Community Health Funding Report

Minnesota

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Funds Support Emotional Impacts on Health

The George Family Foundation awards $1.6 million to support health projects in Minnesota designed to help coordinate leadership, community involvement and even spirituality in an attempt to produce better outcomes.

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Bremer Giving Includes Healthcare Funding

Otto Bremer Foundation, a major funder in the upper Midwest, awards $5.7 million in grants to 106 organizations as part of its most recent grantmaking cycle.

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Medica Offers Help with Minnesota ACA Enrollment

The Medica Foundation awards a $100,000 grant to Portico Healthnet, a nonprofit organization working to reduce the number of people without coverage for health care services.

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Minnesota Blue Cross Helps Promote Health Through Social Interaction

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation pledges it will award up to $500,000 through its new Connect for Health Challenge. The program will award funds to public and private

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(REGIONAL PRIVATE GRANTS) Bremer Priorities Include Health, Social Services

The Bremer Foundation considers basic needs programs, including nutrition, housing and job training endeavors, and health grants.

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(NUTRITION) MN Judge Rules Against Unilateral Budget Cut

A district court judge rules Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R) "crossed the line" when he unilaterally cut some $2.7 billion in state funds this past summer to balance the state's budget. The cuts were made because Pawlenty and the Democratic-controlled legislature failed to reach agreement over how...

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(HEALTH CARE) Bush Foundation Supports Health Workforce in MN, ND, SD & WI

The Bush Foundation established the Bush Medical Fellows Program to enhance community health care in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and northwestern Wisconsin through the professional and personal development of selected physician leaders.

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HEALTH CARE: Medtronic Makes Grants in Company Areas

Medtronic Foundation, the giving arm of the biomedical engineering company, supports health and human services in areas where its employees live and work in AZ, CA, CO, FL, IN, MA, MN, PR, TN, TX and WA.

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Foundations Attempting to Maintain Giving Levels in 2009

The nation's largest funders are attempting to maintain giving levels in 2009 and not cut their philanthropic efforts even as the nation's economy continues its freefall.

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