking to build a hemp processing facility in Kandiyohi...more

Revitalization grants approved for 13 projects in four communities - Hometown Source
Foundation: Initiative Foundation
Thirteen hometown projects that will bring nearly $3.9 million in main street improvements have been approved by the Initiative Foundation...more

Billionaire Lukas Walton's Family Office Accelerates Impact-Investing Push
Foundation: Initiative Foundation
The billionaire grandson of Walmart founder Sam Walton has announced a major shift in how his family's $1 billion endowment will be spent. Lukas Walton, 36, says 90% of the endowment will be...more

Billionaire Lukas Walton's Family Office Accelerates Impact-Investing Push
Foundation: Initiative Foundation
Billionaire Lukas Walton's family office fans impact investing push.Builders Vision has shifted its $1 billion endowment into what it calls "impact investments" Walton and his team say that large...more

Billionaire Lukas Walton's Family Office Accelerates Impact Investment Push
Foundation: Initiative Foundation
Billionaire Lukas Walton's family office accelerates impact investment push.Walton and his team say Builders Vision and other large family offices are in a unique position to fund businesses and...more

Sleepy Eye awarded downtown grant | News, Sports, Jobs - The Journal
Foundation: Initiative Foundation
SLEEPY EYE — The Sleepy Eye Downtown Revitalization Committee recently received a $10000 Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation...more

SMIF accepting applications for community grant program - Austin Daily Herald
Foundation: Initiative Foundation
Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF), in partnership with Region Nine Development Commission (RNDC), is currently...more