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Northland Foundation
202 West Superior Street, Suite 610Duluth MN, 55802-1944
CDFI Awards for Northland Foundation
FA (2009) - $2,000,000
The Northland Foundation is a certified CDFI established in 1986. The Northland Foundation is a loan fund that provides business loans and grants to non profits within the Low Income Targeted Population in Northeast Minnesota. The Northland Foundation will use the 2009 Financial Assistance award as loan capital for business loans.
CORE (2000) - $750,000
The CDFI Fund"s $750,000 capital grant will help Northland increase its loan capitalization in order to meet the demand for business loans in its target market.
CORE (1998) - $500,000
With the help of the CDFI Fund, the awardee will capitalize its Asset Building Loan Fund which provides loans to businesses that are both creditworthy and meet social impact goals such as targeted employment of low-income individuals, family-sustaining wage levels, employee benefits and individual development accounts. The awardee plans to make $19 million in new loans over the next 15 years.
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Development Corporation for Children
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Great Neighborhoods! Development Corp.
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Greater Minnesota Housing Fund
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Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota, Inc.
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Indian Land Capital Company
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Indian Land Tenure Foundation
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Initiative Foundation
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Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
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Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation
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National New Markets Tax Credit Fund, Inc
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Neighborhood Development Center
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Nonprofits Assistance Fund
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Northland Foundation
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Sparc
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University National Bank
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WomenVenture
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