Media Kit
Branding & Assets
Whether you’re a member of the media, a partner gearing up to promote a shared event or training, or a grantee getting ready to promote your Initiative Foundation award, this is the place to find general information, our brand assets, and guidelines for their use.
We Make it Easy
Get our logos or download a grant promotion kit to meet your publicity needs. All we ask is that you follow a few simple guidelines.
Brand Guidelines
Our guidelines provide background for the Initiative Foundation’s brand identity and parameters to be mindful of when working with the core elements of the identity system.
Logos
Download a pack of our standard logos. Please follow our guidelines when using our logo in your designs. Contact us if you have questions or if you should need another logo format.
Grant Promotion Kit
This comprehensive pack contains the brand guidelines, standard logos, and the guidelines you’ll need to successfully promote your grant award to the public.
Media Contacts
The Initiative Foundation has broad expertise when it comes to lending, business startups, early-stage entrepreneurship, nonprofit development and more. Contact Bob McClintick, marketing and communications director, or Allison Norgren, marketing and communications specialist, to get connected to a Central Minnesota expert.
Initiative Foundation News
Twenty-one Graduate From St. Cloud Enterprise Academy Class
Entrepreneurs’ business-building ambitions include a media company, auto body business and athletics academy The Initiative Foundation is celebrating the graduation of 21 new entrepreneurs who… Read More
2024 Emerging Entrepreneur Showcase & Awards
The Initiative Foundation invites the public to the 2024 Emerging Entrepreneur Showcase & Awards from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25, at The… Read More
14 Graduate From Long Prairie Enterprise Academy Class
The Initiative Foundation is celebrating the graduation of 14 new entrepreneurs who are dedicated to building their homegrown business ideas in the Long Prairie area. Read More
Initiative Foundation Welcomes Two New Staff Members
The Initiative Foundation has announced that Krista Olson has joined the team as grants and compliance officer and Stephen Rider as a small business coordinator. Read More
Foundation Awards Nearly $635,000 During First Quarter
Initiative Foundation Partner Funds awarded 73 grants totaling more than $458,000. Among other efforts, these grants supported scholarships for graduating seniors, a special education resource… Read More
Tabatt Elevated to Vice President for Economic Opportunity
The Initiative Foundation, a regional foundation with a focus on economic and community development in the 14 counties of Central Minnesota, announced today that Zach… Read More
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