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Blandin Foundation is all about Minnesotans imagining, leading, and growing healthy, inclusive – vibrant – communities.
Our Response to COVID-19
What are the possibilities?
You have resources. We have resources. Put them together, and you have a powerful approach your community can use to design and claim its future.
Our programs train community leaders, support communities as they include and create opportunities for all people, and support work at home in the Itasca Area.
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Blandin Foundation stands with communities as they design and claim their futures. That’s thousands of partnerships in hundreds of communities over more than 75 years.
Latest News
Year-end grant lists
January 22, 2021
Looking for our grantmaking from the past year? Check out a couple new resources on our Grant Lists page: Itasca Area Grants 2020 - all grants made in the Itasca area, including COVID-19 grants. Plus great stories about local leaders who stepped up to answer the community's call during COVID. Full 2020 Grants List -…
GroundWork Blog
Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center advances sustainability in rural Minnesota
January 21, 2021
Colleen Foehrenbacher is the executive director at Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center near Lanesboro, Minn. Eagle Bluff is an outdoor learning center that connects people with the earth and each other. Each year, their main program brings over 12,000 students for overnight trips involving hands-on learning and adventure experiences in nature. Blandin Foundation has awarded…
Current and Upcoming Leadership Training
Due to COVID restrictions we have temporarily suspended our face-to-face training. New online training opportunities are currently under development. Please stay tuned for upcoming offerings.
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