DESCRIPTION:THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES FUNDING UNDER THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) TO THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION. THE RECIPIENT IS REGIONAL GRANTMAKER. THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION WILL WORK WITH THEIR PARTNER, THE NDN COLLECTIVE, TO REDISTRIBUTE $40 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING TO COMMUNITIES WITHIN REGION 5. THEY ANTICIPATE AWARDING 206 GRANTS OVER THE PROJECT PERIOD WITH 30% OF AWARDS ALLOCATED TO TRIBES AND INDIGENOUS GROUPS, 25% TO RURAL AND REMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE (EJ) COMMUNITIES, AND 45% TO URBAN EJ COMMUNITIES. THE ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION IN FUNDING WILL BE USED FOR OPERATING COSTS SUCH AS ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, HIRING CONTRACTUAL SUPPORT AND OTHER OVERHEAD. ADDITIONALLY, A PORTION OF THIS $2 MILLION WILL BE ALLOCATED FOR PERSONNEL TO SUPPORT THE SUBAWARDEES AS PROJECT OFFICERS, WHERE THEIR ASSIGNED TASKS WILL INCLUDE ACTING AS LIAISONS BETWEEN THE EPA PO AND THE SUBAWARDEE, CONDUCTING ROUTINE CHECK-INS AND CLOSEOUTS OF AWARDED GRANTS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO FUND THE S

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DESCRIPTION:THIS AGREEMENT PROVIDES FUNDING UNDER THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT (IRA) TO THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION. THE RECIPIENT IS REGIONAL GRANTMAKER. THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION WILL WORK WITH THEIR PARTNER, THE NDN COLLECTIVE, TO REDISTRIBUTE $40 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDING TO COMMUNITIES WITHIN REGION 5. THEY ANTICIPATE AWARDING 206 GRANTS OVER THE PROJECT PERIOD WITH 30% OF AWARDS ALLOCATED TO TRIBES AND INDIGENOUS GROUPS, 25% TO RURAL AND REMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE (EJ) COMMUNITIES, AND 45% TO URBAN EJ COMMUNITIES. THE ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION IN FUNDING WILL BE USED FOR OPERATING COSTS SUCH AS ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, HIRING CONTRACTUAL SUPPORT AND OTHER OVERHEAD. ADDITIONALLY, A PORTION OF THIS $2 MILLION WILL BE ALLOCATED FOR PERSONNEL TO SUPPORT THE SUBAWARDEES AS PROJECT OFFICERS, WHERE THEIR ASSIGNED TASKS WILL INCLUDE ACTING AS LIAISONS BETWEEN THE EPA PO AND THE SUBAWARDEE, CONDUCTING ROUTINE CHECK-INS AND CLOSEOUTS OF AWARDED GRANTS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO FUND THE S