A monthly summary of available grant opportunities for North Dakota’s rural communities and the Native Nations that share our geography.

The guide highlights four key assistance types necessary to building a stronger rural workforce:
1. Workforce development planning
2. Infrastructure and equipment financing
3. Industry and employer engagement, entrepreneurship and local business development
4. Education, training and apprenticeship

A monthly note around nonprofit administration best practices from Nancy Heskin-Rakness, Director of Nonprofit Education.

Wilton Public School District: A Full-Service Community School Example

A monthly summary of available grant opportunities for North Dakota’s rural communities and the Native Nations that share our geography.

A monthly note around nonprofit administration best practices from Nancy Heskin-Rakness, Director of Nonprofit Education.

Are you interested in learning how to establish (or re-establish) an economic development agency in your community or county to support small business development and quality of life? Then watch the recording of our a conversation with Shawn Kessel, the COO and Deputy Commissioner of the North Dakota Department of Commerce!  Click HERE to access it.

A monthly summary of available grant opportunities for North Dakota’s rural communities and the Native Nations that share our geography.

A monthly summary of available grant opportunities for North Dakota’s rural communities and the Native Nations that share our geography.

Based on in-depth interviews with nine arts organizations representing various artistic disciplines, budget sizes, and geographic regions, the National Endowment for the Arts’ Office of Research & Analysis has identified common practices among arts groups that successfully have reopened their doors to audiences or visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to drawing from those interviews, the following recommendations benefited from surveys of national service organizations (NSOs) in the arts, document scans, and interviews with arts management consultants.