Resource Center

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• Community & Designated Funds
• Early Childhood
• Economic Advancement
• Educational Institutions
• Entrepreneurship
• Foundation Resources
• Giving Options
• Loans
• Minnesota Initiative Foundations
• Renewable Energy
• Student Enrichment

Community & Designated Funds 

• Fact Sheet :
  Community Foundations
  

• Growing Local Philanthropy:
  The Role and Reach of Community Foundations
  

• Measuring Community Foundations’ Impact
  

Early Childhood

• Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health
  http://www.macmh.org/

• Minnesota Fathers & Families Network
  http://www.mnfathers.org/

• Ready 4 K
  http://www.ready4k.org

• Zero to Three
  http://www.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer

Economic Advancement

• Anderson Center - Management and Business Development
  http://www.ACMBD.org

• Blandin Foundation Broadband Initiative
  http://broadband.blandinfoundation.org

• Economic Development Association of Minnesota
  http://www.edam.org

• Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
  http://www.positivelyminnesota.com

• Partnership for Regional Competitiveness
  http://www.southernminnesota.net

• Southwest Minnesota Careers:  Information on Hot Jobs, Education, and Wages
  http://www.swmncareers.org/

• Southwest Minnesota Center of Rural Entrepreneurship (CORE)
  http://www.swmncore.com
  

• Leading By Example Executive Summit Oct. 29, 2010
  Charlie Arnot's Closing Keynote Presentation

Educational Institutions

• Minnesota West Community & Technical College
  http://www.mnwest.edu/

• Ridgewater College
  http://www.ridgewater.mnscu.edu/

• Southwest Minnesota State University
  http://www.southwestmsu.edu/
  
  

Entrepreneurship

• African Development Center
  http://www.adcminnesota.org/
  

• Becker Business Center
  http://www.beckerbusinesscenter.com/
  

• The Entrepreneur’s Assistance Network
  http://www.myeanetwork.org
  

• Energizing Entrepreneurs
  www.energizingentrepreneurs.org

• Latino Economic Development Center
  http://www.ledc-mn.org/
  

• Lincoln County Enterprise Development Corporation
  http://www.lincolnenterprise.org/
  
  

Foundation Resources

• The Foundation Center:
  www.fdncenter.org
  

• The Grantsmanship Center
  www.tgci.com
  

• GuideStar:
   www.guidestar.org
  

• Minnesota Common Grant Application
  www.mcf.org/mcf/grant/applicat.htm

• Minnesota Council on Foundations
  www.mcf.org
  

• Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
  www.mncn.org
  

Giving Options Resource Links

• BBB Wise Giving Alliance:
  www.give.org
  
  
• The Chronicle of Philanthropy:
  www.philanthropy.com
  
  
• The Foundation Center:
  www.fdncenter.org
  
  
• GuideStar:
   www.guidestar.org
  
  
• Leave a Legacy:
  www.leavealegacy.org
  
  
• MN Attorney General Charities Page:
  www.ag.state.mn.us/charities
  
  
• Minnesota Business Gives:
  www.minnesotabusinessgives.org
  
  
• Minnesota Toolkit for Giving:
  www.minnesotagiving.org
  
  
• National Center for Charitable Statistics:
  www.nccs.urban.org
  
  
• National Center on Family Philanthropy:
  www.ncfp.org

Loans Resource Links

• Mid-Minnesota Development Commission
  http://www.mmrdc.org/economic_development.html

• Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
  http://www.positivelyminnesota.com/Business/Financing_a_Business/DEED_Business_
  Finance_Programs/index.aspx

• Prairieland Economic Development Corporation
  http://www.prairielandedc.com/
  
• Southwest Regional Development Commission
  http://www.swrdc.org/ched.htm

• Upper Minnesota Valley Regional Development Commission
  http://umvrdc.org/what-we-do/programs/revolving-loan-fund-2/

• U.S. Small Business Administration
  http://www.sba.gov/
  
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
  http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/mn/rbs.htm

Minnesota Initiative Foundations

• Initiative Foundation
  http://www.ifound.org/

• Northland Foundation
  http://www.northlandfdn.org
  
  

• Northwest Minnesota Foundation
  http://www.nwmf.org/

• West Central Initiative Fund
  http://www.wcif.org/index.shtml

• Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation
  http://www.smifoundation.org/

Renewable Energy

• Agricultural Utilization Research Institute
  http://www.auri.org/research-articles.php
  
• Clean Energy Resource Teams
  http://www.cleanenergyresourceteams.org
  
• Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment
  http://environment.umn.edu/iree/index.html
  
• Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
  http://www.positivelyminnesota.com/Business/Green_Business_Assistance/index.aspx

• Minnesota Office of Energy Security
  http://www.energy.mn.gov

• REDI Resources
  http://www.rediresources.org
  
• The Minnesota Project
  http://www.mnproject.org/e-intro.html
  
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
  http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/mn/rbs.htm
  
• U.S. Office Of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
  http://www.eere.energy.gov

• Windustry
  http://www.windustry.com
  
• Youth Energy Summit
  http://www.youthenergysummit.org

Student Enrichment

• SW/WC Service Cooperative
  http://www.swsc.org/