Provide services and save tax dollars??
Bridges to a Better Bottom Line (PDF 845 KB) Innovative short- and long-term solutions. Read the Executive Summary.
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Struggling to Make Ends Meet - 2008
Findings from our third national poll on reveal how people worry their paychecks won't pay the bills in 2008, how they rate their local economies, and how this will affect their vote.
Living With a Hole in Your Pocket
This Emmy-nonimated video documentary explores policy “Catch 22´s” that make it hard for working people to get out and stay out of poverty.
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MISSION
The mission of Northwest Area Foundation is to support efforts by the people, organizations and communities of our eight-state region to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable prosperity. The eight-state region consists of: Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon.
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Public radio stories about reducing poverty are supported in part by grants
from the Northwest Area Foundation and the Northwest Area Fund of the
Minneapolis Foundation.
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and podcasts that we've bookmarked in our Northwestarea Delicous Account.
New Strategic Plan
Northwest Area Foundation is pleased to announce its new strategic plan to reduce poverty and build sustainable prosperity in its eight-state region.
Read more about the plan and listen to a podcast with Foundation President Kevin Walker about the new direction.