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Private Foundation Grant Opportunities
- A private foundation typically provides grant funding for projects or services that further the goals of the foundation.
- Before applying for a grant, contact the foundation to make sure your city is eligible to receive funding and that your project meets the foundation's funding requirements.
- These web sites provide searchable databases of grantmakers and grants:
Private foundation grant sources:
- AgStar Financial Services-Fund for Rural America
- The Blandin Foundation
- CenterPoint Energy
- Central Minnesota Community Foundation
- Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation
- Fairmont Area Foundation
- Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation
- Initiative Foundation
- Mankato Area Foundation
- St. Paul Foundation
- Northland Foundation
- Northwest Minnesota Foundation
- Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation
- Southwest Minnesota Foundation
- West Central Initiative
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- Budget Guide for Cities (pdf)
This guide, which contains 2012 legislative changes, is intended to assist city managers, clerks, finance officers, and elected city officials in preparing 2013 city budgets. It includes state and federal laws affecting city budgets, information about standard city expenditure items, descriptions of city revenues, and more.
- Meetings of City Councils (pdf)
Learn the ins and outs of city council meetings, including types of meetings, the Open Meeting Law, notice requirements, scheduling, attendance, minutes, procedure, motions, and model bylaws. Especially helpful for newly elected officials, but a great reference for all mayors and city councilmembers.
- Public Purpose Expenditures (pdf)
Find out the general criteria a public expenditure must meet to be valid. This publication includes discussion of specific expenditures and whether there is specific authority for cities to make them.
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- Handbook for Minnesota Cities (print version) (pdf)
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- "Building Community: It's an Art" documentary on DVD (pdf)
- "Great Waters Gone Bad" documentary on DVD (pdf)
- "Green Cities: Leading the Way" documentary on DVD (pdf)