Need-based scholarships available to Itasca County area students GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (April 15, 2010) – Blandin Foundation will provide up to $975,000 in need-based scholarships for Itasca County area students pursuing higher education in 2010-2011. This is the highest level of funding ever offered by the Foundation through its Education Awards program. The application deadline …
Washington, D.C. – Today U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar announced $4.8 million to increase broadband access in rural communities across Minnesota. The funds were awarded by the U.S. Department of Commerce as part of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to fund the Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities initiative. The initiative will remove barriers to broadband adoption in …
U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announces federal funding of broadband projects, including the Minnesota Intelligent Rural Communities grant. See PDF below for the full release.
Statewide initiative will help rural communities make more and better use of Internet GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. – The United States Department of Commerce today announced that the Blandin Foundation and 19 coalition partners have been awarded a $4.7 million federal Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) grant on behalf of rural Minnesota communities. …
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. – Attendees at Tuesday’s “Community Conversation on Student Success” were asked to provide their unique perspectives on creating a practical vision for, and taking a realistic view of obstacles and opportunities that impact the educational success of all area students. Questions participants responded to included: 1. Imagine it’s 2015, and we’ve had …
Blandin Foundation is one of eight members of the School Readiness Funders Coalition, a group of philanthropic organizations whose work focuses, at least in part, on early childhood and learning readiness. The news release below (PDF file) outlines the coalition’s recent recommendations to achieve learning readiness of all Minnesota children by 2020.
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (February 24, 2010) – Itasca area voices from Remer to Floodwood to Bigfork to Hill City came together in Grand Rapids Tuesday evening for the first of three region-wide conversations focused on student success. Each of 110 attendees were asked for their unique perspectives on helping develop a culture where parents, schools …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Blandin Foundation awards $4.3 million in grants Bovey Coleraine Youth Center, entrepreneur development and other regional work supported GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (January 28, 2010) – Blandin Foundation trustees approved $4,270,850 in grants during their December meeting, including $1,831,300 over two years in sustaining grants for long-standing local grantees. Among the 40 grants …
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. (Dec. 1, 2009)–Ramsey County District Court approved on Nov. 20, 2009, the petition of the Charles K. Blandin Residuary Trust for approval of its accounts and also reviewed the Blandin Foundation’s commitments to the Itasca County area for the years 2006-2008. In accordance with Charles K. Blandin’s will, every three years …