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Northern Economic Initiatives Corporation d/b/a Northern Initiatives Grant
Organization - Northern Economic Initiatives Corporation d/b/a Northern Initiatives
Grant Amount - $1,000,000
Foundation - Kellogg Foundation
Grant Purpose - provide a program-related investment loan to strengthen the capacity of a rural loan fund to increase employment and business development in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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University of New Hampshire - $45,000 from the Mott Foundation - This grant will enable the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire to conduct a comparative rural economy survey of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. This survey will be used by Northern Initiatives, a nonprofit affiliate of ShoreBank...
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