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The Blandin Foundation is a private foundation based in Grand Rapids, Minn. USA and is the state's largest rural-based and rural-focused foundation. Its mission is to strengthen communities in rural Minnesota with the vision of healthy rural communities grounded in strong economies where the burdens and benefits are widely shared. Among its grant-making priorities is a goal of promoting stronger rural voices.
The Park Foundation, of Ithaca, N.Y., was established by the late Roy Hampton Park, Sr. — founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Park Communications, Inc. The foundation values a diverse and transparent media landscape. Its goal is to fund non-commercial broadcasting, investigative journalism, and independent media that is substantive, unbiased and accurate. The foundation supports Journalism That Matters and its Next Newsroom initiative.
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The Media Giraffe Project, a research effort of the University of Massachusetts Amherst journalism program, finds and spotlights individuals making innovative, sustainable use of media to foster participatory democracy and community. It helps the Journalism That Matters collaborative to convene meetings and prepare reports.
