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Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation Gives Out Over $500K to Twin Cities Non-profits
Twelve non-profits will receive grants from the philanthropic arm of the insurance company.
The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation recently announced that it would disburse a dozen large grants to local non-profits. In all, the grants amount to $580,000.
Among the recipients are:
- Alliance for Metropolitan Stability, Minneapolis
- Casa de Esperanza, St. Paul
- Greater Frogtown Community Development Corporation, St. Paul
- Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment through Research, Minneapolis (HACER)
- Hope Community Inc., Minneapolis
- Juxtaposition Arts, Minneapolis
- Minnesota Council of Churches, Mankato
- Native American Community Development Institute, Minneapolis
- Northfield Healthy Community Initiative, Northfield
- Northland Foundation, Duluth
- Organizing Apprenticeship Project, Minneapolis
- Project for Pride in Living, Minneapolis
The foundation also gave an additional grant of $100,000 to the Trust for Public Land in Minneapolis to work with Juxtaposition Arts. The two entities will use the money on a "community-driven, creative placemaking project in North Minneapolis."
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The foundation was established in 1986 with the stated goal of improving Minnesotans' health and improving community conditions. Since that time, it has awarded more than $34 million in grant funds to charitable causes.
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