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In 2023, Strengthen ND granted $215,300 in its single grant round, bringing the total investment in North Dakota up to $3,490,300 since the program’s inception in 2022. The 2023 grantees included:
- Rolla JDA (Rolla, ND): $100,000 to test a community revolving fund to support short-term and long-term economic and community development through property renovations.
- Native Max (Greater ND): $40,000 to spread Creatives Indigenous, a six-week start-up program for Native entrepreneurs, into North Dakota.
- Bismarck Global Neighbors (Bismarck & Mandan, ND): $30,000 to develop the foundation of an immigrant-led and immigrant-cultivated leadership incubator to support more New Americans to engage in leadership and to advocate for themselves.
- The Arts Center (Jamestown, ND): $26,400 to develop and test strategies that utilize the arts as a catalyst for behavioral change in youth.
- Youthworks (Fargo & Bismarck, ND): $18,900 to develop a Youth Participatory Action Model to increase youth leadership and engagement for LGBTQ+ populations.
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