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Blandin Foundation is all about Minnesotans imagining, leading, and growing healthy, inclusive – vibrant – communities.
Living Vibrant
Where do you imagine your community tomorrow? At Blandin Foundation, we see a world of possibilities within your answers. Discover how vibrant rural Minnesota is.
Itasca Area
Your partner in building healthy rural communities in the place we call home. Meeting spaces, grants, and more.
Opportunities
We meet communities where they’re at with: Leadership training, Broadband information and support Grants.
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.
We Have Resources
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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Information to support you in building your community. Whether you need research to prove a need, information on evaluation, or want to learn more about topics rural Minnesota cares about – you’ll find it here.
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Spot Us
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.
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Bois Forte, Fond du Lac and Grand Portage residents complete Blandin Reservation Community Leadership Program
November 13, 2019
Grand Rapids, Minn. — Twenty-four residents of the Bois Forte, Fond du Lac and Grand Portage reservation communities completed a five-day leadership retreat November 8. This was the first segment of an intense seven-day training provided by the Blandin Reservation Community Leadership Program (BRCLP). The team also will participate in follow-up workshops. A program of… Read More
GroundWork Blog
Rural Minnesotans confident they can stand up to hate, says Rural Pulse survey
September 13, 2019
Mild-mannered, courteous and reserved. Minnesotans are famously known for their “Minnesota nice,” passive aggressive personalities. But restraint only goes so far, according to data from the Rural Pulse that found a whopping 82 percent of rural Minnesotans say people in their community are able to stand up to hatred and discrimination when they see it… Read More
Current and Upcoming Leadership Training
LEDC - St. Peter
LEDC September 11 - May 20
BCLP Fergus Falls Area
BCLP January 27 - 31
BCLP Fosston Area
BCLP February 10 - 14
LPEP Grand Rapids
LPEP February 20 - August 20
BCLP Hutchinson Area
BCLP February 24 - 28
BCLP Battle Lake, Henning, and Ottertail Area
BCLP March 9 - 13
BCLP Detroit Lakes Area
BCLP March 23 - 27
Learn About LeadershipUpcoming Grant Deadlines
$10,001 - $50,000
January 1 - December 31
$1,001 - $10,000
January 1 - December 31
Blandin Leadership Program Grants
January 1 - December 31
Itasca Area Donations ($100 - $1,000)
January 1 - December 31
Over $50,000
December 15
Learn About Grants