Unusual philanthropy: North Minneapolis to get $10 million Robert Franklin Star Tribune Published Feb. 24, 2003
In an unusual act of philanthropy, 13 north Minneapolis neighborhoods will receive up to $10 million during the next decade for strategies they have set themselves -- health, wealth, housing, education and community-building. The money -- $3 million to be announced today and up to $7 million later -- will come from the St. Paul-based Northwest Area Foundation, the descendant of the Hill family railroad and timber fortune. http://www.startribune.com/stories/1405/3670949.html At a glance: North Minneapolis neighborhoods Published Feb. 24, 2003 The area: 13 neighborhoods of north Minneapolis. The grant: Up to $10 million during the next 10 years from the Northwest Area Foundation, St. Paul, with the money to be channeled through the Minneapolis Foundation. The goals: Building collaboration among north Minneapolis residents and organizations; to increase community wealth, affordable housing, health, basic education and job-related education with the goal of reducing poverty. The group: NorthWay Community Trust, a board that will report to The Alliance, a new nonprofit membership group formed to administer this program. Memberships will cost $1. http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3670944.html Shawn Lewis, Field Neighborhood -- _______________________________________________ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
