Northwest Minnesota Foundation seeks applicants to join Board of Directors

The Northwest Minnesota Foundation is now accepting applications from those interested in serving on the NMF Board of Directors.

The NMF board is seeking to elect a new member at its board meeting in November, with the newly elected director starting their four-year term in December.

NMF invests resources, facilitates collaboration and promotes philanthropy to make the region a better place to live and work.

The NMF Board of Directors is comprised of 12 community adults who reside within the Northwest Minnesota region, which includes two tribal nations of Red Lake and White Earth, and 12 counties (Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake and Roseau).

NMF encourages applications from ll who may be interested throughout the region. NMF is particularly encouraging people from the following groups to apply:

• Age (40 or younger)
• Residents of the following counties/geographies: Norman, Roseau, Red Lake Nation, White Earth Nation, Pennington
• Indigenous people, people of color, immigrants/new Americans, LGBTQ people, low-income people
• People working in the following sectors: banking, healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit, low-income serving, arts, early childhood, legal

The deadline to apply is 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 28.

More information and applications are available at the NMF website.